Vechara hadn't been well lately, old age was taking it's toll. He went to the Doctor and said `I've had a really bad farting problem recently. I seem to be letting off wind every few minutes, but the good thing is that it's not noisy nor smelly.' The Doctor gave Vechara some tablets. Vechara returned a week later, rather upset he said, `Doctor those tablets have made my problem worse, I'm still farting but now they smell terrible.' The Doctor replied, `Good, the tablets have sorted your sinuses out, now take these drops for your ears!'
Vechara stormed out and threw the drops away_'I cant stand these Doctors nor their medicines.' He arrived home and sat down to eat with some old friends. `Vechara it's good to regularly clean your ears,' said his friend, ` but next time would you use the end of your OWN spoon!' For the next few days Vechara was constantly wiggling both index fingers in his ears, he didn't like to waste anything so he made candle with the wax!. His ears got infected and within a few days so much pus was mixed in with the wax that he could hear nothing. The Doctor recommended surgery. Both his ears were removed and he became virtually blinded ...his glasses kept slipping off!
There was nothing left living for. Almost deaf and blind he lay down in a corner of a farmer's field and waited for the vultures to eat him and save him from his dark, silent world. On the third morning, his tears were licked off his face by an `Oinking' pig which had come running out of nowhere, he sat up and stroked it's long floppy ears. Then he had a brain wave, he tied a piece of string around it's neck and it led him from town to town.
Moral
Most of us take our health for granted. While our eyes and ears are working well we fill them with the sights and sounds of the fascinating play God has created. We never stop to think what our eyes and ears are really for.
Guru Amar Das Jee lovingly explains to us in the Song Of bliss - Anand Sahib:
O my eyes, the Lord has infused His Light into you; do not look upon any other than the Lord. Do not look upon any other than the Lord; the Lord alone is worthy of beholding. This whole world which you see is the image of the Lord; only the image of the Lord is seen. By Guru's Grace, I understand, and I see only the One Lord; there is no one except the Lord. Says Nanak, these eyes were blind; but meeting the True Guru, they became all-seeing. || 36 ||
O my ears, you were created only to hear the Truth. To hear the Truth, you were created and attached to the body; listen to the True Bani. Hearing it, the mind and body are rejuvenated, and the tongue is absorbed in Ambrosial Nectar. The True Lord is unseen and wondrous; His state cannot be described. Says Nanak, listen to the Ambrosial Naam and become holy; you were created only to hear the Truth. || 37 ||
So while our eyes and ears are healthy lets strive to make them listen to kirtan and to see God everywhere. When they're gone it will be too late.
Posted by Harjit Singh Lakhan