One mouse approached a saintly person in a helpless condition. He begged the saint, “I am in difficulty. If you give me some blessing…”

“What is that?”

“The cat chases after me always. I am very unhappy.”

“So, what do you want?”

“If you can make me a cat, I can get relief from this.”

“Alright, you become cat!” So, the mouse instantly transformed into a cat by the blessing of the saint.

After a few days, he again came back to the saint and started crying piteously. The saint asked, “Why are you crying now?”

“The dog is chasing me.”

“Alright, then, what do you want now?”

“Please make me a tiger.”

“Fine, you become a tiger.”

When he became a tiger, he started staring at the saint.

The saint asked, “Why are you staring at me? You want to eat me?”

“Yes.”

So, now, the saint cursed him, “Again, become a mouse!”

That is our predicament. We are currently enjoying all the facilities provided by God. But, we want to get God out of the picture. We got a human birth, which is perfectly suitable for higher attainment. But, we are not sufficiently valuing this opportunity.

Pridefully, we are ignoring God and busy claiming proprietorship over temporary objects of sense gratification. Consequently, our conditions are only declining day by day. We are getting increasingly enmeshed within the complexities of life.