Protect Me From The Honey Bees

Ramesh was a little boy. He used to go to the park with his grand father for walks. If he

was tired, his grand father would ask him to sit under a tree while he completed his walk.

That day, his grand dad did the same. He asked him to rest under a tree while he completed a round of the park.

But just as his grand father left, someone threw a stone at the tree and some honey bees which had made the tree their home, attacked him.

Ramesh shouted - Help, help! And he ran.

The honey bees followed him. There was a small pond in the park. Ramesh jumped into it and dipped himself under the water. But he was out of breath in less than a minute. And so he had to raise his head out of water to breathe.

The moment he did that, the honey bees attacked him again. 

This went on for some time when a security guard smoked the bees away and rescued him.

Moral Of The Story

The Gyani is in pursuit of the formless God with his own strength. While perfecting his practice, he is able to achieve a state in which he is conscious of himself only. His senses do not work, so he cannot see or hear anything. This is called the state of Samadhi. Maya cannot enter the state of Samadhi and so the Gyani gets the bliss of the soul in this state. But this state is interrupted by hunger, fatigue, kaam, krodh, lobh, moh or any desire.

In this story, a state of Samadhi can be likened with Ramesh under water. While Ramesh stays under water, he is protected. But as soon as he raises his head out of water to breathe, the honey bees or Maya attacks him again.