Sunday, November 29, 2009

The Monkey Who Became Free!

Onkey ponkey lonkey,
This story is of a monkey,
He can’t climb the tree….

His legs are designed to jump,
But he fears of a severe bump,
So he won’t climb the tree!!

His body is designed to catch, got 20 long fingers for that!!
But oh!! He loves them so much, he can’t afford to get them scratched.…
So he won’t climb the tree!!

He got a long and strong tail…
But somehow he has got the fear inside his head…
So here goes the Gods fine creation….who is… just… not…. going to climb the tree!!

Now he is seeing his fellow brothers,
All enjoying the fine weather,
But he can’t join them and play,
As he never even tries….to climb the tree!!

He too wants to have fun,
He is watching far above hanging a ripe plum,
What to do he thinks?? An idea comes in his mind!
He starts to wear masks…..he starts telling all sorts of lies!!

Poor thing putting all his energy to convince his Brothers….
Tells them I have hurt my leg so can’t climb the tree,
Hey lets play down!!
We have got such a very big ground…

But it doesn’t work all the time, so here he goes, inventing more masks!
He tells one more lie, and he goes on and on….lies upon lies,
Sometimes just to play, sometimes for the dear stomach!!

One fine day it so happens, that others start to see his lies,
His real face behind the mask is now discovered….
They start to avoid him so much, that our monkey starts to cry…
And far away he runs…..run run run……in a far away place,
Tired and sad, he thinks all over again and again, about the wasted life that he has had!!

He might just die, but God says enough, it’s now time to intervene,
He sees a beautiful dream, in which God shows him his destiny,
Fear Not, is what he hears, as he has come on earth to do great things,
Go climb the tree, and you will discover the real Joy and Delight!

Rediscovered his destiny, our Monkey comes back,
All are watching him and sneering, but the first thing he does is to climb the tallest of the tree!!
Our Monkey finally does climb the tree!! Our Monkey finally does climb the tree!!
Reaches the TOP and that’s where he realizes the meaning of becoming free!!

His fears disappeared completely, and then nothing ever stops him,
He went on to invent the rope Swing, and soon the monkey was made the King,
He learns a big morale….it’s the masks and lies that stop us from creating wonders,
Accept yourself the way you are, fear not, lie not and face the world,
Go climb the tallest tree, and have a Vision broader than ever,

This is the message he later on gives to all, adding…..
This is what happens when you do CLIMB TO THE TOP OF THE TREE!!!

08-July-2006.....KalpsSays

One fine evening while i was taking a walk in the garden i was observing the grass and effect of breeze on them. Many questions started coming at that time in my mind. And as an answer my heart poured this entire spiritual journey. I am sharing the story for the like minded seekers.

The above poem describes the whole spiritual journey of a human life. The poem is divided into 5 phases:
1st phase says that God has given us all the tools that are necessary. But yet we don’t use them out of fear. At the same time we are also in search of love. We want company, we like to socialize and have fun together and yet again, our mind is swinging from one pole (of fear) to another pole (of love). This swinging controls the way we think and the actions we take. Sometimes we take action out of fear, sometimes out of love. The sad part is…most of the time our actions are out of fear.

2nd phase describes how the actions taken because of fear forces us to lie. In the story above, the monkey is shown as speaking lie. But it is only an allegory. In reality, we not only say lie. We actually create lie to support the lie that we are saying. If I have to explain this using an example….suppose you are given a work which you don’t like and don’t want to do….instead of accepting that you “Don’t like to do this job” or “You don’t want to do”….you will say this work is making you sleep, and in the process you are actually investing your energy to make your body sleep in reality….different people use different technique that they have used many times in past….if you observe your life carefully, you will realize that you are the creator of your own mess, that you are actually a very powerful being. A being having the ability to Create the reality as you see it.

In 3rd phase, you come to realize your mistakes. You realize all the above were your own actions. You start to see through the web of lies you yourself created. You start to hate yourself so much that you avoid everyone and everything. And you go into a state of self pity, self resentment, and self punishment. This phase is a vicious cycle during which you end up creating more mess than before.

In 4th phase, with further deeper self observation, meditation and motivation from guru / god you realize the deeper meaning of your true nature and your true self. You realize that self pity and self punishment is not the answer. 

Answer is to take side of love. Answer is to realize that hating others is indirectly, hating your own self.

You hate others for the very same bad qualities that are hidden inside you…behind one of the mask that you are wearing. And when that same bad quality you see in others you hate them. Answer is to realize that you don’t even love your own self. Answer is to realize that you need not do anything to hide your bad qualities. 

Answer is to ACCEPT yourself the way you are, only then you can accept others the way they are.

Answer is to know your own self first, only then you can know others.

In 5th phase, you realize the “Wow” factor. You realize that once you start accepting your true nature the fears have vanished. You realize what a fearless mind can achieve. You start to understand your powerful nature in a better way. And you start investing your energy in creating Beauty around you.