CAN "HARMONY" BE THE WISH FULFILLING CINTAMANI JEWEL OF SHIVA?
Tell me, asked the yogi, what is the best system towards progressive growth, what should determine the apex?
My Lord, history tells us that we have had kings, elected representatives, even intellectuals ruling us, many of whom, were just. But everytime the system collapsed. Nothing worked.
Why not use a system of pure merit? Asked the yogi.
If we have a system of pure merit to rule, it sounds ideal, but is destined to collapse also.
Why? Asked the yogi.
Because my Lord, what will happen to those of little merit, where shall they go?
Those of the highest merit can devote themselves to helping those of the lowest, Can’t they? Asked the yogi, leaving those of the second highest merit to rule?
Agreed my Lord, but when those of the low merit are pushed up by those of the highest merit, where will those of the second highest merit go?
Down, of course! Said the yogi.
Why, my lord, what would be their fault?
It is not a question of fault, said the yogi, it is a simple law of Nature, what goes up most come down.
Then, change the law of Nature my lord, else even your angels shall be condemned to fall again.
How, said the yogi, can we change the law of Nature?
Replace the word merit with HARMONY my lord. Those of the highest harmony will teach those of the lowest. When they grow up, there shall be no problem in their acceptance. Harmony always accepts harmony. It is not linear only, like merit;
it has no top slot. No apex. It spreads in all directions, it dances into new spaces. Teach us to be harmonious, my Lord.
replied the snake.
and Lord Shiva smiled that the snake had learnt the lesson well.
{Excerpted from "The yogi and the snake " By Shail Gulhati: Shiva and Mysticism. 1995}
Cintāmaṇi (Sanskrit; Devanagari: चिन्तामणि) also spelled as Chintamani (or the Chintamani Stone) is a wish-fulfilling jewel within both Hindu and Buddhist traditions, equivalent to the philosopher's stone (Paras Pathar) in Western alchemy.
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