Once upon a time there was a king. He had big kingdom under his rule. He enjoyed his time all the while until he started getting old. A worry captured him of his successor as he had no kids of his own. He decided to give his kingdom to one of the citizens of the kingdom who deserves to be king.
He asked his minister to release an advertisement which offers King’s position in his kingdom. It stated everyone can apply who thinks he is capable of becoming king.
Everyone from a different age group to different race applied for the position. As part of the training, everyone had to go through different stages which will take about six months. People started coming and started their training to become a king.
After about nearly six months, king called his minister and asked him to give him briefing on the progress. Minister looked disappointed. Upon asking the reason of his disappointment, minister explained that in the stage of royal bath, some people stayed back and decided to open business of massage and other soap products and they never moved ahead. In the stage of royal clothing, some people have opened their own shops and were offering me business cards. Some even said that if king needs any assistance in making cloths, he can contact us and so on. The stages like war training and politics learning were chosen by people as their final destiny and never moved ahead. There was one last stage which was the “Holy Temple” where king goes at the end of the day and sit in the meditation. He gets all his energy and wisdom at that place. That was the last stage to be completed and after that kind would do the final interview of the person who has crossed that. King asked minister to check weather anyone has entered into the “Holy Temple”?
Minister went inside and after few minutes he came back and replied to the king. There is no one inside the holy temple your majesty. Did you check properly king asked? Minister replied, No sir, there is no one in the temple except the cleaning boy.
The cleaning boy! Who cleaning boy? How come he entered in the “Holy Temple”? Bring him to me king asked with higher tone.
Minister brought the 12-13 year old looking cleaning boy to the king. Being in-front of the king, boy got bit frighten and numb. King asked how come you are in the temple. No one comes here except me! The boy replied - His highness, I look after the temple, clean the area and stuff around here. When you come for prayer, I stay silent so that you don’t get disturb. King asked so what do you know about this place?
The cleaning boy said – I see that you enjoy your kingdom, its royalty and all the pleasures associated with it, you rule it and make decisions but at the end of the day when you come to this place, you not only remove the royal cloths but you remove all your thoughts too and be yourself. At this place, you leave all attachments and you are untouched. This is my favourite place Sir.
And you know the rest of the story!
King said with tears in his eyes. You are the only one fit for this job.
(Narrated by Mooji)
He asked his minister to release an advertisement which offers King’s position in his kingdom. It stated everyone can apply who thinks he is capable of becoming king.
Everyone from a different age group to different race applied for the position. As part of the training, everyone had to go through different stages which will take about six months. People started coming and started their training to become a king.
After about nearly six months, king called his minister and asked him to give him briefing on the progress. Minister looked disappointed. Upon asking the reason of his disappointment, minister explained that in the stage of royal bath, some people stayed back and decided to open business of massage and other soap products and they never moved ahead. In the stage of royal clothing, some people have opened their own shops and were offering me business cards. Some even said that if king needs any assistance in making cloths, he can contact us and so on. The stages like war training and politics learning were chosen by people as their final destiny and never moved ahead. There was one last stage which was the “Holy Temple” where king goes at the end of the day and sit in the meditation. He gets all his energy and wisdom at that place. That was the last stage to be completed and after that kind would do the final interview of the person who has crossed that. King asked minister to check weather anyone has entered into the “Holy Temple”?
Minister went inside and after few minutes he came back and replied to the king. There is no one inside the holy temple your majesty. Did you check properly king asked? Minister replied, No sir, there is no one in the temple except the cleaning boy.
The cleaning boy! Who cleaning boy? How come he entered in the “Holy Temple”? Bring him to me king asked with higher tone.
Minister brought the 12-13 year old looking cleaning boy to the king. Being in-front of the king, boy got bit frighten and numb. King asked how come you are in the temple. No one comes here except me! The boy replied - His highness, I look after the temple, clean the area and stuff around here. When you come for prayer, I stay silent so that you don’t get disturb. King asked so what do you know about this place?
The cleaning boy said – I see that you enjoy your kingdom, its royalty and all the pleasures associated with it, you rule it and make decisions but at the end of the day when you come to this place, you not only remove the royal cloths but you remove all your thoughts too and be yourself. At this place, you leave all attachments and you are untouched. This is my favourite place Sir.
And you know the rest of the story!
King said with tears in his eyes. You are the only one fit for this job.
(Narrated by Mooji)
I heard Mooji tell this story a few months back and it's stuck with me ever since. Absolutely beautiful. Chills every time I hear it!
ReplyDeleteThanks David,
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