SPIRITUAL QUOTIENT – 40
THE PEARL NECKLACE!!!
(Extracted, compiled & edited from RADIO SAI JOURNALS)
There was this pretty 8 year-old girl who was checking out at a store with her mother and saw a plastic pearl necklace. She wanted that necklace very badly and when she asked her mother if she would buy it for her, her mother said, "Well, it is a pretty necklace, but it costs an awful lot of money. I'll buy you the necklace provided when we get home you can clean up your room & your bed. Okay?"
She agreed and her mother bought the pearl necklace for her & when they went home the little girl kept her promise.
How she loved those pearls! She wore them everywhere - to school, bed, and even when she went out with her mother to run errands. The only time she didn't wear them was in the shower - her mother had told her that they would turn her neck green.
She had a very loving daddy. When she went to bed, he would get up from his favorite chair every night and read her a nice story. One night when he finished the story, he asked her, "Do you love me?"
"Oh yes daddy! You know I love you," the little girl said.
"Well, then, give me your pearls!" Daddy said.
"Oh daddy! Please, not my pearls!" she said. "But you can have this Barbie, my favorite doll. Remember her? You gave her to me last year for my birthday. And you can have her tea party set too. Okay?"
"Oh no, darling, that's okay." Her father brushed her cheek with a kiss. "Good night."
A week later, her father once again asked her after the story, "Do you love me?"
"Oh yes, daddy! You know I love you."
"Well, then give me your pearls."
"Oh, daddy, not my pearls! But you can have these colored Ribbons & another Barbie doll. Do you remember her? She's my favorite. Her hair is so soft, and you can play with it and braid it also. You can have both, daddy."
"No, that's okay," her father said and brushed her cheek again with a kiss. "God bless you. Sweet dreams."
Several days later, when her father came in to read her a story, she was sitting on her bed and her lips were trembling. "Here, daddy," she said, and held out her tiny hand. She opened it and her beloved pearl necklace was inside. She let it slip into her father's hand. "You can have the necklace Daddy." She said with tears in her eyes.
With one hand her father held the plastic pearls and with the other he pulled out of his pocket a blue velvet box. Inside the box were real, genuine, beautiful pearls & he gave them to her!!! The little girl was completely stunned at that beautiful pearl necklace & was overjoyed!
He had them all along. He was only waiting for her to give up the cheap stuff so he could give her the real thing!!!
PS: So it is with our Heavenly Father. He is waiting for us to give up all the cheap things in our lives so that he can give us his beautiful treasure that he has all the time for us. But we've to give up our desires first.
Why are we holding onto things which God wants us to let go of? Are we holding onto harmful or unnecessary possessions which we have become so attached to that it seems impossible to let go?
Sometimes it is so hard to see what God has in the other hand, but we must believe that God will never take away anything without giving us in return something precious in its place.
"I will give you what you want so that one day you will want what I really want to give you… SATHYA SAI BABA
SAIRAM
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A few responses…
- Dear Sir,
The SQ - 38 and SQ - 39 are more thought provoking among the SQ series so far I read. Any one who realise these values will no doubt enjoy a peaceful life. I really enjoy reading this SQ series.
Thank you.
Regards,
SUBRAMANIYAN.K.A
- Dear Sir,
The above story of a king and the message (SQ – 38) is simply wonderful and is very useful for all of us in our daily lives when we face so many up and downs. Please keep sending such useful mails
may god bless you.
om sai ram
subbalakshmi - Here (SQ – 38) it says that we are mere spectators in this journey of our life…… If everything has already been "programmed" – each and every action, every moment and incidents that happen during the course……. then what is in our hands? If nothing is in our hands…….are we mere puppets in the hands of the creator? And if this is true…..then it seems all our efforts to achieve our goals in life seem to be of no use….Please explain if we have any power on our own to change the course of events that may happen in our lives and to what extent?
Regards,
RAMKUMAR S
Reply: SQ – THE LONG LEASH might shed some light on this.
After creating everything, God gave man complete freedom to do as he liked. But God has imposed a condition. You may do what you want and enjoy what you desire, but you cannot escape the consequences. You have to face the result. Therefore, you alone are responsible for what happens to you. The good and the bad that happen to you were brought about by you alone.
You have some land. You may build whatever type of house on it or apartments. That depends entirely on your wish. But whatever it is, you must pay land tax / property tax to the Government. In the same way, you cannot escape the consequences of your actions. You've to pay for all your words, thoughts & deeds.
Your income tax is dependent on the amount you earn. But there are also tax exemptions. In the same manner, devotion, service, Sadhana, Bhajans etc., all fetch you some rebate from the consequences of your past actions. Then finally God's grace would cancel your Karma itself & grant you liberation!!!
SAIRAM
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