Why shout?
A
saint who was visiting river Ganges to take bath found a group of
family members on the banks, shouting in anger at each other. He turned
to his disciples smiled and asked.
‘But,
why should you shout when the other person is just next to you? You can
as well tell him what you have to say in a soft manner.’ asked the
saint
The
saint continued, ‘When they love each other even more, what happens?
They do not speak, only whisper and they get even closer to each other
in their love. Finally they even need not whisper, they only look at
each other and that’s all. That is how close two people are when they
love each other.’
A
saint who was visiting river Ganges to take bath found a group of
family members on the banks, shouting in anger at each other. He turned
to his disciples smiled and asked.
‘Why do people shout in anger shout at each other?’
Disciples thought for a while, one of them said, ‘Because we lose our calm, we shout.’
‘But,
why should you shout when the other person is just next to you? You can
as well tell him what you have to say in a soft manner.’ asked the
saint
Disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the other disciples.Finally the saint explained, .
‘When
two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To
cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The
angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each
other to cover that great distance.
What
happens when two people fall in love? They don’t shout at each other
but talk softly, Because their hearts are very close. The distance
between them is either nonexistent or very small…’
The
saint continued, ‘When they love each other even more, what happens?
They do not speak, only whisper and they get even closer to each other
in their love. Finally they even need not whisper, they only look at
each other and that’s all. That is how close two people are when they
love each other.’
He looked at his disciples and said.
‘So when you argue do not let your hearts get distant, Do not say words
that distance each other more, Or else there will come a day when the
distance is so great that you will not find the path to return. They may
end up in divorce courts, for instance.’
- spiritual short stories
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