Why so serious? 🧐

Questions and Answers
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Everyone is so busy wanting to be happy but mostly serious hence let’s have some fun

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Let’s hear a story today
Krishna, Arjuna, and Satyaki were travelling through a forest. Night fell, so they decided to rest.

Since the forest was dangerous, they agreed to keep watch in turns.

As Satyaki stood guard, a terrifying demon appeared.

The demon challenged him to fight.

Satyaki became angry and attacked. The more fiercely he fought, the larger and stronger the demon became.

Satyaki became exhausted and bruised. Eventually the demon disappeared when his watch ended.

Arjuna now took over.

The same demon appeared.

Arjuna, the greatest archer, became furious and fought with all his might.

But something strange happened.

Every time Arjuna became more angry, the demon became more powerful.

The battle continued until Arjuna was badly beaten and completely exhausted.

Then the demon vanished.

3rd Watch..

Finally it was Sri Krishna’s turn.

The same demon appeared.

Instead of becoming angry…

Krishna smiled.

The demon insulted Him.

Krishna laughed.

The demon threatened Him.

Krishna smiled even more.

With every smile…

the demon became smaller.

It shrank…

and shrank…

until it became no larger than an insect.

Bhagvan calmly picked it up, tied it into a corner of His cloth, and waited for morning.

When Arjuna and Satyaki awoke, they described the terrifying demon that had nearly defeated them.

Krishna untied the tiny creature from His cloth and said:

“This is the same demon.”

They were astonished. The Compassionate one explained,

“This demon lives on anger. Every moment you became angry, you fed it. I gave it nothing to feed upon. Therefore it withered away.”

Reacting with anger strengthens Maya of Anger, hence Edgar Cayce gave so much of importance to a great “Sense of Honour”

“Cultivate the ability to see the ridiculous, and to retain the ability to laugh. For know only in those that God hath favored is there the ability to laugh, even when clouds of doubt arise, or when every form of disturbance arises.”
— **Reading 2984-1

I still remember the profound impact the following words had on me when I first read it two decades ago

“If ye lose the ability to laugh, ye lose that ability to be joyous. And the religion, the principle of the Christ-life is joyous! For remember He laughed… even at those that tormented Him.”

— **Reading 3003-1

Happy Sunday My beloved
May The Sun of Smile ever be shining on your face and those around you :hugs:

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I swear to God, I thought of this quote today “why so serious” :grinning_face: and here we are with another beautiful post by you @venu Sir!

It’s our reaction to everything that makes our experience joyful or painful. But we being we never realize that!

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this is the mysterious ways in which the Masters work my blessed @hc2101
They make it rain,
they make it shine,
and they enlighten :slight_smile:
Happy Sunday

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So true Sir! Thank you!

Happy Sunday! Hope your Sunday is filled with all the things you love to enjoy! :folded_hands:t2:

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Dear Dr Venu,This post amused me because when someone tries to annoy me,i smile.But my smile is with no noble intention like Lord Krishna,…but to irritate and annoy the opponent even more.I have this cheap thrill of letting the other person wonder why i was :smiley: smiling

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Happy Sunday to all :smiley::smiley:

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And they send the master in our lives, like you @venu so that we can learn from everybit of time

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its telepathy and connection of your to our master @venu :folded_hands:

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Now it’s our time to see the action from above the scene and react thoughtfully. thanks for sharing this wonderful story, sir @venu

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Is it the anger of oneself? @Sir

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Bang on!! looks like we are built the same way :sweat_smile: same madness different addresses :sweat_smile: I also enjoy the cheap thrills of reverse psychology often :grinning_face: I’m no saint but it’s the most human aspect of being me, I don’t want to react but at the same time I don’t want the other person get away with the pleasure of having a win over me :grinning_face:

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Yes it’s telepathy and sometimes my network runs like crazy :grinning_face:

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Thank you so much, Sir, for sharing this beautiful story. :folded_hands:

This post was a gentle reminder that our greatest battles are often not with the situations around us, but with the emotions we choose to feed. The analogy of the demon growing stronger with anger and becoming powerless in the presence of a smile is a lesson for all of us.

Thank you for yet another timeless teaching and for constantly guiding us. Gratitude always, Sir. :folded_hands::cherry_blossom:

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Thanks for sharing this wonderful insight Venu
Need to work on it