•Friday, January 05, 2007
A Guru asks the disciples to fill the glass bottle with cricket balls. They filled it before him and said it is full. Then the Guru filled it with pebbles by shaking the bottle. Again they said it became full. Then again the Guru filled the bottle with sand. This time they were sure that the bottle was full. Now the Guru again filled the bottle with milk and started telling them this is what human life is. If this glass bottle is life, then the cricket balls in it are the primary goals of human life. They are husband/wife, children, and personal achievement of a purpose. You can guess what secondary, which is pebbles, is: job, truthfulness towards your duty, social work.
Unnecessary dealings/work and bad habits is compared with sand. Though this is not necessary, many of us emphasize mostly on it. Now for suppose, we fill the glass bottle first with sand and then with cricket balls and pebbles, our priority will be more on what is not required and then automatically we fail in our life. So, setting priorities is very important.
A disciple asked the Guru then what about milk in the glass bottle. Guru says how much ever busy people are with any work, there will be some time left out. And not finding time few minutes with God/inner self means not finding time for self growth. So, if we evaluate time/space for every work, automatically we will become successful people.
Just learnt the true meaning of Guru. The term Guru means One who can drive away the darkness of ignorance and reveal the light of God within. That means, Gu - ignorance, Ru - destroyer.
Unnecessary dealings/work and bad habits is compared with sand. Though this is not necessary, many of us emphasize mostly on it. Now for suppose, we fill the glass bottle first with sand and then with cricket balls and pebbles, our priority will be more on what is not required and then automatically we fail in our life. So, setting priorities is very important.
A disciple asked the Guru then what about milk in the glass bottle. Guru says how much ever busy people are with any work, there will be some time left out. And not finding time few minutes with God/inner self means not finding time for self growth. So, if we evaluate time/space for every work, automatically we will become successful people.
Just learnt the true meaning of Guru. The term Guru means One who can drive away the darkness of ignorance and reveal the light of God within. That means, Gu - ignorance, Ru - destroyer.
12 comments:
i have a fren whom i call GURU for an altogether different reason. He doesn really drive away darkness. he is IN it.. :) anyway, good read.
i know i am late, but i hope your 31st night was good and hope this year would be even better. But then that would lead us to ask, what is good and what is better ? :) value choices.. hehehehe
Opps,I need a mentor now! happy new year to all of u.yes one thing,m just confused,reach my blog n see the comment made by one of the guys,its just total non-sense,just check it...
WOW!! Kalpana, that was deep!!Thank you sweetie.I didn't know about GU and RU!!Very informative.
That was thought provocating. Loved the example totally !
Nice blog, first timer here
hey gal, this post really makes sense...yes...actually mom is the 1st guru... she is the one who introduces us into this world... dad is the next guru who teaches us and discipline us...actually there are many gurus in our lives... interesting post :)
That was an excellent one!
I've read this b4 :) Nice one!
Keshi.
lash : Might be ur friend will drive away darkness someday. Not only him, everyone of us are in it. We, humans, will need to hope for good.
anupam jha : There is nothing to worry. Take things light. I hope by now you saw the reply of mine in your blog.
asha : Thanks. I too did not know about it early.
ramya : Thanks a lot. Welcome to my blog. Keep visiting.
my life : Very true dear. If you feel this is the only life we have, then our mom and dad are the best Gurus. And when you feel you have a Guru(for me, Shirdi Sai, is the best) who keeps watching our soul in all our births and deaths, He will be the ultimate one, since He will be a great guide to our soul.
krishnakumar : Thanks a lot.
keshi : I read this recently. Thanks.
That is a great post caps... thanks for sharing it
sush : Thanks.
Thank you Kalpana for this great post.
Blessings to you!
krystyna : Thanks.