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As the Self so the World appears

Once upon a time, there lived a family on the top of hills. There was, in that family, parents and a young boy and girl. The kids used to go to the tip of the mountains and play and have fun. One day, the boy went towards the tip and shouted, "I hate you!!"

This voice echoed, came back, and as he hears the same voice, "I hate you!!"  he got sacred and felt "oh my gosh! Where is this voice coming from?"

"…I hate you …"

He ran back to his mom. He held her tightly and said, "Mummy, the mountain is shouting I Hate you!!" His mother understood the reason and asked him what he said to the mountains. The boy said that he shouted, "I hate you…"

Then the mother made him understand that a phenomenon called echo happens, whereby whatever we send, hits us back and echoes… So if he said "I hate you" then this voice shall only return back. She then told him to go shout "I love you!!"

So, the boy with his sister went out and started to shout "I love you..."

This voice repeated and they could hear "I love you, I love you!!..."

So beautiful! Now, they realized that whatever we send outside, we get that back only.

Moral: We get back what we give, whatever seeds we sow, the same fruit we get back. So, we should sow love to receive love back.



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