Mans Divinity
posted June 17, 2008 - 7:46amAn old Hindu legend had said whose details are not known but his words are Anmol and each word carries a philosophical meaning for each one of us.
There was a time when men were gods. But they
* abused their divine powers so much that Brahma, the
master of all gods, decided to take these powers away
and hide them in a place where it would be impossible to
find. All that remained was to find a suitable hiding
place. A number of lesser gods were appointed to a
council to deal with the issue. They suggested this:
"Why not bury man's powers in the earth?"
* To which Brahma replied, " No, that will not do because
man would dig deep and find it."
* So the gods said, "In that case, we will send their
divinity to the deepest depths of the ocean"
* But Brahma replied again, "Sooner or later man will
explore the depths of the ocean and it is certain he
will find it and bring it to the surface."
* So the lesser gods concluded, "Neither land nor sea is a
place where man's divine powers will be safe, so we do
not know where to hide it."
* At that moment Brahma exclaimed, "This is what we will
do with man's divinity! We will hide it deep within him
because that is the only place he will not think to
look."
* From then on, according to the legend, man searched the
world over;
"he explored, climbed, dove, and dug in search of
something that was inside himself the whole time."

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