Tuesday 7 June 2016

Faith

Once there was a baba who with his dance would impress rain Gods and hence rains would come. During one harsh summer there was a village which faced drought and hence people started to leave that village along with their cattle and livestock in search for better pastures. However some 50 odd families decided to stay put and call the dancing Baba from nearby village to impress rain Gods. Baba came and he was welcomed with huge fanfare and was given best place in the village to stay. Next morning people woke up to see Baba ji dancing relentlessly, chanting various mantras. Several days passed by, but there was not even a drop of rain. Villagers felt cheated and got into a verbal exchange with Baba ji. Baba ji pacified them and started dancing again unabated that day. While baba was dancing throughout the night, whole village was covered with dark clouds in the morning. People started offering prayers, sang Bhajans, the whole village reverberated with slogans of Baba ji key Jai HO. And finally it started raining. Rains continued for several days and people who had left started to come back and started living in their village happily again. After sometime Baba ji decided to leave the village. However villagers did not want Baba ji to leave. But he insisted and the villagers had to relent. While he was leaving, one of the followers asked baba ji, what if drought hits us once again next year. What are we going to do? And therefore can you teach one or two of us the mantra and the so called dance to impress rain Gods. Baba ji took a deep breath and told that man, "Its not about how you dance and what mantra you chant, Its only and only about till when you can dance. Your belief has to be unwavering. You have to persevere in the most difficult times, probably when even your family and friends start doubting you. The name of the game is Faith".