Evolution at the Physical Level Jerry and the Cat - Being and Becoming Life exerts intense pressure of survival on all living beings. Everywhere there is competition for resources like food, water and a constant struggle for survival. Every living being wants to become better and better to survive in this rats race. Every moment of life we want to become something better and better. Better than our nearest competitor for survival. This is the process of becoming – evolution at the physical level. We can see this in the story given below Story of Jerry the rat There was a rat called Jerry. He was very much afraid of the cat Tom and keeps praying God for some help. Hearing his cries for help, a fairy appears before him and asks Jerry what does he want? Overjoyed by the presence of fairy, Jerry asks for a boon to make him a cat. Lo! With a weave of wand of fairy, Jerry becomes a cat. Bully, the dog living nearby, sees Jerry the cat and starts chasing him. Running for his life, the cat prays to fairy to make him a dog rather than a cat. Immediately, he is transformed into a dog. A man catches hold of Jerry the dog and chains him. Jerry is very sad now and prays to fairy to make him a man. His wish is fulfilled immediately. One day, Jerry gets drenched in rain and wishes to become a cloud rather than a man. Lo!, he becomes a rain cloud. Rain cloud gets stopped by mountain. Now, Jerry wants to become a mountain. He thought he is happy now. Suddenly he realizes that somebody is drilling through the mountain. A rat is drilling hole in the mountain. Now, Jerry wants to become a rat again. So on and on the story goes. Like in the story of Jerry the rat who wanted to change from being a rat to a cat, cat to a dog, dog to a man, so on and so forth to until he becomes a rat again, one stuck in rats race for survival, gets fed up of constantly becoming something or someone and starts looking for ways of just being his own true self. Human beings are like Jerry the rat. Never satisfied with anything they get in life. Constantly they keep chasing different objects in life. Life becomes literally a rat‟s race! At that point of time, some people wake up and try to find a way out of stressful situation. If they are able to turn their sights inwards through the practice of meditation, a new dimension of consciousness and inner awareness opens up.
Posted on: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 23:14:48 +0000
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