A CHILD’S DOG

A CHILD'S DOG   "The function of the mind is to think, it cannot remain for a minute without thinking. If you give it a Sense-object, it will think about it. If you give it to a Guru, it will think about Guru." – Sri Sai Satcharitra, Ch. X.   Dinku longed to have a dog. She spoke of it to her parents. They were not in favour of having what they called "a messy dog" in the house.   Dinku did not give up. She was convinced that, some day, she would have a dog of her own choice.   One day her father found a big dish lying in the house.   "What's this dish for?" he asked.   "Dinku said, "This is my dog's dish."   "A dog's dish!" exclaimed the father. "How can you have one when you do not have a dog?"   Dinku said, "But father, I already have one. I have him in my imagination!"   On another occasion, the father found Dinku walking in the garden, dragging a chain behind her.   "Dinku, what are you doing with the leash?" The father asked.   "Father," replied Dinku, "this is a leash for my dog! I am only practicing how to walk with him in the garden."   Amused, the father asked, "Can you describe your dog?"   Immediately, Dinku answered, "He is a Malmute. He has a black fur coat, a brown tummy and upper legs and a white diamond on his forehead. He has beautiful, brown shining eyes!"   The father was amazed to hear such a detailed description.   A few days later, a paper advertised the sale of a Malmute puppy, Dinku insisted that she should go to the place of sale. The father did not want the dog, so he said to her that he would get her the puppy only if it was exactly as she had described. Dinku agreed.   When the father took Dinku to the place, believe it or not, a puppy came running and licked the legs of the little girl! The father could scarcely believe his eyes, for there stood before him a little dog exactly as Dinku had described.   We draw to ourselves that which we think of. If we think impure thoughts or thoughts of jealousy, resentment, hatred, ill-will, greed, we draw to ourselves similar conditions. Therefore, be careful to see that you think good and noble thoughts, thoughts of purity and peace, of sympathy and service, of love and joy, of prosperity and success, of health and happiness and harmony.       http://vasukimahal.blogspot.com

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