Be Fluid - Flexible is too rigid

Two anecdotes, same message:

One evening, two young monks (let's call them Sohan and Mohan ) under the tutelage of a great sage, living in a Gurukul and bound by rules like complete celibacy (including not touching the women, talking to them or seeing them) were walking near a river when they heard a cry for help.

They saw that a woman was drowning. Sohan looked in the other direction and kept walking. Mohan jumped into the river, saved the woman and carried her on his shoulders. He dropped her at a doctor’s clinic ensuring that she was fine and her life will be saved.

Sohan was watching this in astonishment but kept quiet and they reached their Ashram. After their daily prayers and dinner Mohan went to sleep but Sohan remained awake. He just couldn’t sleep…

Next day, they went through their routine like every day but there was an awkward uneasiness. In the evening when they were walking again, Sohan said abruptly “I will tell Guruji”. Mohan was surprised at this sudden utterance and asked “What will you tell?” Sohan replied “You carried a woman on your shoulder yesterday”.

Now Mohan understood the reason behind Sohan’s awkward behavior and said “When I heard the cry, all I saw was that someone was drowning. Whether it was a man or woman, never occurred to me. And my dear friend, I dropped the woman yesterday but you are still carrying her on your shoulder.”

Train of life:

This is from my all time favorite movie “Main Azaad Hoon”. There is a scene where the protagonist tells audience a story. It goes like:

Some passengers were travelling in a train. One of them was carrying his baggage on his head. One fellow passenger asked “Brother, the whole train is empty. Why don’t you keep your baggage on the baggage rack or the floor?” The guy replied “It is my baggage, if I don’t carry it then who will”…

Audience laughs and the protagonist gives the moral of the story “We all are passengers in the train called life. Life offers us comfort and space but still we carry the baggage. It is high time that we let go of the baggage and travel light”….

Once we have done the first stage of Rubaru™: The Realization, we move to the second – Prioritization. And to prioritize, we need to first get rid of the baggage.

Rock iT™ Mantra: In your own Rock iT™ journey, be the engine and not a bogie...