Steer Clear of Miseries

In one birth cycle, one of the Seven Rishis, Gautama Rishi cursed his wife Akalya turning her into a stone. He himself specified a redemption, that Rama would come to earth, go to the forest on exile and in the course of his wanderings would step on the stone and thus grant her relief from her curse.

Regardless of whether Rama wanted or not, he passed through that way and freed her from her curse, because he was ordained to do so.

This is what happens in our life. Remedies accompany any problems we face. It is in that time of agony, that all our ego, conceit, arrogance vanish.

You buy a costly silk dress. When you wear it outside, it gets dirty and you want to clean it. That’s why you wash it, don’t you?

So also, you are a silk cloth in God’s hands. You have accumulated some dirt in the travel of life. So He gives you miseries, so that you will be washed in your tears of remorse and prayers. Then you will be clean enough for Him to wear. That’s all there is to life.

Our Eternal Home is Heaven and our Eternal Father is God. Life on this earth is transient. So the soul eagerly awaits the day it can unite with its Ultimate Parent. If you understand this, there is no place for any type of misery.