I came across this story a couple months ago and it keeps coming back to me:
At one time Indra, the king of the gods, decided to descend from his high position and take the body of a pig.
Pigs, as you know, live in mud. So Indra got into the mire, rolled around and eventually found a female pig with whom he mated.
The outcome of their love was a number of young piglets.
They were all very happy. But the gods in heaven, seeing the plight of their king, were horrified.
When the gods could no longer tolerate it, they came down and said, "You are Indra, our king. What are you doing here? We are ashamed of your present habits."
Indra replied, "Who says I am unhappy like this? You live up there and say I don't have a happy life here. What fools you are. You should become pigs. Then you'll really appreciate the joy of it.
Come on. Don't waste another minute. Get into pigs' bodies. Then you'll see how wonderful it is."
"Sir," the devas said, "we can't let you go on like this You must come out."
"Don't disturb me," Indra replied. "I have to take care of my young ones. They are waiting for me to play with them."
The devas went wild. "All right," they decided. "Since he's so attached to his children, we'll have to take them all away."
One after another they killed the piglets.
Indra began crying and wailing.
"What are you doing?" When he calmed down he went to the she-pig and clung to her, saying, "All right. I'll just have more babies." But the devas were adamant.
They pulled the she-pig from Indra and killed her.
When Indra continued to moan and cry, they decided to get rid of his body as well.
As soon as they pierced open his pig body, Indra's soul came out and looked at the dead body on the ground.
"Not only were you in that body, sir, but you wanted to stay there."
"I don't want any more of this," Indra said. "Come. Let's go back."
The end
What if you are made for more than the life you're living?
Many are born to do great things, but fall to the illusion of enjoying the pig life.
Don't let that be you.
At one time Indra, the king of the gods, decided to descend from his high position and take the body of a pig.
Pigs, as you know, live in mud. So Indra got into the mire, rolled around and eventually found a female pig with whom he mated.
The outcome of their love was a number of young piglets.
They were all very happy. But the gods in heaven, seeing the plight of their king, were horrified.
When the gods could no longer tolerate it, they came down and said, "You are Indra, our king. What are you doing here? We are ashamed of your present habits."
Indra replied, "Who says I am unhappy like this? You live up there and say I don't have a happy life here. What fools you are. You should become pigs. Then you'll really appreciate the joy of it.
Come on. Don't waste another minute. Get into pigs' bodies. Then you'll see how wonderful it is."
"Sir," the devas said, "we can't let you go on like this You must come out."
"Don't disturb me," Indra replied. "I have to take care of my young ones. They are waiting for me to play with them."
The devas went wild. "All right," they decided. "Since he's so attached to his children, we'll have to take them all away."
One after another they killed the piglets.
Indra began crying and wailing.
"What are you doing?" When he calmed down he went to the she-pig and clung to her, saying, "All right. I'll just have more babies." But the devas were adamant.
They pulled the she-pig from Indra and killed her.
When Indra continued to moan and cry, they decided to get rid of his body as well.
As soon as they pierced open his pig body, Indra's soul came out and looked at the dead body on the ground.
"Not only were you in that body, sir, but you wanted to stay there."
"I don't want any more of this," Indra said. "Come. Let's go back."
The end
What if you are made for more than the life you're living?
Many are born to do great things, but fall to the illusion of enjoying the pig life.
Don't let that be you.
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