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till now. I can give you one hundred                         there is no value for justice and truth
      reasons.                                                   in this world…”


    For instance – Result of bad karma (past
                                                                “Can I tell you an animal story? I don't
    in this life or previous): even though we
                                                                remember whether it is from Panchatantra
    may be good in this life, we suffer in order
                                                                or Jataka…”
    to rid ourselves of the burden of our bad
    actions in previous lives. Or I can tell you:               “What story?”
    “Everything has a cause and effect” Or

    “everything happens for a reason”. But all                  A young village boy was walking along the
    explanations come with shades of grey.                      bank of a river. He heard somebody
    So we have to accept that there may or                      crying for help. “Please help me, please
    may not be any reason… Why should                           save me”.

    everything need to have a reason?”
                                                                Looking around, he found a crocodile

    “But it is totally unfair…”                                 caught in a net; unable to escape, the
                                                                crocodile cried out to the boy.
    “Life isn't fair; it never was and never will
    be. You know it – life is a mystery. Our                    “If I help you out of that trap, you'd grab

    thinking mind cannot make ANY sense out                     me and eat me.” the boy said.
    of it. We can neither define anything nor
                                                                The crocodile shed tears! It pleaded with
    can we generalize”
                                                                him: “How can I eat a person who saved

    “That's all philosophy. Please come home                    my life? Honestly, I promise you that I
                                                                won't devour you. Please save me!”
    to the ground reality. What would we do

    when tragedy fall on to an innocent                         The boy felt pity and began to cut the net.
    person? Naturally, anybody would think:                     No sooner was its head free from the net
    “It's not fair,” “there's no justice,” and                  than the crocodile grabbed the boy's leg in

    “God's not paying attention”…right?                         its jaws: “I have been starving for few
                                                                days now…”
    “See, it rains on everyone, irrespective of
    you being good and bad. Everyone is                         “Hey, you dirty croc! Is this fair? Is this

    going to have some bad times and some                       what I get for my good actions?” the boy
    good times. It doesn't matter whether                       screamed. More than helplessness and
    you're good or bad. Things happen. This                     fear, the boy was shocked on the total

    is the way of the world…”                                   ingratitude of the crocodile.

                                                                   “What to do kid? Such is the way of
       “That's very depressing seeing that


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