Sunday, March 12, 2006

Growth and Enlightenment

Every material calamity is bound to bring spiritual growth! Until this is understood material calamity will bring great distress! With the distress and pain comes understanding. With understanding comes great awareness. With awareness comes great spiritual growth. With great spiritual growth comes enlightenment!
"Calamities can bring growth and Enlightenment,"said the Master.
And he explained it thus:
"Each day a bird would shelter in the withered branches of a tree that stood in the middle of a vast deserted plain.One day a whirlwind uprooted the tree, forcing the poor bird to fly a hundred miles in search of shelter till it finally came to a forest of fruit-laden trees."
And he concluded:"If the withered tree had survived,nothing would have induced the bird to give up its security and fly."

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