Spiritualism

One day the wife reminded the man of his promise. The devotee got contrite. But then he turned up his nose at the offering of husk that he had initially made. Now the devotee was a very big man.

He and his wife left for the temple where the two offered I kilogram of gold instead of husk. The priest started weighing the gold.

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To the horror of all the balance tipped in the favor of the weight. In other words the balance went lopsided.

Thinking that there was some mistake the devotee began adding gold to the already offered pile. Still the balance did not work. Everyone was puzzled till the priest asked angrily ‘’What were you supposed to offer to god?’’

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The sheepish devotee replied sheepishly ‘’ A kilo of husk…’’

The priest was beyond himself with rage. This devotee had wrongly begun believing that god would be happy to receive gold instead of husk. Gold is more valuable than husk only for us mortals, not god.

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Immediately the devotee went to the nearby village and purchased husk to be offered to god.

When this husk replaced the gold, everyone was in tears to see that the balance went neutral.