Sunday, March 29, 2009

LOVE AND ANGER.......OUR HEARTS HOLD THE KEY

The following is a forward that I received from a friend. It made a lot of sense to me, and my wife. Having read this, we tried to put it in practice. I can report that it works, although we have tried it for three days only, until now. I am sure if we can continue to remember this for a lifetime, we would see its efficacy for a lifetime. In short, the message is not wrong........Try IT. I am putting it in this post to help me remember the same.

"A saint asked his disciples, 'Why do we shout in anger? Why do people shout at each other when they are upset?'



The disciples thought for a while, one of them said, 'Because we lose our calm, we shout for that.'



'But, why shout when the other person is just next to you?' asked the saint. 'Isn't it possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do you shout at a person when you're angry?'

Disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the saint.



Finally he explained, 'When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other through that great distance.'



Then the saint asked, 'What happens when two people fall in love? They don't shout at each other but talk softly, why? Because their hearts are very close. The distance between them is very small...'



The saint continued, 'When they love each other even more, what happens?



They do not speak, only whisper and they get even closer to each other in their love. Finally they even need not whisper, they only look at each other and that's all. That is how close two people are when they love each other.'



MORAL: When you argue, do not let your hearts get distant, do not say words that distance each other more, else there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the path to return."

7 comments:

human being said...

beauuuuuutiful!


oh yes i really believe in this... the relation between the distance and the voice... and when true lovers keep silent...

i've written some thoughts on this... and now that i see this wise story, i'm so excited and happy to see my thoughts were in line with such great saints...


thanks a lot for dropping by my blog and leaving nice and profound comments... thus directing me to your beautiful world...

i'll come and check your other blogs later...
this one is fantastic!

Balvinder Balli said...

Yes JP, very rightly put accross. The two persons who are in complete understanding of each other don't need to shout at each other or don't even need words to communicate since their hearts are closest to each other. That is what is called telepathy i suppose.

Ben said...

simple and beautiful. the way life can be, only if we let it...

Sunil Balani said...

wow, It is beautiful and so true yet so simple ...thanks for sharing.

Id it is said...

Love I guess is voiceless since it manifests itself in so many different ways and spontaneously so. The need to put it in words therefore does not arise, and if it does then it is no longer spontaneous as it involves the brain and not the heart. Interesting posts!

Renu said...

very inspiring..why dont you write more here?

sm said...

very meaningful