Friday, 6 June 2014

" This Too Shall Pass "

 

 

 

 

 

" This Too Shall Pass "

 

 

 

 

Once Upon a Time an Emperor Called Upon All Of His Wise Men And Asked Them

is There Any Magical Saying Which Works In Every Situation, In Every Circumstance

In Every Place And In Every Time

In Every Joy, Every Sorrow Every Defeat

And Every Victory ?

 

 

One Answer For All Questions ?

Something Which Can Help Me

When None Of You Is Available To Advise Me

 

 

All The Emperor's Advisers Were Baffled By The Question

They Agreed On One Solution On The Suggestion Of A Learned Scholar

Who Gave Them A Note To be Given to Emperor

The Note Was To Be Opened Whenever The Emperor Was In Trouble

 

 

Just A Few Days After

He Was Attacked By The Neighbouring Country.

The Emperor And His Army Fought Bravely But Were Still Losing The Battle & The Emperor Was

Trying To Run Away On His Mount.

 

 

The Enemies Were Following Him Getting Closer And Closer

Suddenly The Emperor Found Himself

Standing At The End Of The Road

That Road Was Not Going Anywhere

Underneath There Was A Rocky Valley

Thousand Feet Deep

 

 

If He Jumped Into it He Would Be Finished..

And He Could Not Return Because It Was A Small Road

The Sound Of Enemy's Horses Was Approaching Fast,

The Emperor Became Restless

There Seemed To Be No Way

Then He Remembered The Note Given To Him

By His Loyal Advisers And

He Opened It And Read

“ THIS  TOO  SHALL  PASS ”

 

 

The Emperor Read it , Again & Again.

Suddenly Something Struck Him...

Yes !

This Too Will Pass.

Only A Few Days Ago,

I Was Enjoying My Rule.

I Was The Mightiest Of All The Emperors.

Yet Today,

The Empire And All its Pleasures Have Gone.

I Am Here Trying To Escape From Enemies.

Like Those Days Of Luxuries Have Gone,

This Day Of Danger Too Will Pass.

 

 

A Calm Came On His Face.

He Kept Standing There.

The Place Where He Was Standing Was Full Of Natural Beauty.

The Revelation Of The Message Had A Great Effect On Him.

He Relaxed And Forgot About Those Following Him.

After A Few Minutes He Realized

That The Noise Of The Horses And The Enemy Coming Was Receding.

They Moved into Some Other Part Of The Mountains And Were Nowhere Near Him.

 

 

The Emperor Was Very Brave.

He Reorganized His Army And Fought Again.

He Defeated The Enemy And Regained His Empire.

When He Returned To His Empire After Victory,

He Was Received With Much Fanfare.

The Whole Capital Was Rejoicing in The Victory.

Everyone Was in A Festive Mood.

Flowers Were Being Showered On Emperor From Every House,

From Every Corner.

For A Moment The Emperor Said To Himself,

” I Am One Of The Bravest And Greatest Emperors. It is Not Easy To Defeat Me.

 

 

With All The Reception And Celebration He Saw An Ego Emerging in Him.

At That Moment Something Clicked His Mind & He Opened The Note And Read it Again :

“ THIS TOO SHALL PASS ”.

 

 

He Became Silent.

His Face Went Through A Total Change

From The Egoist He Moved To

A State Of Utter Humbleness.

If This Too is Going To Pass ,

it is Not Yours.

The Defeat Was Not Yours,

The Victory is Not Yours.

You Are Just A Watcher.

 

 

Everything Passes By.

We Are Witnesses Of All This.

Life Comes And Goes.

Happiness Comes And Goes.

Sorrow Comes And Goes.

 

 

Now As You Have Read This Story,

Just Sit Silently And Evaluate Your Own Life.

This Too Will Pass.

 

 

Think Of The Moments Of Joy And Victory in Your Life.

Think Of The Moment Of Sorrow And Defeat.

Are They Permanent ?

They All Come And Pass Away.

 

 

 

 

 

Moral: This Life is So Temporary,

All its Enjoyments & Sorrows Will Finish One Day.

The Only Thing Which Will Remain is Our Deeds And How We Acted During The Times Of Prosperity And Adversity.

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