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 244 - The example of shadow in respect of worldly desires
You might have noticed that if you run to catch your shadow, you can never do so. The shadow will run farther and farther away from you. So, too, if you run after the worldly desires, pleasure or sense satisfaction, they will continue to evade you, howsoever, hard you may try. But, if you walk, turning your face towards the sun, your shadow will run after you. Similarly, if you become indifferent or if you renounce the worldly desires and relations and if you look towards God, the Sun of the suns, all the sense objects and all the worldly pleasures will come to you automatically even without your asking for them.
If you advance towards God, every facility will be at your disposal to help you to attain your Goal. Do not try to make the sun go round the earth. Make the earth revolve round the sun. This is quite natural and also in the fitness of the things. Kama means to emphasize that, instead of making God run after your desires to be fulfilled, it would be fair to make your desires dance around God Himself. Surrender them to Him. This will make you care-free and peaceful.