BELIEVE IN GOD'S WILL

Implicit faith and belief in the Supreme and throwing all our burden on God with sincerity and seriousness is the hallmark of total surrender to God! But it is easier said than done! It requires great grit and determination. Even among the devotees not many possess this quality! Nothing happens in the world without the will of God! Even the blade of grass doesn't move without His Will! The lives of Ahwars and Nayanmars of the south are replete with miracles and incredible occurrences because of their blind faith and sincerity in the will of God! Bhakta Ramadas suffered torture in the jail for spending the money of the Government for ornaments to his chosen deity Sri Rama! Unable to bear the agony and persecution he prayed to the Lord. Listening to his prayers Rama and Lakshmana, took the form of his servants, appeared in the dream of the Nawab, paid all the dues of Ramadas, secured his release and departed! Surely God will come down to take care of his devotee if he is entirely dependent on His Will!

A pious eaver lived in a  village. He used to go to the market to sell his goods. He was sincere and very honest.He was such an ardent d

evotee hat he repeated the name of Rama at every sentence he uttered! “By the will of Rama the thread costs one rupee; by the will of Rama the labor costs four anna's;  by the will of Rama, the profit is two annas; by the will of Rama the price of the cloth as it stands is one rupee and six annas.” People loved him for his honesty and frankness and paid money immediately and took the cloth home. As a true devotee of the Lord, after supper he would meditate on God for a long time and chant His sacred name! One late night, before retiring to bed, he was sitting alone in the courtyard near the entrance.

It so happened that a gang of robbers passed that way. They saw the weaver lost in meditation and thought that he would be ideal for carrying the booty they plunder!  They soon approached and very easily dragged him away to do the duty of porter. As they planned, they broke into a house and stole many things, bundled them up and placed pile on the weaver’s head! Precisely at that moment the watchman arrived at the scene. Sensing that they might be caught, the robbers ran away leaving the poor weaver with the bundle on his head. Finding none else but the poor weaver with the booty on his head, the watchman confirmed to himself that the weaver was himself the thief. The load on his head had betrayed him! The weaver was under lock up throughout the night for no fault of his! All this time the weaver remained dumb and left everything to the will of God!

The news of the arrest of the innocent weaver spread like wildfire in the entire village. They could not believe what had happened. Something wrong should have happened they thought.They came in large numbers to see the weaver. The weaver would be  presented before the magistrate the next morning! Anger and astonishment reflected in the faces of the villagers. The

protested against the weaver’s arrest. They asserted that the weaver was incapable of committing such a crime. But the magistrate was not impressed. None had seen what had happened during the night! There were no witnesses to confirm what had happened! So he asked the weaver to recount clearly what had happened and how the pile of stolen articles were found on his head!

The weaver, nonchalantly began in his usual manner! “ By the will of Rama I was sitting in the courtyard. By the will of Rama it was very late in the night. By the will of Rama , I was meditating on God and repeating his holy name. By the will of Rama, a band of robbers passed that way. By the will of Rama,  they dragged me away with them. By the will of Rama they broke into a house. By the will of Rama they piled a load on my head. By the will of Rama, I was caught. Then by the will of Rama, I was kept in prison and this morning I am brought before your honour!” The magistrate was dumbfounded at the spirituality and veracity of the simple and honest weaver! His innocence impressed him much. He knew that the weaver would not have committed the crime nor abetted it. He decreed him innocent and released him! The weaver came out with a broad smile and said, “ By the will of Rama, I have been released.”

Sri Ramakrishna describes how the weaver was so casual in all his dealings! He was ever contemplating and repeating the name of Rama which formed the Japa! Every action of his, thus, was a sacred offering to God! He has been, after all,an instrument in the hands of God Rama! If  he is imprisoned, then, Rama is imprisoned! How can Rama allow his true devotee to suffer? Carry on all your actions in the name of God! Then the sting and sin are absent! If you think you are the doer or Kartha You have to face the consequences!