The one who dies with the most toys wins? Wins what? Beautiful memories came, went, and so many mysterious ones missed. So many leave our lives too soon, as there should have been so much more time and joy with them. Now we are left with deep feeling of the heart. A wise person told this story:
A man died, when he realized it, he saw God coming closer with a suitcase in his hand. God said: Alright son it’s time to go. Surprised the man responded: Now? So soon? I had a lot of plans … I’m sorry but you have to go. What do you have in that suitcase, the man asked. God answered: Your belongings. My belongings? You mean my things, my clothes, my money? God answered: Those things were not yours, they belonged to the earth. Is it my memories? The man asked. God answered: Those never belonged to you, they belonged to Time. Is it my talents? God answered: those were never yours they belonged to the circumstances. Is it my friends and family? God answered: I’m sorry they were never yours they belonged to the path.
Is it my wife and son? God answered: They were never yours, they belonged to your heart. Is it my body? God answered: That was never yours, it belonged to the dust. Is it my soul? God answered once again: No, it is mine. Full of fear, the man took the suitcase from God and opened it to find out the suitcase was empty. With a tear coming down his cheek, the man said: I never had anything?? God answered: that is correct, every moment you lived were only
yours.
Life is just a moment. A moment that belongs to you. For this reason enjoy this time while you have it. Don’t let anything that you think you own stop you from doing so. Live now … Live your life. Don’t forget to be happy, that is the only thing that matters. Material things and everything else that you fought for stays here. YOU CAN’T TAKE ANYTHING even the moments that belonged to you. For this reason, enjoy this time while you have it. Don’t let anything that you think you own stop you from doing so. Live now … Live your life. Don’t forget to be happy, that is the only thing that matters. You can’t take anything. Let every moment come from love and in the next dimension it will just be there.
Thank you Arhata for your lovely letter. You had a beautiful friend Acharya. Are her books available anywhere?
And the fable about the empty case of belongings is amazing. Must one wait for their last day only to see one has got nothing own and never had anything? Except for the moments that had passed by.