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Articles: Devotion | The overlooked Truth
- Prof. venkata ramanamurty mallajosyula
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The Overlooked Truth About Ourselves
A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able to swim to a small, desert like island.
The two survivors, not knowing what else to do, agreed that they had no other recourse but to pray to God. However, to find out whose prayer was more powerful, they agreed to divide the territory between them and stay on opposite sides of the island.
The first thing they prayed for was food. The next morning, the first man saw a fruit-bearing tree on his side of the land, and he was able to eat its fruit. The other man's parcel of land however remained barren.
After a week, the first man was lonely and he decided to pray for a wife. The next day, another ship was wrecked, and the only survivor was a woman who swam to his side of the land. Soon they agreed to marry. But on the other side of the island, there was still nothing.
After his new-found status as a husband, the first man now started praying for a house, clothes and of course more food. And the very next day, like magic, all of these were given to him! But all along, the second man had yet not received anything.
Finally, the first man prayed to God for a ship, so that he and his wife could leave the island. The next morning, the man and his wife found a ship docked at their side of the island. The first man boarded the ship with his wife and decided to maroon the second man on that island.
The first man considered the other man unworthy to receive God's blessings, since none of his prayers had been answered.
But just when the ship was about to leave, the first man heard a voice from heaven. The voice asked him, 'Why are you leaving your companion on the island?'
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