S. VENKATARAMANI IS A SOFT NATURED,GOOD MANNERED, MY UNCLE'S SON HIGH SCHOOL CLASS MATE AND MORE THAN THAT A VERY CLOSE FRIEND. AFTER BATTLING CANCER FOR MORE THAN SIX YEARS HE LEFT THE WORLD YESTERDAY. I AM PRAYING THE DEPARTED SOUL REST IN PEACE. IT WAS A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE AND I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT HIM QUITE A LOT FROM YESTERDAY.AS A FOLLOWER AND DEVOTEE OF SWAMI DAYANANDA,HE USED TO TALK ABOUT SANATHANA DHARMA AT LENGTH AND INSISTED ME TO LISTEN TO SWAMIJI'S DISCOURSE. TO SATISFY HIM AND MAKE HIM FEEL GOOD, I ATTENDED SWAMIJI'S LECTURE AT KAMARAJAR ARANGAM FOR 12 DAYS AND ONE DAY ON SEEING ME THERE HE WAS VERY PLEASED.AFTER THAT WE HAD DEBATES AND DISCUSSIONS THE MANNER OF PRESENTATION BY SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA AND SWAMI DAYANANDA.
I AM REMINDED OF ONE SPIRITUAL NARRATION WHICH COMES TO MY MIND WHICH IS AS FOLLOWS.ONE MAN WHILE PASSING THROUGH A FOREST,ON SEEING A TIGER STARTED RUNNING, SUDDENLY ALMOST FELL INTO A BIG WELL. HE CAUGHT HOLD BRANCH OF A TREE WHICH SAVED HIM FROM FALLING INTO THE WELL. TO HIS SURPRISE, HE NOTICED A CROCODILE IN THE WELL. ADDED TO HIS SURPRISE, HE SAW A BIG SNAKE COMING NEAR HIS HAND HOLDING THE BRANCH OF THE TREE. AT THAT TIME HE SAW SOME HONEY DROPS FROM A BEE'S NEST. HE FORGETS ABOUT ALL THE HURDLES AND TROUBLES AROUND HIM,THINKING ON WHETHER HE WILL BE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO TASTE SOME AMOUNT OF HONEY. THIS IS THE TYPE OF WORLD WE LIVE.
IN THE MIDST OF SO MANY EXTERNAL PRESSURES, HUMAN MIND IS BENT UPON SEEKING PLEASURES WITHOUT MIND TO SEEK THE GODS HIDDEN TREASURES.
WHETHER WE UNDERSTAND THIS PHENOMENA OR NOT, THE WORLD GO LIKE THIS.
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