He’s a jolly good ant

Once an ant that was living in a mountain of sugar met another ant living in a mountain of salt and asked, ‘Hello, my dear friend! How do you do?’ It replied, ‘I am not as jolly as you are. My mouth is always saltish as I am living in a mountain of salt.’ The jolly ant said, ‘Come along now to my abode. I shall make you jolly. I live in a huge mountain of sugar. I shall make your tongue always sweet.’ The unhappy ant followed the jolly ant to the mountain of sugar and lived there for a week. The jolly ant asked his friend, ‘How do you fare now, my amiable comrade?’ It replied, ‘Still the same as my lot, my good friend.’

‘Wash your mouth well with this saccharine solution. Rub your tongue well with this sugar soap. Your tongue needs good brushing up. You were living for several years in a mountain of salt.’ It followed the instructions of the jolly ant. From the eighth day, its mouth became sweet. It also became very jolly.

Some aspirants keep within themselves some hidden subtle desires, greed, Moha and pride. These Doshas cling to their minds just as the old salt dung to the tongue of the miserable ant.

Rub your mind and the heart with the soap of Japa and selfless service. Eradicate all the desires and impurities of the mind. You will enjoy the supreme bliss of Paramatman.