Parables of Rama
by Swami Rama Tirtha | 102,836 words
Stories in English used by Swami Rama to illustrate the highest teaching of Vedanta. The most difficult and intricate problems of philosophy and abstract truths, which may very well tax the brains of the most intellectual, are thus made not only simple and easy to understand but also brought home to us in a concrete form in such an interesting and ...
Story 216 - The practice of allowing roots of godly ideas
To penetrate deep into your heart and mind You know that the height of an oak tree is even higher than that of a sakhu tree. But Rama has seen some of the oak trees in an exhibition in Japan not higher than a foot and a half, even though they were about three hundred years old. As a matter of fact, these trees go as high, as their roots go deep into the earth. Taking advantage of this principle, they, the growers cut away the roots as they penetrate deeper into the earth below, with the result that the height of the tree is automatically stunted. They continue this process of cutting away the roots, again and again, as they (roots) go deep, with the result that the trees are prevented from growing to their natural height. Similarly, if you do not allow the roots of Godly ideas to penetrate deep enough into your heart and mind, you will not be able to attain the natural height of spiritual evolution. Your progress will be retarded and you will remain spiritually stunted. This is the Law which holds true in every sphere. Drink deep the godliness, so that it may penetrate every fibre of your body, mind and heart and you may be free to grow higher and higher in the realm of spiritualism.