Growing, and Outgrowing

From the interior of the cocoon the future butterfly was struggling to come out. The little boy watched the struggle with great compassion. He opened up the cocoon and helped the insect to come out freely. It fell on the ground. It had no wings. It struggled for some time and died. In his great compassion the little boy has killed it! There is a natural pace and process for everything. One has to learn to live and work in harmony with that pace and that process. This is the path of peace, so has taught the wise. Soon after my encounter with death in the air accident, I had thought of giving up my job, my family, and leaving everything behind to take up my new found spiritual mission. I was inspired by the ideal of 'Sanyasa' and had wanted to leave home just few months after the air crash to become a Sanyasi. But a strange inner voice held me back. The first guru also came into my life. He taught me the 'butterfly spirituality' and the need to wait on the pace and will of the Divine in the process of 'growing and outgrowing' in our spiritual quest.