Children and Talent

                  Children are often very talented. It is a separate matter that the society does not recognize their talents, and does not honor them. Sometimes even saints also learn lessons from the talents of the children.

It is said about Saint Junnej that once he was passing through a village. Outside the village he met a boy. The boy had a lamp in his hand. Saint Junnej asked the boy, 'From where the flame in your lamp has come'? The small boy listening to Saint's this philosophical question was thought ridden. What does a small boy know about this deep-mystery. The small boy was scared for a moment, but next moment he was poised. He extinguished the lamp and asked Junnej, 'Baba! first you tell me where the flame of it has gone?' Now Saint Junnej was engrossed in thought. He had not thought of that a small boy could ask such a question. The ego he had of the knowledge melted. It is said that Saint Junnej fell on the feet of that boy and said that it is not me but you are learned. You have opened my eyes today.

  Children  are genius. But in place of encouraging their talents, the society crushes them. So I said, sometimes we have the glimpses of knowledge like that of 90 years one in a child of 9 years. On the other hand sometimes we observe foolishness in a 90 year old person (Page-2)

equivalent that of innocent 9 year old child. You might have in your memory an event of the life of great scientist Albert Einstain in which he had instructed the carpenter to make a separate big and a small hole in the door for the cat and her cubs living in the house for their' coming and going. While the sanity was that from the hole the cat can pass through, her cubs can also pass through that hole. So, that old woman was such an old lady who was older in age but was not matured in knowledge and sanity. Therefore, I had said that there was an old woman who had died in childhood.

                                          Old Lady and The Girl

So, that old lady had a daughter. The only daughter whom she had brought up with much love and affection. She was her darling daughter. She was her dearest daughter. She loved her and also quarreled with her. In love there are both love and quarrels; if there are no skirmishes, then there is no thickness in love. Now the girl is a girl. If the word Ladki (Girl) is dissected and its covers are uncovered, the word is distorted and mutilated, then the word Ladki (Girl) is a very loving, significant and meaningful. The meaning of Ladki (Girl) is: which is the key of the Ladai (war): That is Ladki (Girl).

In India, from religious point of view, there were two great wars. One, the war of Ramayana, and war of Mahabharata. The cause of both these great wars was a Ladki (Girl), a woman. The war of Ramayana was due to a girl. Her name was Sita. Wife of Maryada Purushottam Ram; King Dashrath's daughter-in-law Sita, Bharat's sister-in-law Sita; Janak's daughter Sita. The king of Lanka Ravan had abducted Sita by deceit and deception and the war was eminent. Throwing our sight on the second war, there in it is a girl-Draupadi. Draupadi with crooked laugh had told Duryodhan only this: Blind's son would be blind. Draupadi's this crooked laugh and bitter words had thrown Hastinapur in the fire  

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of war. Only one bitter word of Draupadi caused Mahabharat .    

Therefore, it is said: do not speak harsh words. It brings bitterness in life. The wound created by harsh and bitter speech can not be healed by any medicine or ointment. This wound is untreatable; therefore speak sweet. But the man is very dishonest. He asks for sweets to eat but speaks bitter and harsh. Now, we have continued eating sweets but have stopped speaking sweetly; this is the reason that now in our life, in our family, in our society, there is struggle, quarrels, tensions and dis-satisfaction. Bitterness in speech will surely have bitterness in life.

Speak Less: Speak of worth  

                           Some people are unhappy because they speak much and some people are unhappy because they keep mum, do not speak at all. So, some people are unhappy because they speak at wrong time and some are unhappy because they are silent when they are to speak. These are the four causes of your maximum sorrows. For a happy and golden life, sweet speech, less speech, business like speech (worthy speech) and keeping silent, are all necessary from time to time.

          Someone had asked: which is good, keeping mum or speaking? In its answer to say this will be justified that at sometimes keeping mum is good while at sometimes speaking is good. The reason of the man will decide when to be silent is good and when to speak. He who is unreasonable is thrashed definitely. A man had fostered a dog and a cat in his house. He caressed both the dog and the cat. The cat had a habit of speaking much. All day long she would brawl Miaon, Miaon. The owner felt very awkward. He was distressed that the cat brawled any time. One day he was eating his meals. The cat came, sat before him and started brawling. He was much angry. He said why was she repeating miaon miaon.  

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He caught that cat and cobbled her. Nearby sitting dog saw that the cat was being beaten for speaking. The dog learned a lesson from cat's thrashing. the dog thought: if I speak, I shall also be beaten. Its good for me to be silent. So, he opted for silence.

Then on one night, some happening happened. Thieves entered his house. The dog saw; the thieves were stealing; he kept quite. In the morning when the owner knew about the theft in the house, he was much angry on the dog. He said: unfortunate do I give you bread for this that when the thieves come you sit silent and so he thrashed the dog. The cat was thrashed because she spoke much; the dog was thrashed for he kept silent. Mahaveer Swami has said, Silence is good, speaking is also good. But where to be silent? And where to speak? The man should have reason for this. So, the war of Mahabharat happened due to a bitter sentence spoken untimely; and that bitter sentence was that of a girl. Therefore I have said:

Ladki (girl) who is the key of the war, is a Ladki (girl). If we look into the history of the world, we will see that 90% wars, battles, quarrels are because of a girl, a woman. It is so said that there are three causes of any quarrel-Jar (wealth), Jameen (land) and Joru (wife or woman).

So it was the meaning of the word Ladki (Girl). If you so desire, I may give you the meaning of the word Ladke (Boys). When there is meaning of Ladki (Girl) there should be a meaning of Ladke (boys). Every word has two meanings. For example, a word is Saja. It has two meanings; one-saja meaning to decorate~ to adorn. Second Saja meaning to punishment.

The bride is Saja (decorated, adorned) for wedding The groom has got Saja (punishment) for life.

So, some other words have also two meanings: For example, there is a word:  

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Khate The leaders Khate (eat) in the nation; therefore they have Khate (accounts) in the foreign. There is a word Holi. A girl played Holi (festival of colours) with a neighborhood boy and after that she Ho-li (became) of him. Likewise, the word Ladke (boys) have the meaning.

Pahle School-college mein padhte the ladke;

Ab school-college mein padhte hain lad-ke 

(Formerly studied in schools, colleges boys (ladke) Now studies in school colleges after fighting (lad-ke)

So, there was an old lady and she had a daughter. A girl, a daughter, a maiden ought to be there in a house, for who does not have a daughter become egoistic, become rigid, conceit and proudly. So, I have said that there should be a girl. The girl shatters the pride of many many persons; the girl gets the heads bowed of many-many persons, the girl teaches so many to walk with bowed head. So, there should be a girl.

No Girl-No Heart

Some people say, we have no daughter but two sons. They say so in such a pride that having no daughter is something like pride and vanity, and of honor. Keep in mind, he who has no daughter has no heart because heart is where there is submission, modesty and simplicity. He who does not have a daughter, is normally harsh. They say, we do not have a daughter, so we need not bow; need not to beg at any door, need not to entreat before anyone. The daughter is a challenge to your pride. She forces you to bow at the feet of someone. So, there should be a daughter.

So, there was an old lady and she had a girl. If you are a family man, and you have a daughter as offspring, and no son, then you need not be much  

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