Passage 7

In English

Here is a small story. The husband and wife were sleeping in their room at night. Six thieves entered the house. The wife was awake, while the husband was in slumber. The wife cautioned the husband that thieves had entered the house, but the husband, who was in a slothful state, said, “Yes, I know”. “The thieves have opened the iron safe,” she said again. The lazy husband turned from one side to the other and said again, “I know”. The wife said, “Look, they are running away with the iron safe with valuables”. The husband said confidently, “Don’t worry, the key of the safe is with me”! The wife could only lament at the foolishness of the husband. In this story, the husband stands for (individual soul), wife for awareness, house for body and thieves for six inner enemies of man – desire, anger, greed, passion, arrogance and jealousy. After having realised that the most precious Divinity is there within you, why don’t you endeavour to experience it?