The Shaligrams
® by Philip from Hong Kong, Brahma Kumaris

Once upon a time, a long time ago, some tiny points of light called shaligrams, decided to make a trip to planet Earth. So they left their home of peace and silence to travel down. But in order to do action, that is to laugh, sing and dance, they had to put on special suits.	The suits had special breathing apparatus, and were easy to move around in. When the shaligrams first landed, they began to dance and sing, for everything was very new and communication very simple and easy.
After a while however, they became tired of dancing. So they sat down to think of what else they could do.	Before long they were arguing about their differences. 'We should not be different', some said, 'We should all be the same'. This made them all very unhappy and so they turned to look for happiness in cars and houses, and dogs and cats .... anything... as they could no longer dance anymore.
Some shaligrams got so hurt by each other that they stopped loving one another and began to love their possessions instead. They could no longer even look at each other...
Eventually one shaligram who had experienced the most unhappiness sat down to think about what had gone wrong. The more he thought, the more he remembered what his true nature was. He realised that he had forgotten where he had come from and who his Father was !	Soon other shaligrams wanted to know why he was so happy. They were drawn by his peaceful nature. So the shaligram told them about his relationship with his Father... Just one look at this shaligram made them remember where they too had come from. They began to realize that they had forgotten their Father , their home, and their true peaceful natures.
He remembered that the souls' home was not here on earth, but with his Mother and Father in the soul world. This made him extremely happy to find his true home. He became peaceful and loveful.
The more they remembered the Supreme Shaligram, the more they remembered having once been small tiny specks of light in the forehead. When they saw themselves as tiny points of lights, they could have communication with their Father. They realised that they were only visitors to the earth and how heavy their space suits had become. They wanted to get out of them and be souls rather that bodies. And the easiest way to do that, was to stop thinking of their bodies and remember that they were really souls. Once again they experienced the bliss of soul consciousness and their likeness to their Supreme Father. They began to dance once more !