THE ROPE The story tells about a Mountain Climber,who wanted to climb the highest mountain...... He began his expediture after many years of preprations............but since he wanted the glory just for himself, he decided to climb the mountain alone. The night felt heavy in the heights of mountain,and the man could not see anything. All was black, zero visibilty, and the moon and the stars were covered by the clouds. As he was climbing, only a few feet away from the top of the mountain, He slipped and fell into the air,falling at a great speed. The climber could see black spots as he went down, and the terrible sensation of being sucked by gravity. He kept falling............and in those moments of great fear , it came to his mind all the good and bad episodes of his life. He was thinking now about how close death was geting, when all of a sudden he felt that the rope tied to his waist pull him very hard............ His body was now hanging in the air . Only the rope was holding him..............now at his moment of stillness he screamed ----"HELP ME GOD" All of a sudden a deep voice coming from the sky answered:- what do you want me to do ...........???? Save me God.... Do u really think i can save you.....???? Offcourse i believe you can........ THEN CUT THE ROPE TIED TO YOUR WAIST There was a moment of silence but the man deceided to hold on the rope with all his strength. The rescue team tells.........that the nxt day a climber was found dead and found his body hanging.....from a rope......... his hands holding to it......... only ten feet away from the ground........ And you how attached are you from your ROPE ???? Dont ever doubt the things from GOD.........you never should say that HE has forgotten or abandoned you....dont think that HE doesnot take care for you. remember that HE is always holding you with is right hand.
Very very nice one, hasa! Complete surrender and complete faith is totally different from mere saying that 'I have faith in God'. Keep posting! sriniketan
Hi hasa I had read it before it was nice to read it again. Thanks for putting it up here.............
Very nice one.. I think i have faced this many times . When you ask God, You get some "Odd reply" and you wonder what to do with it.. And i think finally its proves "Listening" to it best thing you could do.. Thanks for sharing it.
hello hasa like aruna i have read it before and the other ones that you hve posted too... looks like we have enjoyed similar writeups... chicken soup for the soull . etc... reading again nodding once again in agreement... sathya
Your story immediately reminded me of the story ' Serpent and the rope. A story which Shankara illustrates to differntiate between that which is illusory and whch is just an Illusion! A classic example always quoted while teaching deductive and inductive Logic. kanaka:coffee:coffee
