LION THE KING OF JUNGLE.

Once upon a time there was a thick limitless jungle. The nature displayed its full splendor. All kinds of plant were blooming and all animal species were fighting, loving and grooming happily. The kingdom of the jungle was ruled by king of animals the LION. All animal subjects happy and obeying him. Things were fine for some time before the LION became ferocious. Instead of protecting he would kill them just for fun even when he was not hungry. Being angry became good cause to kill instead of being hungry. Slowly other maladies like lust, greed, jealousy made their way to the LION mind.
All animals were scared of him but nobody dared to complain. Ultimately all animals called a meeting to discuss how to get rid of the tyrant LION. In the meeting, committees appointed, reports tabled, long discussions held where every body participated in most rhetoric fashion but no solution came forward. When every body was thoroughly exhausted, a cunning fox volunteered to get rid of the problem. Happy by his initiative, all animals happily endorsed him as their Representative to face the LION.
The cunning fox went to the LION and started singing all praises for him. Pleased by the flattery, the LION granted him audience. The fox began with some more praises and won the confidence of the LION. Gently threw challenge to him. Says “ how come there is another LION who looks and rules just like you ? “. The LION was taken aback at the thought of having another LION. Soon both took to the road leading to it. The Fox took LION to a well and asked to look into it. Sure there was reflection looking same as him, roaring as him.
Original LION was about to jump at the reflection and drown himself when deep in his mind he heard a voice not heard till now. It urged him to take a step back which he did. The reflection disappeared. A step forward and reflection reappeared, a step backward and reflection disappeared. Now he became quiet and listened to that inner voice once more. It told him “Your likes and dislike brings you forward and backward. Stop looking at the reflection and there will be nothing left to see” Now he came once again to the edge of well but refused to see at the bottom of it. There was no water and no reflection. Eventually he went back and became the true ruler of the jungle kingdom. He began to rule with justice without fear or favor and no longer effected by moods like anger, fear, depression, excitement.

MORAL : The LION is our mind. The jungle is the field granted to us by GOD for experience. The moods are our accumulated desires. Overcome them and you are true ruler. Listen to the FOX and you are drowned.

Arvind Khare
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