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Break the Egg from
Inside - Maulik Unadkat
One night Rabia, a
noble Sufi saint, was desperately searching for something on the street outside
her small hut. When Hasan, returned back from work, he saw this and curiously
asked, “Rabia, my dear, what are you looking for, here on the street, at this
hour?”
Rabia replied, “I
lost my needle.”
Hasan joined her in
the search, but after searching for a while, he asked, “Can you try and
recollect where you might have dropped it?”
Rabia said, “Of
course, I remember. I dropped it near the bed, in our hut.”
Hasan mocked her,
“Are you insane? You lost it inside the house, then why are we looking for it
outside?”
Rabia innocently
replied, “There was no oil left in our lamp. It was pitch dark inside the house
to search for it. Hence I thought of searching for it outside, since there was
enough streetlight here.”
While holding his
laugh, Hasan said, “You are really acting weird. If you lost your needle inside
the house, how could you even expect to find it outside?”
Rabia simply smiled
back at Hasan and Hasan got the beautiful moral behind her silly act. We are
all seeking outside, what we have lost inside us. Why, just because it is pitch
dark inside? Silly, aren’t we? Light the lamp inside you. Find your lost treasure.
As children, we were
all so happy. Somewhere along the journey of life, we lost our happiness. Where
did we start searching for it again? Outside! We do not need the latest
Smartphone, a 7 digit salary, a beach house or a long vacation to be happy. Happiness is an INSIDE job. Nothing in this
world outside will make us happy, if we are unhappy from inside. Many a times,
people who have much less than us are much happier than us. Happiness is self
generated. You are not expected to be unrealistically happy when your life may
be miserable. When life is harsh on you, stay at peace and wait for happy days
peacefully. This too shall pass. When your peace of mind is lost, remember
where to look for it, INSIDE.
We keep looking for
God in the world outside, while He resides inside each one of us. God can never
be found outside but that doesn’t mean temples are useless. Temples help us
connect with the God inside us. God is lost somewhere inside us, in the
darkness of our disbelief and our ignorance. Light the lamp and search, the
postal address of God is INSIDE.
If an egg is broken
by an outside force, a LIFE ENDS. If broken by an inside force, a LIFE BEGINS.
You will find all the treasures of life, all the secrets of life inside you.
Stop looking outside. Break the egg from inside, let LIFE BEGIN.
