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TREASURE CHEST
There is a beautiful story of a beggar who lived all of his
life under one tree. Each day he would go out into the villages
and beg for just some dry bread crumbs to sustain
his life. Then, he would come back to his tree and eat his
bread or whatever scraps the villagers had given him that
day. For forty years the beggar lived under the same tree,
pleading with the people to give him some food. He’d walk
to all the nearby villages, alternating days, begging for his
nourishment. Slowly, day by day, he became weaker, and
finally one day his body could no longer sustain itself and
he passed quietly into death.
When the villagers found him, they decided to bury his
ashes under the tree where he lived out his life. As they
began to dig, in order to place his ashes deep in the ground,
they found a treasure chest – full of gold, diamonds and
jewels, a mere six inches below the ground.
For forty years, the beggar had lived, barely scraping by
on his dry bread crumbs, sitting six inches above a treasure
chest which would have rendered him as rich as a king.
If only it had ever occurred to him to explore the depths
of the Earth on which he sat, or to delve deeply into the
recesses of his home – he would have discovered this treasure
chest. But, he did not. Rather, he sat on the surface,
suffering and withering away, day by day.
Too frequently in life we are also like this beggar – running
here and there searching, begging for that which we
need to fulfill our lives. Perhaps we are not begging for
food or basic life necessities. More likely we are searching
and yearning for peace, happiness or God. We go here,
we beg there. We search this place, we search that place.
But that priceless and yet crucial peace and happiness still
elude us.
If only we would sit still for a moment and go deeper
within, we would find that treasure chest. We don’t even
have to dig six inches. Just right within us, sitting in our
heart, is God, and through our connection to Him, all of
the riches of the world are bestowed upon us.
However, too frequently I see people running in the opposite
direction in their fruitless search. They run from this
workshop to that workshop, from this new trend to that
new trend, all the while being frustrated in their search.
Stop for a moment and look within.
The Indian youth, especially, are all incredibly blessed. Your
culture, your heritage and your traditions are a true treasure
chest of meaning, understanding, wisdom and insight.
Through opening this box of jewels you will definitely find
the happiness, contentment and peace for which you are
searching.
Go back to your roots, back to your heritage, back to the
temple. Listen to the stories of your parents and grandparents.
Perform aarti with deep devotion. Go to have the
satsang and the darshan of visiting saints. Take a trip to
India rather than to the beaches or ski slopes. Through
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