Very well said, Sue. I agree with life is satisfying once we stop focusing on other's happiness and instead of focusing on ourselves. It was a difficult lesson but one that changed my life.
Oh Wow! I wasn't expecting you to put God as our business partner at the end. I was too busy getting mad at the man in the story who kept the 100%.
Great story plot, btw. You certainly zeroed in on the man's ingratitude effectively. I guess, we all experience a bit of that ingratitude at one time or another in our lives. A big Ooops!
A young English sadhaka who had studied philosophy at the Benares Hindu University had a talk with Mataji before returning to his country.
Amongst other things, Mataji said to him:
"Meditate on God all the time,
whatever you may do,
wherever you may be.
Remember,
whatever you see,
whatever you hear,
is his manifestation.
Pain exists because
you believe yourself to be separate.
Don't consider anyone as separate from yourself. Regard everyone as your friend.
Consider yourself to be God's tool (yantra) and think that He is moving you.
Dedicate yourself entirely to Him, feel all the time that He is doing everything. Even when you walk, feel that He is moving your legs.
Whatever work you do,
offer it to Him,
then you will be incapable of any baseness, for how can you offer anything ugly to your Beloved.
The little knowledge you possess, you have to give up to Him and in return,
because there is nothing left,
He will give you all.
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