deeps of the Himalayas-2 = Pujya gurudev

Companions in Solitude-2:

 Entrance into the deeps of the Himalayas-2

=Pt.ShriRam Sharma Acharya

The Mountain of Silver Today I was put up in a room on the top floor of Sukki camp. Right in front was seen the top of the snow-clad mountain. The snow was melting slowly and was flowing down in a thread-like simmering stream. Some flowing pieces of snow were still half-melt. The sight was heavenly and soothing to the eyes. Some other pilgrims were staying in a room third from mine. Among them there were two children - a girl and a boy, both of about 11 or 12 years of age. Their parents were on the pilgrimage. The children were brought on a device called �Kandri� carried by porters. They were sweet natured and precocious. Both were debating on what the shining mountain was made of. They had heard that the mineral mines were situated in the mountains. The boy logically concluded that the mountain in front of us was that of silver. But the girl disagreed, reasoning that had it the silver been lying so open and unguarded, people would have plundered it long time back. She, however, could not herself say what metal the mountain was made of nonetheless she continued stubbornly disagreeing with the boy. The debate interested me. I called them both to my side and explained that the mountain was made of stone, but being of high altitude, it is covered with snow. During summer the snow melts and in winter the snow covers the mountain tops again. It is the snow that shimmers in the sun and assumes a silvery appearance. The children got their doubt cleared on this count, but went on asking me more questions related to it. I readily and gladly provided them with lot of information about the mountains in order to enrich their knowledge. This made me think of the innocently ignorant human intellect in childhood, which makes him to assume an ordinary thing like snow as valuable silver. But when grown up, man thinks more deeply and gets down to the reality. If the human intellect were properly educated and developed right from childhood, children, too, would get to know the reality of things while young.

Thanks GOD,Thanks Sadguru

Shiv Sharma