The story of an intelligent and unintelligent traveler
Friends of children and teenagers near and far from the Rainbow Festival, how are you? Hopefully you are continuing your studies well with a healthy body and beautiful mind. You must have noticed that there are students in every class who are as intelligent as they are wise.
Again, there are some students whose memory is very weak and can't remember anything even after studying a lot. Their main problem is lack of intelligence or strategy. This situation would not have arisen if they had studied according to the correct rules, that is, by exercising their intellect. Not only in schools, but in our society, there are two classes of people, intelligent and unintelligent.
Wisdom is the name given to the overall expression of the functions of the human brain. Medical scientists say that 80 percent of the total weight of a person's brain is made in the first three years of life. Interestingly, however, human intelligence may decrease with age. People gain intelligence in two ways. 1. Instinct and II. The medium of education. The 'innate' intellect is the intellect that has been given by Allah. And teaching is intelligence, which can be enhanced through learning. However, a large part of the intellect depends on the learning environment, methods, emotions, etc. If there is a deficiency of protein or any essential food element in the beginning after birth, then the normal development of intelligence is hindered later. So friends, in today's session I will listen to a story of two people 'intelligent and unintelligent' from Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi's famous book Musnabi
In one country there was one intelligent. His head worked well but wealth was nothing. His job was to walk around different places. Once the wise man walked to a desert. Suddenly I met a country passerby on the way. The traveler is riding a camel. There were two sacks hanging on the back of the camel. The wise man saw the passer-by and gave a long salutation and said: Welcome! Welcome !! I'm glad to see you from afar. Not to mention the tiredness of walking on foot, brother, I was absolutely annoyed to walk alone. Now, as long as we are on the road together, I will be able to talk openly for a while, or tell me?
The wise man was happy to hear that. Then he said: I also got bored of walking alone and finally started singing on my own. But brother, there is no difference between walking and riding a camel. In fact, walking is better. Moreover, if you do not have camels, horses, or donkeys, you will not be afraid to steal them; There will be no worries about finding grass and herbs. The poet is right-
No worries, no thoughts, no ass
There is no obstacle in the way of grass and straw.
Wise: No brother, how is that! If someone doesn't have a donkey, then his burden will be on his own head. If the path is far, then the feet are in trouble. But yes, I don't feel bad walking.
In this way, they started talking about various issues. Suddenly the mind of the wise man became anxious to know what was in the two sacks on either side of the camel. So he tactfully asked: Brother, the burden of the camel seems very heavy! What do you mean by two sacks?
Pathik: I put wheat in one and sand and soil in the other.
Intelligent: What do you say! Sand and gravel! But why, there is no sand and soil in your house?
Pathik: Why not? In fact, I am not taking it for any work. Since there was not more than one sack of wheat, it could not be stuck on the camel's back. So I cleverly filled another sack with sand and soil; So that two sacks hang from the sides of the camel.
Intelligent: Ha: Ha: Ha :. I see you have discovered strange intellect. Absolutely witty! Hey brother, it would not be better to pour the wheat evenly in two sacks. Then, just as it would be easier to lift and lower the sack, the difficulty of the camel would be less.
The camel passer-by was really short-sighted. So when he heard his companion's words, he said:
Pathik: Wow wow! You have a beautiful intellect! My intellect did not reach that far even after hundreds of thoughts. It is understood that you are truly an intelligent, wise and great man.
Intelligent: No, no, not at all. But brother, this is a very simple calculation.
Pathik: No brother, I can't accept you at all. You must have become the owner of a lot of wealth with so much wisdom. And now you are walking around the world on a leisurely basis.
Wise: No, brother, you misunderstand. Honestly, I don't have a clue in this world. I am going with you now, but I do not know what is in my destiny tomorrow, what I will do and what I will eat.
Pathik: Ah, you see a very poor, bankrupt man. But even though I am completely stupid, I still have 10 camels, 100 sheep and 50 cows in my house. Besides, there is a house, land, servants. But with so much intelligence in mind, you are a poor fakir? So what is the benefit of so much knowledge and education? If the meaning of knowledge and intellect is that we will go wherever the mind goes with nonsense, then it is better to be ignorant for seventy years. No, brother, it is no longer possible for me to walk with a fruitless intelligent like you.
Wise: Okay I'm going the other way. But before I go, I'm going to say, you bought all the money you bought with money. There is nothing to be proud of. But I have no choice but to understand that you are an ass.
Saying this, the pedestrian started walking in a different direction. And the horse rider began to move forward. After going some distance, he fell into the clutches of a band of robbers. One of the robbers asked a passerby what he was carrying in his sack. While the passer-by was hesitant to answer the robbers, a robber pulled out a knife and cut one of the two sacks. Incidentally, the sack was made of sand and clay. Seeing this, the robbers kicked the camel a few times and left. Time to go said:
Robber: You really are an ass. Otherwise, even if you live in the desert, does anyone carry sand and sand on camels? As soon as the robbers left, the traveler burst out laughing as he did not lose his sack of wheat. Ananda exclaimed:
Pathik: It is better to do such nonsense a thousand times. If I didn't load sand and gravel like a fool, my hard earned money would fall into the hands of robbers.
From that day onwards, the foolish man would carry a hundred camels, but he would carry wheat on one side and sand on the other. He would not listen to anyone's wise advice. When people laughed at his intelligence, he would reply, "I know something you don't know."
Friends, we can learn two things from the story. First of all, not only is he intelligent, he has to work hard to use his intellect. Otherwise you have to be dependent on others. On the other hand, even after foolishness, no one likes foolishness even if one is saved from danger once or twice. So we all have to be intelligent and hardworking.