BEING IN AWARENESS

 

BEING IN AWARENESS

             Once there was a king, living his life in luxury and lavishly. He was not paying his attention towards his kingdom. He used to spend his time in doing unworthy activities. He was not at all like his forefathers who had conquered other regions and expanded their kingdom. Though he was not looking after his people, he was fond of receiving gifts from his subjects.

         Every morning people from different parts of the kingdom used to come to the palace with a gift for the king. They used bring different things like expensive wool, antique pieces, idols made of gold and silver and many more. Among these people there was a monk. He used to present a gift to the king too. He had been giving him  a forest fruit as a gift. Without missing a single day he was bringing  that fruit to the king for last many years.

         The king used to feel very happy to see the gifts. He used to order his servants to keep them all safely except the fruit. He was not  paying attention to the fruit thinking it was useless to him. He had thrown away all the fruits but the monk used to be there in the palace with a fruit.

          One day the king was observing all the gifts he had received on that day. He saw a fruit among those gifts. He was about order to throw it, he thought to cut the fruit. He picked up that fruit and asked to cut it first time ever. As a servant cut it into two pieces, the king got shocked to see that there was a diamond in the fruit. It was very rare and precious. Even the king had no such diamond in his treasure. He immediately ordered to collect earlier gifted fruits. He could find a few. He cut them all and got diamonds in each of them. He sent his people to the jungle to bring the monk into the palace.

         As monk came there, the king kept all the diamonds before him and asked what was his intention to gift this to him. The monk smiled and said, “hey king, I have been giving you this diamond for many years but you couldn’t get them all as you were ignoring my gift. Today only you paid attention toward my gift and you got a few. Dear king, this fruit represents the life. Everyday life brings you such precious opportunities to live life better but many people like you ignore the life and get indulged in unwanted activities. They don’t value the time. They don’t value the life. They waste it thinking of it useless. You were haunted with the darkness of ignorance but today you came into consciousness. You became aware and only this awareness has given you this diamond and not me.”

              The king realized his mistake and promised the monk to be always in awareness. He decided to look after his kingdom carefully.  

             Dear readers, it is the awareness that brings you happiness. It is what the life is. Life is here and it can be lived only with the awareness. It is living in the present. To live the life at its fullest you need to be aware about it. Be aware about your body, mind and spirit. Be aware about your thoughts, attitude and behavior. Be aware about your physical activities. Be aware about whatever you listen, watch and read. Be aware about your speech. Be aware about your interactions with others.

          Awareness helps you to grow in a right direction. It adds life to the moments you spend. It makes you wise enough to understand what is important and unimportant in your life. It develops your focus. It increases your concentration. It makes you more alive.

 

Written by

Mr. Abhijeet Manav.

( Life Coach & Motivational Speaker)

www.exceltrainings.in

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