POST # 76 FROM THE BOOK "NEW-CLEAR BOMBS FROM NITHYA SATSANG"
Following is an extract from the book titled: 108 New-Clear Bombs from Nithya Satsang, from the teachings of His Divine Holiness (HDH) Nithyananda Paramashivam, the living incarnation of Paramashiva. Through simple truths, HDH causes powerful cognitive shifts in individuals in his/her path of enlightenment.
Section: STORIES FOR THE SEEKER
76. Can Vishnu have hiccups?
One day Narada and Vishnu were taking an evening walk. Suddenly Narada asked, 'Lord, what is Maya?' Vishnu said. 'Maya cannot be explained, it can only be experienced'. Narada said. 'I want to experience Maya. Please show me Maya.' Vishnu said, 'You are asking for a dangerous thing: don't ask, or you may get caught in it!' Narada said, 'I will chant your name. 'Narayana, Narayana'. and no Maya can catch me. I will escape! Narayana (Vishnu) said, 'No! Maya will make you even forget my name, that is the problem! You will even forget the medicine. If you know the medicine, then you can come out of any disease. But you will not even know the medicine! Don't take this risk!' But Narada was in an adamant mood!
Suddenly Vishnu started having hiccups. Narada said, 'Come Lord, please drink some water, there is a river nearby.'
Vishnu said, 'No, this part of the river is dirty, go upstream where there is clean water, and get me some water from there.'
So Narada ran to get water for Vishnu. Just as he was bending down to take the water from the river. he suddenly saw a beautiful girl who had also come to get water from the river. Now you know the rest of the story..! He fell for her, she fell for him and they both fell on each other! Finally he got married, built a house and settled down, had five kids and huge wealth. He completely forgot that he had come to get water for Vishnu!
One day there was a heavy flood on the river.
The whole area was flooded and Narada has to cross the river to reach a safe place. Carrying all his wealth, diamonds and gold in a bundle on his head, holding his wife with one hand and his children with the other hand, he was trying to wade across the river. But the current was so
strong that the bundle of wealth slipped from his head and got washed
away. He started crying, 'Oh, oh, oh, my diamonds, my diamonds! How hard I worked and how many people I cheated and collected all this, and now it's gone..!
He was still struggling in the water when he suddenly found that the current was too much and he could not handle it anymore, so he thought. "If I have a wife, at least I can have more kids. So he let go of three kids, thinking, "At least I still have two kids left-one male, one female." But the current became more and more powerful, and he finally let go of all the kids.
After some time he felt, 'The current is too strong, I don't think I can make it with my wife. At least let me reach the shore, so that I can marry once more.'
Finally, when his wife was also taken away by the flood, he screamed in agony - 'Oh God, this is too much of suffering! The moment he uttered 'Oh God!', he remembered the name 'Narayana', and the moment he uttered 'Narayana!', he heard the sound of Vishnu's hiccups! Then he heard Vishnu's voice. 'Narada, where are you, I am waiting for the water!" Narada woke up from the whole thing and said, 'O Narayana. now I understand your Maya!' He realized that the whole thing was a dream, the whole thing was a dream.
This is Mayal!
Finally, Narada came and fell at the feet of Vishnu. Vishnu said, 'My dear Narada, the first thing you should have understood is - can I have hiccups?? When you missed my Divine existence and execution that is where Maya could enter you.
This is the Zen Koan for today - 'Can Vishnu have hiccups??' The moment you think it may be true. you have fallen into the Narada state. Mama maya duratyayaa' - my illusion is difficult to cross! Now your day-mare starts, not just nightmare! So the sooner you wake up, the better for you.
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