We all are carrying unnecessary burdens over our head. These burdens are nothing but the worries, stress, work pressure, personal feuds & various fears that you carried with yourself. We carry these burdens throughout our life in our mind and stay always worried & miserable. This is a beautiful story which helps to unburden your head.
Once a yogi boarded a train. He sat in a third class compartment. He put his box on his head and the bedding above the box and the umbrella above the bedding. And when neighboring passengers said, ”What are you doing? Put your luggage down on the floor and sit comfortably.”
The yogi answered, ”I have purchased a ticket only for me, therefore I think that putting more weight on the train will be immoral Hence I keep the weight on my head.” They said,”Have you gone mad? Even if you keep the weight on your head, the weight will be on the train. So, why are you putting weight on your head unnecessarily? Keep it on the floor and sit comfortably. The train is bound to carry the weight whether you keep it on your head or keep it on the floor.” The yogi said, ”I thought there are ignorant people in the train but I see that there are wise people here.”
They said, ”We do not understand.” Then the yogi said, ”In life, I have seen all people carrying the weight on their heads, the weight which could have been left on God. I have seen everyone carrying the burden of all the anxieties on one’s head; mountains and mountains of worries that can be left for the moon and the
stars, which could be carried by the wind. The whole universe could have carried it. I thought that in this compartment you all may get angry so I kept the luggage on my head. But you are wise enough!” And he said, ”We are wise only in this compartment and we all are riding on the train of our life. There we keep all the burden on our heads. We have to keep it on our heads because except for ours on whose head will we keep it?”
MANOJ SETHI
Beatifully explained. Very meaningful & truly inspirational. Thanks for sharing.