Hope –an invisible rope

Hi Friends,

I just want to share a story from "Tales and Parables of Sri Ramakrishna".

My skeptical mind doesnot believe in anything such as any God or babas .But Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa is an Exception. I donno why I believe in him , may be iam a hypochrite.

But Let me tell you one thing: whenever I lose hope or drown into depression, I recall this particular story and regain a ray of hope and plunge myself into activity.

Iam reproducing the story exactly as it is published in the RK matt’s book:

ONCE the son of a certain man lay at the point of

death, and it seemed that none could save his life.

A sadhu, however, said to the father of the dying

son: "There is but one hope. If you can get in a

human skull the venom of a cobra mixed with a

few drops of rain-water under the constellation of

the Svati star, your son's life, can be saved." The

father looked up the almanac and found that the

constellation of the Svati would be in the

ascendant on the morrow. So he prayed, saying, "O

Lord, do Thou make possible all these conditions,

and spare the life of my son." With extreme

earnestness and longing in his heart, he set out on

the following evening and diligently searched in a

deserted spot for a human skull. At last he found

one under a tree, held it in the hand, and waited for

the rain, praying. Suddenly a shower came, and a

few drops of rain were deposited in the upturned

skull. The man said to himself, "Now I have the

water in the skull under the right constellation."

Then he prayed earnestly, "Grant, O Lord, that the

rest may also be obtained." In a short time he

discovered, not far from there, a toad, and a cobra

springing to catch it. In a moment the toad jumped

over the skull, followed by the cobra whose venom

fell into the skull. With overwhelming gratitude the

anxious father cried out: "Lord, by Thy grace even

impossible things are made possible. Now, I know

that my son's life will be saved."

Therefore, I say, if you have true faith and earnest

longing, you will get everything by the grace of the Lord.

Hope it might help someone, because- I am witness to such miracles (as story is just a metaphor) in my own life. As they are personal, I would not like to share them.

I would like to end with a punch dialogue from Khaleja movie (Trivikram Srinivas)- " అద్భుతం జరిగెటప్పుడు ఎవరు గుర్తించరు. అద్భుతం జరిగిన తరువాత గుర్తించాల్సిన పని లెదు."

May the blessings of Ramakrishna shower on to us.