NOKIA 000... Digital Screen...
Camera and Hand set with
AirTel prepaid connection!
Talk time- Rs.250.
Validity- 1 month.
All this at a cost of Rs.1,000 only.
Offer valid for just four days!
Limited sets…Hurry!!
Isn't this an attractive offer! Who will not be pulled by its magnetism and charm? One gentleman also happened to see this news as he was going through the newspaper. He, too, decided to set his foot in the world of mobile phones. He thought- 'Wow! So many colourful features in just one thousand rupees! Why not take benefit from this offer?' ...and he went to the nearest mobile phone dealer to buy the set! He bought the set according to the scheme advertised, understood all its functions properly, and, with great excitement, returned home. Aha! What to say of his life-style then! It utterly took a 'U' turn and wore a showy elegance, coded with jingling beeps and tones. Every other day, he would make a special effort to set a new ring tone, new wallpaper, and new colour settings. With immense pleasure and style, he attended the calls from his friends. He made calls... he received calls... and remained over-busy and over-excited without intermission for a month.
On completion of the month, when he dialed his brother's number, in place of his brother, some sister answered! The female voice said, 'The validity of your card has expired.' New to the world of mobile phones, the gentleman was taken aback the moment these words fell upon his ears! He tried the number for the second time... third time... but, the same message was relayed every time with the same politeness... However, that politeness tested the gentleman's patience and he was thoroughly agitated! That botheration was too much to bear. He got up with a start, dressed hurriedly, took his unwell-mobile and rushed to the shop from where he had purchased the set. On reaching there… No this or that, but straight attacks! Without warning, he began to shout at the shopkeeper, 'Listen Mr. Shopkeeper, exactly a month ago, I bought this mobile phone from your shop. But, this morning, when I wished to talk to one of my close relatives, a sweet voice gave me the bitter message that the validity of card has expired! Now what is this? I had paid the full prescribed amount to buy this phone!'
The shop-owner smiled and said, 'Sir, the validity of your card was for one month. You need to recharge your card!'
Gentleman: But, I charge this set daily... Why then recharge the card?
Shop-owner: Sir, this handset is just like an antenna, which catches the frequency of signals. Otherwise, the entire role is played by the card in it. Therefore, it is very essential to recharge the card.
Dear friends, though casually said, but this revelation by the shopkeeper cracks a vital secret-shell of human life. Could you catch the secret?
In reality, our physical self is like the handset of a cell phone. As done by that gentleman, we, too, charge our handset, i.e., our body, everyday- by taking food… by exercising! But, we forget to charge the card within this body, i.e., our Soul!
Here, many of our intelligent friends may remark- 'If soul is the card for this mobile phone-like body, then even without charging it everything seems to be going absolutely fine in our lives! Meaning, all the functions are activated and are running smoothly!'
But friends, this is our sheer misunderstanding. Perhaps, you are not aware that without this essential re-charging, the most important function of our life-mobile remains shut! What if some other features are in working condition?
Could not grasp! Ok, just have a second look at your mobile phone... Now, when the card expires, even then the functions like games, calculator, camera, etc. continue to work as before. But the main function for which the mobile phone is made, i.e., receiving and making calls- this function remains inactive. Similarly, when the soul-like card is not recharged, means the spiritual nature is not activated or awakened; even then, the sundry functions (like eating, drinking, working, etc.) continue within our lives-sphere. However, the main function/purpose of our existence- to send and receive signals from the Supreme, i.e., connection with the Lord- remains inert and inoperative. Neither we are able to listen to the wisdom-filled advice/message of the All-Pervading Power nor are we in a position to convey our heart-felt signals to Him. With this important function being absent, we fail to draw full benefits from our life (mobile). We are unable to pierce the wall of unreality and remain blocked without knowing the true meaning of life. The goal and motive of our life stands unachievable.
Then, what is the solution?
It's the same, as is applicable to the mobile phone. Recharge the card! But, now, how to recharge (awaken) our soul-card? Just as to recharge the mobile phone, we need a secret pin number, which we get from the shop owner; similarly, to awaken the soul, one needs to know the secret technique, which is bestowed upon only by the Perfect Master, a Spiritual Guru. In the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna tells Arjuna-
O Arjuna, What I am going to give thee is the most secret thing of all; the secret of secrets, the sovereign knowledge!
So, why tarry! Delay no longer! Get up and hasten! To recharge (awaken) your life-mobile card (soul), proceed to reach the spiritual authority (Guru) of the time. Sit at his lotus feet and know and receive from Him the secret technique (Brahm Gyan)!
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