Gratitude brings more to you
A small story:
| A boy once | When you have |
|---|---|
| visited a | experienced for yourself |
| king's palace. | the wonders of |
| He requested | gratitude, you will |
| to allow him | attract more and more |
| to stay for a | fortune for yourself. |
night in the palace.
The king agreed and the boy stayed.
The next morning, the boy came up to the king and complained endlessly about the shortcomings of the accommodation provided to him.
The king ordered the boy to be taken out saying that even a day's accommodation was too much for a person such as him.
The boy felt very bad and went to a Sufi saint and narrated to him the happenings.
The saint did not say anything. He simply asked the boy to become his disciple.
A few months later, the saint told the boy that he was going to visit the king and asked him to accompany him.
They went and asked to be allowed to stay for a few days in the palace.
The king agreed.
The next morning, the king asked the saint if he was comfortable with the arrangements that had been made for him.
The saint expressed heart-felt gratitude towards the king for the comforts made for him.
The king was very happy and immediately ordered his men to pay more attention to the arrangements made for the saint. The saint told the boy, 'Do you see now? This is the secret of life. Feel grateful and you will be showered.'
This is what happens when you thank Existence instead of finding fault with what has been given to you. By feeling gratitude, you send out positive vibrations that will automatically bring back more than you can imagine for yourself.
This does not mean that you have to praise people with your lips and cunningly deceive them to get more. No! When you are in a state of thankfulness all the time, irrespective of your state in the outer world, your gratitude will radiate from you. Then, things will simply start happening for you.
People ask me, 'Swamiji, there is so much suffering around us. Why is this so?' I tell you, this is all nonsense. First of all, there is not as much suffering as you make out to be. There is suffering alright, but it is magnified by your own mind. If you take proper statistics and see, you will understand how much your mind plays in these things. It has become casual social talk to say all these things and magnify the whole situation. Secondly, there is suffering because our faith has disappeared, that's all. We have become greedy, driven by unconscious ways.
Understand that Existence simply orchestrates the happenings in the universe. All the events are so synchronously conducted that the more aware you are, the more you can perceive the amazing order in what now seems to be chaotic to you. We just need to be aware of this and play our part accordingly; life will then flow like music.
When you become sensitive to this phenomenon, from small events to larger ones, you will start realizing how things are being re-arranged and made to happen with you being a simple instrument in the whole process. The power of coincidence will start revealing itself to you in its entire splendor. You will become aware that you are part of a macrocosmic orchestra wherein you just need to flow with the music and enjoy it! It is only when you fight the flow, when you try to go against it,
All the events are so synchronously conducted that the more aware you are, the more you can perceive the amazing order in what now seems to be chaotic to you.