Once there lived a person named Jajali. He renounced a householder’s life in a very tender age and left for a life in a deep jungle. He began living with the scarce resources. Though he renounced his home but the thoughts didn’t renounce him. He was puzzled with the mind. He didn’t wish to return, and after several months, he felt comfortable in the scarcity, in the woods, with fruits and nuts as a diet and water from a rivulet to quench the self. Several years passed. The mind had to accept the commands of the brain. He began governing his mind. One day, he accepted a resolution that he would remain still like a ramrod, despite any condition might try to dwindle him. He stood still. Hours to days to months and even, the seasons changed, but he was erect. He lost his physique, he appeared as a jagged tree, with matted hair and skeleton body. Birds felt that he was a tree. They laid eggs over his head, and stood unmoved. The baby chicks hatched the eggs and appeared in the world. They even spread their wings and flew in the air. When they moved away, he moved. As he moved, he boasted over his efficiency to conquer his mind and body. Suddenly, he saw a vision, where he was guided to meet a shopkeeper of a grocery shop, who was a true Guru. He moved towards the place. He found the man and observed his actions for few days. Then, he moved towards the shop. When the shopkeeper saw him, he came out of the shop and greeted him as a tapaswi. Then, he narrated Jajali’s life story within few minutes, exactly it was. Jajali was amazed listening to the narration. He asked about the ways through which he was more superior to him, despite he could conquer his senses and urges. The man replied that the person could see the slate of other people, when he owned a clean slate. The man believed that he was not the doer, God was the doer. those were his sanskaaras from his mother. Jajali asked him about the ways he could attain that state, which the shopkeeper attained as a householder. The Guru replied that he had to renounce his superficial clothing of a sanyaasi, for his ego was not quenched by the praises and blames from the society. Guru mended his outlook and gave him a outfit of a typical villager. Then, he asked him to work with him in the shop. Jajali worked with him honestly. He worked for three days, and on the third day, he saw the Self. He was already prepared but he had to overcome a hurdle of doer-ship and ego. If we do everything in the world, and remember that He is the doer, we can create a renaissance.
