HEAVAN AND HELL

HEAVEN AND HELL

There are some days when we feel low, we feel as if we are living in hell. And there are some days when we feel we are living in heaven.
What is the reason for these feelings?
Our positive attitude makes us feel we are in heaven, even though things may be going against us. A possible attitude is one of the greatest blessings in life. A person with positive attitude known that every cloud has a silver lining. He knows that every suffering or problem has some hidden lesson in it. He feels that suffering is a blessing in disguise. His positive attitude makes his life a heaven.

Here is a story of a Samurai who wanted to know the difference between hell and heaven.
Samurai’s were warriors who used to live in Japan. They were a brave class and always used to carry sword. A samurai went to a monk and asked him what is heaven and hell?
the monk looked at him and said “what a foolish question? I will not waste my time in answering such question.’ Hearing the monk’s answer the samurai had straight way went to his sword. His face went red with anger, and he took out the sword from his scabbard. As he lifted his sword, he saw that the monk was smiling. The samurai was taken back He asked the monk, ‘how dare you smile. The monk said, ‘you were asking me about hell and heaven. Here’s the answer. The moment you felt anger and took out your sword. You were in hell” the Samurai hearing his answer started smiling and kept the sword back in his scabbard. Now the monk said, “Son, now you are smiling. This is heaven. I am extremely sorry that I spoke rudely to you when you first asked me the question my intention was to answer your question and not to humiliate you in any way.
The samurai was very pleased to hear this and said, master you have opened my eyes I have mow learnt that heaven or hell are a condition of our mind. If we control our mind, we can create a heaven right within us.

Moral: - Mind in its own place can make hell or heaven and heaven of hell.

By
Amrutha R
VIII B