Be The Best You Can Be...

--by Shriraj, posted Jan 1, 2008

There is a beautiful story about a caterpillar that lived much of its life believing that it had come into being only to eat and sleep and do what the rest of the caterpillars did. However,it was unhappy. Somehow it sensed that its life had another dimension not yet experienced.

One day, driven by a strange longing, it decided to become still and silent. It hung from the branch of a tree, weaving a cocoon around itself. Inside the cocoon, although constrained and uncomfortable, it waited, sensing and aware. Its patience bore fruit, for when the cocoon burst open, it was no longer the lowly worm that went in, but a beautiful, resplendent, winged butterfly which dazzled the sky. It soared and flew, no longer limited to its worm-like existence, but free and unbounded. The caterpillar had been transformed into a thing of air and lightness, magic and beauty.

Once the transformation had taken place, it was impossible for the butterfly to return to being a worm. In the cocoon, the caterpillar had become one with its inner being and in this union it reached its ultimate nature. What happened in the cocoon is the path towards being boundless.

True love and self realization transforms and liberates human beings so that they can reach this unbounded state. Humans, unlike animals, are not merely existing. They are becoming. To evolve as a human being is to become aware of one's limitations; to strive, with intense passion, towards the transcendence for which we all have the potential.

" Going within offers us profound calm, the love and the

secure comfort of our Higher Power. Until we have

sampled that gift, we can't fathom what we have

missed in life. Acknowledging the presence of God

changes every situation we encounter. It changes

every detail of every day. Let's not fear problems.

Instead, let's see them as mere reminders that we have

forgotten to remember the presence of our Higher

Power.

Taking a few moments to travel within will bring us

clarity and comfort. Peace will come along with the

problem's resolution. I will receive the answer I need if I

look in the right place "

- From "A Life of My Own" by Karen Casey

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Posted by Shriraj
Jan 1, 2008
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Readers Comments

Billslm wrote: While I do enjoy a good story of people actively engaged in spontaneous acts of real kindness and I do count them as extremely valuable, insofar as they show us a way out of the violence prone world we humans have created. But I do draw the line at being preached at. Then it all becomes a syrupy Pollyanna goody-two-shoes thing for me. We know that such sentiments are not real. All I ask is that you keep your religion to yourself and I will do the same--- thanks. Your God is not my God.

nila wrote: Thanks Shri for the wonderful post..Its awesome and absolutely true too...Reminds us the power and fruits of perseverance.. It was exactly the message i was looking for to comfort me and keep going in tough times.

xamphia wrote: I remember that story from school. Lovely.

keepsmiling wrote: Good one Shriraj..Keep posting and keep smiling...Your website also pretty good.[:)]

JuneBug wrote: Beautiful!!! That's all I could come up with....Just beautiful! Thank you!

jojomcb wrote: I will receive the answer I need if I

look in the right place "

thanks for sharing, these are words i needed for today. i need to look in the right place.

retrogal wrote: Dear Shriraj -- what a wonderful, uplifting and inspiring story. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.

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