Standing outside of a mall, I see a number of alive bodies moving in and out. It looked like the rising value of sensex has convinced the physical bodies that they can take go for the momentary pleasures, which sometimes leaves a longer pain on the soul that the bodies are supposed to carry. Well, for a moment I made myself confused on the fact that it is the body that is carrying the soul or is it the other way round.
While searching presence of the souls in the visible physical bodies, I looked at the souls which were given rather incomplete bodies by the ultimate. I was just thinking that where the whole body was present, the soul had to be searched out and where the soul is completely visible, the body doesn't look like a complete one. Such are rules of the nature, nobody can defy them.
I saw few bodies going to a soul and throwing some pieces of metals, which they called some rupees (or paisa). The incomplete body collected the metal pieces with no change in emotion. May be he was sure now that he has got another night to live on. Greater was the change in the attitude of the donor bodies. Perhaps they were thinking they have done something good, and they will be given some prize from the ultimate for this. A feeling, which the world refers to kindness. I remembered one story of Swami Vivekananda. One day a beggar approached him for some money. He gave him few rupees, and asked for how long will it be sufficient. The beggar replied "1 week". Swamiji didn't feel happy. He gave him a bundle of ruppes and asked "and now?". The beggar said "1 month". Swamiji still wasn't happy. He gave him all of the money, and left with a painful feeling that once the money gets over, the beggar will again be in problem.
This is the kindness, the benchmark of real concern for others.
When a person feels pain after seeing pain of a stranger, and then if he decides to do something while remaining in the same feeling, that is the real concern. That is the real help. That is the real kindness. All other forms of kindness, where one feels relIaxed, peaceful or happy after helping another person without exactly feeling his real pain is not the kindness. It is becoming rude against another soul. It is becoming unkind to self. It is going against the nature of something which is inside us and people refer it to as soul.
