Posted by: vishontar October 1, 2005
Is Durga Happy?
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Once upon a time there was a beautiful river with rich banks and crystal-clean optimally mineralized water. Some travelers came and settled there. Since the river gave them life and prosperity, they began to express their gratitude by revering her. Since the river water was their life energy, they were deeply obliged and used to consider it as a heavenly liquid. Time passed, the population grew and things went unmanageable. The river got so polluted that it looked like sewage. However, people were still considering the river as revered. They were taking bath on and drinking her as their ancestors, following the tradition. Since the water was polluted, they were developing different kind of diseases, and were suffering. Mean time, a cleaver person came and realized that the cause of suffering of the people is the water from the river. People found him logical and made sense to them. They got convinced for not drinking the water and started to drink wine as an alternative drink. People became healthier since then, however, got addicted to alcohol. They came out of the physical disease but caught by the psychological one. Then a wise person came and studied the situation thoroughly. He figured out the problem was not the water but the polluted water. He educated people how their ancestors lived a healthy and happy life due to the fresh/clean water and how they got sick due to the polluted water. He made them to feel that their filthy way of living was the real cause of the problem. They realized the same fresh water was flowing in the river, and if they took the pollution out, they could get it. Since then they became well managed and cleanliness loving people. Fresh water started to flow in the river again giving fresh life energy to the people, making them healthy and happy. Contd.......
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