PRACTICLE ASPECT OF BRAHMAN

    We have been told many times that the Brahman is is pervading everything  and the Brahman is same in all the Living things . We should not discriminate one person from other as the Brahman is same in every living thing. If you remember the story of Dnyaneshwar who was told to have a bull talk Vedas.I was reading the Geeta chapter 6 ,shloka 31st. The Lord states that yogi sees God in everyone and Everyone in God. But all these things are OK as long we understand them and try to practice the mediation . Unless one had reached the highest level this can not be practical behavior. A baby  and a child are different than adults  and should be treated differently. So there is a practical aspect to it.That brings me to the story for today. 

    Ramakrishna had several students and not everyone was at the level of Vivekanand . Many of them were devoted  and sincere . So one day he had taught that the Brahman is pervading everything and we all have the same principle. . The next day all the students were going to the town and when they were walking back to the ashram , the hermitage , they saw number of people running all over shouting  and they looked worried  and in fear . One of the student asked them as to what was the problem. One of the men in the crowd told them that there was an elephant who had gone crazy and the Mahut - the one who is suppose to control , could not control the elephant and it was running all over the town destroying things  and could injure anyone who came in his path. As soon as he was finished telling that they saw in a distance the elephant coming on the same road as they were . The student saw that and remembered what the guru had said about the same Brahman pervading all living beings including animals. The Mouth was shouting  and was warning everyone get out of the way as he could not control the elephant. Everyone got off the road  except the one student. He thought of reasoning with the elephant or specifically to appeal to the Brahman in the elephant . So he stayed in the middle of road and the elephant came  and he picked him and threw him . The elephant went away and then the other students helped him and took him to the hospital . He had broken ribs  and some other injuries. When the Guru came to visit and help him he asked him as to why did he not get away from the road and wild elephant like everyone else. The student answered that ,'Sir You only told me that we all have same Brahman, So why di the Brahman in elephant did not listen to me  and attacked me ? " The Guru answered, " So why did you not listen to the Brahman in the Mahut who was telling you to get out of the way?"