An angel had a great wish to see how the world is. He requested God. God turned him to a human being and sent him to Earth for a day, with a diary to note down whatever he saw. In the evening when he returned, God asked him for his diary. In it, the angel had written:
"I've come to this beautiful world with beautiful creatures in it... But the most beautiful ones are the ones they call 'people'.... The ones like whom i myself look.... I speak like them, i feel like them. I'm laughing in happiness, crying in sorrow.... All... Just like them. Then why do they differentiate me from themselves?? Goodness! They are differentiating even themselves from each other!!
Some say 'I'm a hindu', and some, 'I'm a muslim' but i see they look just alike. Let me come bit closer... Oh! What am i seeing?! Difference after difference!! The hindu says to his hindu friend, 'i'm a brahman, u r a shudhra'. Is it the same in the other place too? Yes.... The muslim says to his friend, 'i'm a shia, u r a sunni'.... The christian says, 'i'm a catholic. You go to Protestant Church!'
Amazing! But all of them look alike.
I can see a beautiful house. A young child celebrating his b'day with several kids like him. All are dressed like angels... No! One is in torn clothes....
Yes... The birthday-boy's mother has come. She saw the boy with torn clothes. She is coming near him.... Yes! He'd be dressed like them now!
No! What am i seeing? The lady tells that boy to sit on the floor, not on the sofa like others! She chids the her son for allowing her maidservant's son to sit on her sofa... Goodness! This is the training centre of differences?!
I can see a giant mango tree outside this training centre. Let me go to the poor servant's house.... Amazing! There too, is a mango tree.... Same big! The mango tree didn't find any difference! But the people who look the same, have discovered differences among themselves?!
Yeppie! Its raining!! Sky showering drops free of cost!! Same water everywhere! The wells in all the houses have increased their water level. Amazing! They didn't show partiality... All are benefitted.... The Brahmans, kshatriyas, veshyas, sudhras, shias, sunnis, catholics, protestants, sikhs, poor, rich..... None is left behind. Nature shows no difference. Then why do the people make themselves aloof from one another??
Sad scene! A nearby house has lost a near and dear one... They are silently taking the body for burial. I'm pleased at their respect to the passed-away. But a similar scene on the other side! Another dead person is being taken to the place of creamation... The people are not quiet. They are repeatedly praying for the peace of the departed soul.... Difference in dialect! But intention is same.... Showing respect to the dead.
I can see many more things.... Festivals! They are religion-specified, but are present in all religions. Amazing! The persons of every religion wear new clothes and enjoy in their respective festivals!
People are same.... They look same, and are same even from heart. They have just created unnecessary differences among themselves"
"I've come to this beautiful world with beautiful creatures in it... But the most beautiful ones are the ones they call 'people'.... The ones like whom i myself look.... I speak like them, i feel like them. I'm laughing in happiness, crying in sorrow.... All... Just like them. Then why do they differentiate me from themselves?? Goodness! They are differentiating even themselves from each other!!
Some say 'I'm a hindu', and some, 'I'm a muslim' but i see they look just alike. Let me come bit closer... Oh! What am i seeing?! Difference after difference!! The hindu says to his hindu friend, 'i'm a brahman, u r a shudhra'. Is it the same in the other place too? Yes.... The muslim says to his friend, 'i'm a shia, u r a sunni'.... The christian says, 'i'm a catholic. You go to Protestant Church!'
Amazing! But all of them look alike.
I can see a beautiful house. A young child celebrating his b'day with several kids like him. All are dressed like angels... No! One is in torn clothes....
Yes... The birthday-boy's mother has come. She saw the boy with torn clothes. She is coming near him.... Yes! He'd be dressed like them now!
No! What am i seeing? The lady tells that boy to sit on the floor, not on the sofa like others! She chids the her son for allowing her maidservant's son to sit on her sofa... Goodness! This is the training centre of differences?!
I can see a giant mango tree outside this training centre. Let me go to the poor servant's house.... Amazing! There too, is a mango tree.... Same big! The mango tree didn't find any difference! But the people who look the same, have discovered differences among themselves?!
Yeppie! Its raining!! Sky showering drops free of cost!! Same water everywhere! The wells in all the houses have increased their water level. Amazing! They didn't show partiality... All are benefitted.... The Brahmans, kshatriyas, veshyas, sudhras, shias, sunnis, catholics, protestants, sikhs, poor, rich..... None is left behind. Nature shows no difference. Then why do the people make themselves aloof from one another??
Sad scene! A nearby house has lost a near and dear one... They are silently taking the body for burial. I'm pleased at their respect to the passed-away. But a similar scene on the other side! Another dead person is being taken to the place of creamation... The people are not quiet. They are repeatedly praying for the peace of the departed soul.... Difference in dialect! But intention is same.... Showing respect to the dead.
I can see many more things.... Festivals! They are religion-specified, but are present in all religions. Amazing! The persons of every religion wear new clothes and enjoy in their respective festivals!
People are same.... They look same, and are same even from heart. They have just created unnecessary differences among themselves"
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