Expansion of Ideas As You Sow, So Shall You Reap

Expansion of Ideas

As You Sow, So Shall You Reap

If farmers desire to reap a harvest of wheat, he sows wheat; if he wants rice, he sows rice. What should we think of him if he planted wheat and expected to harvest rice; or the other way round? The law of nature tells us that we must sow what we wish to reap. If we sow nothing, we shall reap nothing. 

So it is with life. We always have to bear the consequences of our actions. If we perform good deeds, we shall be rewarded with good. If we perform bad deeds, we shall never enjoy peace of mind. Our lives will be wretched and miserable. We cannot achieve fair ends by using foul means. Even if we do, it will be short - lived. 

Man can decide his own future by his present deeds. If he sows the seeds of vice, corruption and sin, he reaps the harvest of misery and ruin. If he plants virtue, purity and goodness, he plucks the golden fruit of success and happiness. If we want to achieve good, we should do good, for as we sow, so shall we reap.

Expansion of Ideas A Little Learning is a Dangerous Thing.

Expansion of Ideas
A Little Learning is a Dangerous Thing. 

We have heard of 'quacks' in the villages who try to cure serious diseases by their so-called magical remedies. This is an example of a little learning being a dangerous thing. Finally when the patient dies they shift the blame to some supernatural powers and wash their hands of the tragedy. 

Sometimes children try to imitate dangerous scenes from films, little realising the harm that they can cause to themselves or others. Likewise, learning Yoga from someone who is not an expert in the art could be dangerous. Some people try to repair domestic appliances on their own thinking they can do the job themselves. Lacking sufficient knowledge, they only spoil the appliance. They would do well to call a technician to do the job. 

Listening to the advice of someone who is less educated than you can result in your making wrong choices in life. Remember Lord Buddha's teaching: Travel not with a fool. He further goes on to say that if the people you are travelling with are less clever than you or equal in cleverness to you, it is better to travel alone. In other words, it is better to have no friends than to have one who has little knowledge.

Expansion of Ideas A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED

Expansion of Ideas
A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED

Once it was raining very heavily. It didn't seem that it would stop. There was no means of transport and I wondered how I would reach home. Then as if from nowhere, a classmate happened by in a car. He asked me to get in and reached me to my home. From that day onwards he became one of my best friends. Later on I was able to help him out in mathematics, a subject in which he was very weak. Indeed, a friend in need is a friend indeed!

I have found that many people talk about friendship, but when you need them during the time of crisis, somehow they are not seen anywhere. Those who stand by you when you are really in trouble are your true friends. Isn't that what friends are for? To help each other in times of need?

Life is all about being there for others. Life is all about caring and sharing. There are plenty of fair-weather friends. They desert you in your time of need. True friends are steadfast. True friends are forever.