Give without expectation

whatever comes to us, comes, for us to pass on! Whether it is wealth, wisdom, ideas or opportunities, all that comes to us, so that at the right moment, we can pass them on.


When we try to block the flow, we may feel ‘pressure’ in our life.
Whenever you feel the 'pressure', check what is it that you are holding?
Release it, or pass it on to someone else, and feel the relaxation!


Here is a nice story,

Once Krishna and Arjuna were walking towards a village. Arjuna was pestering Krishna, asking him ‘why Karna should be considered an unparalleled Donor, and not him?!’


To prove him a point, Krishna then turned a mountain into gold and said, "Arjuna, distribute this gold mountain among the villagers, but you must donate every bit of it ".


Arjuna went into the village, and proclaimed that he was going to donate gold to every villager, and asked them to gather near the mountain. The villagers sang his praises and Arjuna walked towards the mountain with a huffed-up chest.


For two days and nights Arjuna shoveled gold from the mountain and donated to each villager, but the mountain did not diminish in the slightest.


Most villagers came back and stood in queue within minutes. Now Arjuna was exhausted, but not ready to let go of his Ego, and told Krishna that he couldn't go on any longer without rest.


[FONT=georgia, serif]Then Krishna called Karna and told him to donate every bit of the gold mountain. [/FONT]Karna called the villagers, and said "That Gold Mountain is yours…!", and walked away!
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[FONT=georgia, serif]Arjuna sat dumbfounded. Why hadn't this thought occurred to him?[/FONT]
[FONT=georgia, serif]Krishna smiled mischievously and told him "Arjuna, subconsciously, you were attracted to the gold, you regretfully gave it away to each villager, and giving them what you thought was a generous amount. Thus the size of your donation to each villager depended only on your imagination.[/FONT]
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[FONT=georgia, serif]Karna holds no such reservations. Look at him walking away after giving away a fortune, he doesn't expect people to sing his praises, he doesn't even care if people talk good or bad about him behind his back, ‘That is the sign of a man already on the path of enlightenment!’[/FONT]


Giving with an Expectation of a Return,in the form of a Compliment or thanks is not a Gift, but a Trade!

Jayasala 42







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Thanks Joylokhi.Yes, giving with expectation is trade.

jayasala 42

 

There may be many Karnas. They might be unsung heroes without their names revealed to anyone.

Jayasala 42

 

Dear Suryakala,
There have been many vallals as per scriptures though they are not as popular as Krishna. As you said we all pray that our hands should be a 'giving hand' and not a receiving one.
On many occasions we see people born on the same day with same nakshatra, lagna with identical horoscopes even with similar dasa balance totally differ from each other.One may be very generous and rich and the other may be poor and begging.

My mother would reason out" the generous one would have been conceived at a time when the king was giving and the other child would have conceived at the time of receiving.Though giving and receiving seem to be simultaneous, action of giving is at least fraction of a second earlier to the act of receiving.
Your response reminded me of my mother's meaningful explanation for so many things in life. Having studies only upto class 3,,she was an embodiment of knowledge and wisdom.She used to solve so many algebraic problems with much ease to the amazement of college studemts. Poor lady spent her entire life in the kitchen and in grinding idli batter in the manual grinding stone for 25 people daily.

Jayasala 42

 

Dear Viji,
I loved your response very much. Simple and humble to the core without frills.As circumstances change people have necessarily to change to keep peace at home. Not only your cousin, the normal is trend is to keep away with relatives.We may have thousands faceless friends around your monitor but not a single relative visiting home.
We move with the tide.

Jayasala 42