Imagine this , you were Alladin and u found the lamp ...out came the genie and asked you for your wish ,,, what would u wish for ?
or let me take it one notch up even higher ...
Imagine being of a clan or community thats always been wronged , and so you do pennace for many many many years , and as a result of which ,, Lord of creation himself came down on this earth to grant you a boon ...ok now what would you wish for ?
power , revenge , greed, lust , fame , wealth , come to mind ..atleast to mine ..
Thats exactly what two of the three brothers wished for ...
Fables tell of a similar story of three brothers of great potential sharing same blood ....who did experience a similar moment ...
They underwent immense pain and suffering for 100s of years of pennance to accumalate enough cosmic strength that caused the lord of creation to grant them a boon each ...
The first brother asked for power so great , that it would rival a 1000 elephants ... and So Brahma said tatahstu and he became a powerfull giant , so big that no one on the earth could match his strength ...
The 2nd brother asked for immortality ...
and So Brahma said : no being, other than a puny human, who any which ways is so puny that obviously would never bring you any harm, so ya no other being in the entirety of creation other than a puny human can bring about your death ....
And so grew the arrogance and lust and corruption of the 2nd Brother turning him into a tyrant like no other ... a monster who conquered all 3 realms, Heaven, Hell, and Earth ,, no being in any universe could bring about his end .. A dark power unleashed to torture all realities for 1000s of years ....
How ever ...little is known about the Third Brother ....
Can you imagine, the audacity of this extra ordinary person, the courage and the will and the discipline of this person over his greed , when Brahma asked for his wish ,, all he wished for was ..Oh dear Lord .. all I ask of you is a SOUND MIND...
Yes you heard that right he continued ...
Please help me , guide my brain on the right path in the darkest of times ...
Brahma said are you shore son ? ( loll )
and he said yes
Brahma smiled and said tatashtu ...
Can you imagine this ?..
having the entire catalog of everything the universe has to offer in front of him , he chooses a sound mind....
I mean doesn't this person seem like he is out of his mind , when he is asking for a sound mind ... loll
wouldn't you say he is a crackpot .. a delulu wasting his wish like that ...
well, what if i told you .. that 1000s of years have passed since this exact incident we are talking about here .
yes this is a story from ancient Indian relics.. infact the three brothers are, Kumbhkarana , Ravana and Vibhishina ...in that order ....
we all know about the giant kumbhkarana, and the mighty Ravana. who sought power and perished at the hands of a vanar and a human .
And guess who actually became immortal and still lives on till this date .....
Th delulu ... crackpot who showed the humility to ask for a sound mind ...
Funny how the ones who sought immortality and power, perished. destroyed by creatures they considered as puny beings .. while the one who sought humility and sound mind ... ended up as the immortal Vibhishana ...
I found this extremely fascinating and insight full that, a sound mind, is far more fruitful and powerful than wealth or power or fame ..
Traits of immortality or must I say extra ordinary people : Humility and a Sound Mind ....!!!