Sai Prem
This podcast is dedicated to our spiritual Master sharing His universal teachings of Truth, Love, Right Conduct, Peace and Non violence through human value and moral stories . Stories connect with any age group people. Profound messages can be conveyed through simple stories. This is our humble attempt to spread these values through stories and experiences sharing. These are collection of stories from various resources which are collated in our blog Saibalsanskaar. (http://saibalsanskaar.wordpress.com) Most of the stories will be in English and from time to time we will be sharing in other Indian languages as well. Looking forward to all your support.
Sai Prem
A Potter Who Broke his Pottery
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We live in a society that comprises both positive and negative people. The wise thing would be to observe them and try to absorb and inculcate the good values from our experiences with them because ultimately only good values make us into better human beings.
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Value: Truth
Sub-Value: Introspection
There was once a potter in a village. He was very well known for the exquisite pottery that he created.
These pots had asymmetrical golden lines in them that added splendour to the pots. Each creation that way was an exclusive one. Never similar!
How did the potter create those exclusive golden lines?
Apparently, the potter broke the pots into pieces once they were done, and then, put them back together with gold filigree. And, they turned out to be exclusive and exquisite creations!
In our daily lives, on the one side, we come across myriad personalities- hassled, angry, egoistic, always-with-sad-face, never smiling, confused, and many other types. While, on the other side, we see cool dudes, humble, cheerful, very clear and focused, ever-smiling, embodiments of serenity, loving, pious ones, and others.
Both lists go on…
Our life too is akin to the potter and his creations. The potter is the creator, and we are the pottery work created.
However, there is one significant difference.
Here, the potter himself breaks his creations. But, in our life creator sends some people to break us.
These people are the former variety. They discourage and make us cynical at times. The latter ones are those that put us back again.
But how?
With golden filigree of their positivity that adds exquisiteness to our personalities. They turn our lives into unique creations. Yes, each of us is unique, exclusive, and exquisite.
But the point here is that the creator does not send the destructive kinds for no reason. They are meant to teach us great lessons:
Hassled — teach us to be patient,
Angry — to be cool and loving,
Egoistic — to be humble,
Never smiling — to be cheerful,
Confused — to be focussed.
All myriad people in our lives, both positive and negative, are meant to make us masterpieces. We, the exclusive masterpieces, created by others in our life! How wonderful!
Let’s be generous and give credit to all those who break us too. There are others who can put us back and give us a gorgeous face-lift! Ultimately we are the winners.
Isn’t that a splendid way of looking at life?
Learning
We live in a society that comprises both positive and negative people. The wise thing would be to observe them and try to absorb and inculcate the good values from our experiences with them because ultimately only good values make us into better human beings.
(Source: SSSIE-Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Educare)