Where is God English Story

Where is God English Story

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Once upon a time, there lived remote part of West Bengal. He was pious and had many disciples. Once a sage in a Every morning he would sit beneath a tree outside his ashram and preach to his disciples.

Every day, one of his disciples, Madan would ask, “Sir, where is God?” and each time the sage would reply, “Look around you. Don’t you see him?” But Madan could not understand.

Finally one day, Madan said, “Sir, you always ask me to look around for God. I have been looking and have not seen God as yet!”

The sage smiled and said, “Madan, God is everywhere. He is in everything and in everyone. God is in you and in me. He is in each animal and flower. You just have to look carefully and you’ll see!” Madan was taken aback by the sage’s statement and decided to try and look more carefully.

That evening as he was walking back home, he reflected on the sage’s words. “God is in everything? He is in me? How is that possible?” he thought. All of a sudden, he heard some noise behind him.

Madan jumped up in fright. He turned around and saw an elephant running amuck. It saw Madan and charged towards him. The mahout screamed, “Get out of the way! It has gone mad, move!”

“God is supposed to be everywhere. That means God is in the elephant. God will not hurt me as he is in me too. I don’t have to move because the elephant will not hurt me!” so thinking, Madan stood rooted in the middle of the road.

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The elephant reached him in no time. It picked him up and threw him in the air. Luckily for Madan, he landed in a haystack and suffered only a few bruises. He could not understand why the elephant had attacked him and was very confused.

The next morning Madan set out as usual to meet the sage. He narrated all that had happened and continued, “Sir, you told me that God was in everything. Then why did the elephant attack me?”

smiled and replied, “Madan, you were right to think that god is in that elephant. The sage But you forgot that God was also in the mahout who was telling you to get out of the way!”

“Why didn’t you listen to him when he told you that the elephant had gone mad?” he continued. Madan did not know what to say. He had finally learnt his lesson. He realized that though God is present in everything, God has given everything a will of its own.

The elephant wanted to attack him and so did. The mahout wanted to help and so warned him. He on the other hand wanted to stand in the way and so, no matter how much he was warned, he stayed and was hurt. He understood that he should not take things for granted.

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