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Compiled by London swaminathan

Date : 8 September  2015

Post No. 2138

Time uploaded in London: – 19-26

In a hut lived a Guru and his disciple. The hut was situated outside the town limits in a forest. As they were troubled every night by rats, the Guru reared up a cat. Both the Guru and the disciple were very fond of the cat. But during the meditation early in the mornings, the cat would sit up on the lap of the Guru and disturb his meditation. So the Guru got a string and tied up the cat to the leg of his coir cot. This went on from day to day. Eventually both the Guru and the cat passed away through old age.

The disciple stepped into the shoes of his Guru and was the sole owner of the hut he carried on the practice of early morning meditation. When meditating he found that he had no cat which he could tie up to the leg of the cot as his Guru did. He was under the impression that tying up the cat was necessary for successful mediation. He also bought a cat and tied it before meditation.

When he passed away, his disciple faithfully followed cat tying ritual. It went on for generations. Lot of us practise such rituals blindly without understanding the meaning.

Some disciples blindly imitate their Gurus without understanding the meaning. Imitation is not the way – each one should develop on the spiritual path according to his or her individual nature and temperament. An all beneficent influence and guidance is, of course, necessary from an illumined sage.

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