Slow Down, What’s the Rush?

Once upon a time there was a Seth Ji (a rich businessman) whose wife was very devotional but Seth Ji had no faith in Saints, religious activities or devotion. Whenever his wife tried to inspire him to get involved in devotional undertakings, her husband would casually brush her off saying “Wait!!! what's the hurry”. 
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In this way the husband had spent all of his youth pursuing the worldly wealth and pleasures and now both of them had aged. The wife used to be very sad that her husband is an atheist. One day the husband had a high fever, the wife thought this was the right time to teach him a lesson. Wife took him to see a doctor and on the way, they brought the medicine as well. When they reached home, the husband was quite tired. He went to lie down and asked his wife to bring the medicine. Wife dutifully replied, “wait I'll bring it”.

​Husband waited for it for a good hour and then asked for it again. Wife again replied, “wait I'll bring it”. Husband waited again and then yelled in his feeble voice, “give me my medicine”. Wife again replied “wait I'll give”.  By now 2-3 hours had passed since they came back home with the medicine, and she hadn't yet given the medicine. He had high fever and the whole body was aching. He was really looking forward to getting some relief. So, the husband was really upset was now welling up with anger. He mustered some strength to get out of the bed and stumbled all the way to where she was relaxing, not doing anything at all. Seeing this, he was infuriated and demanded “why are you not giving the medicine”.  Wife replied “Wait!!! What is the hurry? I’ll give”.

​Suddenly, Seth Ji realized that these are the same words that he tells his wife when she wants to go for satsang. He had been so engrossed in the material pursuits that he had overlooked all activities which would benefit the soul. He was so angry when the medicine was not given by his wife for 2-3 hours, whereas the wife has spent the whole life wanting the medicine for the soul and he has been denying it! Suddenly his anger abated. Seeing that the husband understood his mistake, the wife gave him the medicine and he recovered.

Moral:
Every human being is a union of two components, the divine soul and the material body. Soul is experienced and referred to as Me or I. Body is referred to as mine. All gracious God has given the body as an expedient to the soul to achieve the ultimate goal of life, Divine Bliss or God. But just like Seth Ji, most people are concerned about their bodies only and keep postponing spiritual matters, which nurture the soul. This is proof that we consider the body as I. That’s why we forget that body is an instrument to attain the goal of life, the Divine bliss. We all want bliss and are seeking it day in and day out.

​Body is inert. Thus physical wellbeing cannot satisfy ‘Me’ the soul. So be on the lookout and be concerned about the satisfaction of the soul. If the soul is satisfied, physical needs would reduce automatically. Its a fact that any amount of physical affluences can never ever satisfy the soul. Rather it is like adding fuel to fire, an inverted medicine, which increases misery instead of satisfying the soul.

So be wise, do just enough to maintain a healthy body, to work for the goal of life which is what I (the soul) is seeking. So with the help of our body we can strive to attain our spiritual medicine that the soul desires and craves for.