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2. Blind Race This story is narrated according to an incident read in a
Ugly fashion, immoral educa on, English
communica on, money mania are the evident current global
illustra ons of foolish blind race. 'Celebrity wears is a fashion'
is the formula of fools. Ge ng proud in wearing thick and ght
jeans and overlapping blazers in hot Indian torrid climate is a
familiar example of a wrecked and empty brain.
Man supersedes animals by his innate brain power. If we
don't use our brains in significant sectors of life and blindly ape
the world, aren't we indifferent from a dog or a donkey?
Let us learn the rules to play the game of L.I.F.E. from the
funny story of a donkey 'Jogeshwar Maharaj' itself. We would
get be er aware, 'How is our money, me and energy ge ng
sapped in running the blind race behind the world? And also we
fail to focus on the grave and greater purpose of human life-
spiritual advancement. Let's read this story and gauge the
foolishness of just using our two flesh eyes in imita ng the mad
world.
Now, let us open our 'third eye' and judiciously
discriminate and decide –what is beneficial and what is
harmful to our own souls?
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book.
A priest lived beside the home of a po er. He regularly
recited the 'Gayatri hymn' in the morning. Coincidentally, the
donkey ed beside in the po er's compound also brayed at the
same me. The donkey was named “Jogiyo”. He must have got
such a name from somewhere! One day he brayed, even on the
second day he brayed and on the third day also he brayed……
and everyday donkey brayed. Looking at this, the priest
thought, “He is so interested in the Gayatri hymn. Therefore, he
seems to be spiritually advanced being. He must have made
good spiritual earnings in his previous life” and the donkey
con nued braying a number of days.
One day, the priest woke up in the morning and started
the hymn but couldn't listen to the voice of the donkey. So the
priest became suspicious! “Why isn't the voice being heard
today?” He couldn't resist much. So he immediately rushed to
the po er a er comple ng the ritual and asked: “Hey buddy !
Where has that noble being gone?”
Po er said, “Who? that 'Jogiyo' donkey?” There was no
one else living in the po er's home except the donkey and the
donkey just died yesterday. So he asked about him directly.
The priest said, “Oh! Great man! Don't call him 'Jogiyo'.
He was 'Jogeshwar Maharaj'. He was really very nice and noble.
So what happened to him?”
“Oh learned man! He died yesterday….”
“What? Did he die! Oh gosh….!” the priest felt sorry for
him.
“Ah…! A very great-noble soul…. What should we do
now! Such a lo y soul le us, if we don't do anything a er him,
don't offer any tribute to him, it would really prove our hard-
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