SWAMI .VIVEKANDA , REACHED AT KANYKUMARI , AND HE WAS MESMERISED BY THE OVERWHELMING, TRANSCENDENTAL AMBIENCE OF THE SUN SET TIME, AT THE LAST POINT OF THE FAR SOUTH OF INDIA.HE LOOKED AT THE HORIZON AND FOUND THE KALI ROCKS ,ABOUT TWO FURLONGS AWAY FROM THE SHORE..! HIS ZEST WAS OUT OF CONTROL FOR IMMEDIATE REACH AT THE ROCKS, THE LAST ROCKS OF HINDUSTAN...!
SWAMIJI , REQUESTED-NOT BEGGED- TO THE FISHER MEN WHO HAD BOATS AND PERFECT EXPERIENCES WITH ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND VARIOUS MOODS OF THE UNPREDICTABLE SEAS..! BUT, SWAMIJI HAD NO MONEY TO PAY THAT THE FISHERMEN DEMANDED ..! SO,HE GOT THE HUMILIATING "NO..!" AS FRIENDLY RESPONSE ..!?
THEN HE DID'T "BEG" OR PLEAD FURTHER FOR "HELP" BUT DIVED IN TO THE MURDEROUS WAVES AND DISAPPEARED ..! THE FISHER MEN WENT AGHAST AND SHOCKED BY THIS DARE DEVIL ATTEMPT OF A SANYASI AND THEY JUDGED TO EACH OTHER THAT THIS SWAMI WAS "LUNATIC"AND JUMPED IN TO DEEP SEA TO MEET DEATH AND THEY WAITED TO SEE HIS DEAD BODY FLOATING..! BUT NO ONE SIGHTED WHAT THEY EXPECTED..! SO,THEY FELL BACK WITH A SAD CONCLUSION THAT "THE FEROCIOUS KILLER SHARKS " MUST HAVE FINISHED HIS FLESH AND EVEN BONES..!
IN THE NEXT MORNING, THE SAME FISHER MEN RUSHED TO THE KALI ROCKS IN SEARCH OF SOME PIECES OF THE DEAD BODY OF THE MAD SANYASI , BUT THEY FOUND THE MAD GURU SITTING ATOP OF THE ROCK, IN DEEP MEDITATION...! THEY TOOK TIME TO BELIEVE IT ..! THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THE GHOST OF THE MAD GURU..! BECAUSE THEY RECEIVED NO RESPONSE FROM THE MEDITATING GHOST OF THE SWAMI..!THEY VISITED THE ROCKS REGULARLY AND THE NEWS SPREAD LIKE WILD FIRE ..!ON THE THIRD DAY , THE FISHERMEN FOUND THE GHOST STANDING AND MOVING ALONG..!
THIS IS A BEST EXAMPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WORDS "HELP","BEGGING",AND"REQUEST". SWAMIJI, NEITHER SOUGHT HELP NOR BEGGED BUT REQUESTED..! WE ARE ALLOWED TO MAKE A REQUEST BUT NO TO BEGGING OR BEGGING FOR HELP BUT ONLY REQUEST..!
PREM SAGAR FOR AMNESTY INDIA O.R.G.
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