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242. Coconut Never Falls on a Man

Men injuring themselves in a workshop or workspot is common. It is inevitable. There are some workshops where a newcomer hurts himself; others will say, "No one gets hurt or injured here." To a skilled workman, his tools are sacred. Those tools do not offend the workman as they are his extended fingers. Men who treat the tools as objects often cut their fingers. Farms infested with snakes have long periods, maybe years, when there are no snake bites. The farmer worships his lands, crops, his work, his tools. Snakes living in such fields are not killed when sighted. Cobras living there are considered good omens.

Harvested coconuts fall from the crown of the trees. The probability of men being hit by those nuts is great. It is the experience in coconut gardens that nuts do not fall on the men who tend the trees. Not even the heavy leaves of the trees hurt men living there. It is a rule of life. Objects are alive. They receive the attention of the men who water the fields, use the tools, clean the weeds, etc. Material objects are grateful to the attention they receive and take care NOT to hurt the men.

One of the workers had a severely shaking head. On questioning him, it was discovered that he was employed to clear a coconut garden of its trees so that the land could be converted into plots. No wonder the coconut fell on his head and it was shaking since then. Material objects do not hurt us if we do not hurt them. People from the town visiting villages enter the fields with their shoes on. Pious, traditional villagers will never walk on their fields with shoes on. Often one has to cross fields full of thorns. The villager will not step on the thorns at all. He is in tune with his work and his workspot. Nothing there will offend him, not even the thorns. Farmers have noticed that they run into a mishap - a thorn pricks them - when they are upset about someone or something.

He who runs through his work, living in harmony with his environment will not suffer from it. The environment offends, when MAN disturbs its equilibrium.

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  • Acknowledgement by the Author
  • Introduction
  • 201. Fear of Death
  • 202. Lending Money to a Friend
  • 203. Romance is the Adventure of Consciousness
  • 204. 'The Last Englishman to Rule India'
  • 205. Science of Life
  • 206. Darshan in the Subtle Plane
  • 207. Prosperity not Austerity
  • 208. A Further List of Spiritual Truths in Life
  • 209. "The Hound of Heaven"
  • 210. The Significance of the Insignificant
  • 211. What Do We Mean by Taking to the Spirit?
  • 212. Self-Giving
  • 213. Knowledge is Power
  • 214. The Upanishads
  • 215. Greater Mastery of Human Life
  • 216. Failure Leads to Greater Success
  • 217. The Life Divine
  • 218. Demand for Proof
  • 219. Incommunicable JOY
  • 220. Invisible Profits
  • 221. Profits in a Small Business
  • 222. Income of the Family
  • 223. Positive Value of the Negative Person
  • 224. Increasing Accomplishment
  • 225. Proverbs of Tamil Nadu
  • 226. Unconscious Oblivion
  • 227. Pieces of Good Fortune Come Together
  • 228. Why Good People Suffer
  • 229. The Children of The Mother
  • 230. Letters of Love
  • 231. Problem–Free Life
  • 232. Human Potentialities and Actualities
  • 233. The Indian Mind
  • 234. The Leaders of the World
  • 235. Tyranny and Fairness
  • 236. Teaching and Learning
  • 237. SMILE
  • 238. Surface Mind and the Subliminal Depth
  • 239. Token Practice
  • 240. Token Act - Psychological
  • 241. The English are Wedded to Democracy
  • 242. Coconut Never Falls on a Man
  • 243. Proposal
  • 244. Efficiency
  • 245. Spirit in Action
  • 246. Interruption of a Speech
  • 247. Chronic Illness
  • 248. Accomplishment of Indians Abroad
  • 249. The First Waking Thought
  • 250. Worry is Absence of Faith
  • 251. Falsehood Prospers
  • 252. Choice Helps to Invoke the Spirit
  • 253. The Power of the Press
  • 254. Spiritual Transformation
  • 255. Yawning
  • 256. Problem Solving by the Spirit
  • 257. Reaching the Higher Consciousness
  • 258. The Greatness of the Birthday for the Great
  • 259. Positive and Negative
  • 260. Building up India
  • 261. The Politician and the Administrator
  • 262. Good Will Towards the Spirit
  • 263. Overriding Personality
  • 264. Home is a Centre of Personality
  • 265. Tenfold Expansion in Ten Years
  • 266. Back Pain
  • 267. What is Left Unsaid
  • 268. Product of Prosperity
  • 269. Marriage is Essential
  • 270. Prestige and Prosperity
  • 271. Wealth Lies in Self-Employment
  • 272. Incentives to National Prosperity
  • 273. Education is an Instrument of Prosperity
  • 274. Levels of the Spirit Emerging in Man
  • 275. The Many Ways in which the Spirit Comes to Us
  • 276. The Reward of Loyalty
  • 277. The Different Aspects of Spiritual Power
  • 278. Subtle Inversion
  • 279. The Causal Plane
  • 280. God Proposes; Man Disposes
  • 281. The Great Indian Dream
  • 282. Psychic Sadness
  • 283. "Count Your Chickens Before They are Hatched"
  • 284. December 28, 1928
  • 285. Out of Dust
  • 286. Ambition Versus Achievement
  • 287. Where the Spirit is Helpless!
  • 288. Spiritual Courage
  • 289. Mathematical Formula of Life
  • 290. "After all, I am a Useless Person"
  • 291. The Value of OIL
  • 292. The Various Strengths of Human Nature
  • 293. A Bi-Monthly Magazine for Spirituality
  • 294. The Prince and The Pauper
  • 295. The Essence of Enduring Success
  • 296. Authority of Love
  • 297. Validity of a Contract
  • 298. This Once
  • 299. Indira Gandhi's Question
  • 300. Spiritual Equality
  • Appendix 1: How to Invoke the Spirit
  • Appendix 2: Invocation of the Spirit
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