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Once a ghost catcher caught a ghost and went to city to sell it. There he met a rich man. The rich man asked him. What are you selling? Ghost catcher replied, it is a ghost. This ghost has an immense power. And not matter how different the talk is. He can complete it within minutes.
Rich man was a big businessman. His business was spread in many counties. He was tempted to her the praise of ghost and asked. What is price of this ghost? Ghost catcher relied, only one five hundred coins. Hearing this, the rich man was surprised, he said, what, just five hundred coins. He does all the work so quickly and still his value is so less. Why? Ghost catcher replied. Sit, this ghost has innumerable qualities but there is one big flaw.
If he does not get any work t do then he runs to eat the owner. Rich man thought that I have hundreds of businesses and work to done. This ghost will get tired but work will not end. Thinking this, he bought the ghost.
As soon as rich man bought ghost. Ghost stated saying, work, work, give me work. Rich man was also ready. He immediately told him many tasks at once but ghost was much faster than his thinking. Ghost completed all the work within minutes as rich man said it. Rich man was happy but after few days, the started to get nervous. As all most all of his work already was done by the ghost. And he did not understand what work he should tell him now. And if he does not give my work to the ghost he will kill him and eat him. He started worrying day and night. And slowly and slowly his health also stated distorting.
By chance, one day a monk came to rich man’s town. One of the rich man’s friends suggested him to go to the monk and ask for solution of his problem. The rich man went to the monk and told him whole story of ghost. After listening to rich man the monk laughed and said, do not worry at all. Its solution is very easy. Do one things, ask that ghost to bring a long bamboo with a lot of knots and burry it in your courtyard. Just tell him work you want to get done and when there is no work then ask him to clam up and come down that bamboo again and again. And keep counting the knots. This way your work will be done. And he will not come after you when you have no work.
The rich man did this and his problem was solved. Now whenever he had any work, he would ask the ghost to do the work and when there was no work, he would ask him to keep climbing up and getting down the bamboo.
If we see in our lives then we will find that this ghost is none other than our mind. As long as our mind is engrossed in some work it if fine, but if you want to keep it free even for a moment then it runs to eat you, whenever you mind is free different types of thoughts starts coming in it. And most of these thought are negative and bad. Then this mind starts to detract you. That is why never lap your mind idle. As long as you have some work, keep it busy in it. And when you have no work always watch your breath come and go. With this your mind will not remain idle. And bad thought will not arise in it. If you keep practicing it then slowly and slowly you will also start swinging in the swing of all kinds of happiness and peace.
