There
is a Hindu legend which tells of a story when all men had always been happy but
after a long time, they abused happiness. So Brahma decided to take away
happiness and hid it where men could not find it.
The
council met to decide where to hide happiness so men would not be able to find
it.
One
suggested to bury happiness deep in the earth.
But
the Brahma said men could still dig deep under the earth to find it.
Another
suggested to sink happiness in the deepest ocean, hang it in the highest of
stars in the sky.
But
again Brahma said men would eventually explore the depths of the sea, and the
height of the sky, and eventually would find it and take it again.
The
council had ran out of options, because it seemed that there is no place in
this world which men could not reach.
The
Brahma said, “This is what we should do. We should hide happiness deep inside
man himself for he would never think to look for it there.”
Ever
since then, legend has it that man has been going up and down the earth,
climbing, digging, diving, exploring, searching for something that is already
in himself.
-Adopted
from the Book, Living Moments of Sunshine, by J. MAURUS.
The
Bombay
St.
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