67. Achievement does not grip these people like madness. Achievement does not attract them.

Living life fully and in all its completeness, sows the seed for happiness.

For such people, as they have either knowingly or unknowingly discovered the path consciously, they will not have any pain. For them, it will be known that every place is filled with joy.

Because, there is no drive to experience and enjoy the happiness 'still more', or, in other words, because there is no pain of 'not having enjoyed fully', the furiousness of 'some thing or the other has got to be achieved' does not at all start for such people.

Achievement is just a part of life only. The problem starts only when it is changed as life itself is a part of achievement. In life, hatred and expectations increase even without our knowledge.

One beautiful story to explain this:

With 32 sons and 10 small kings, who were all paying regular monetary tributes to him, all under his control, Ya-Reekmin was ruling the big city of Nylees.

'I must conquer some more countries, must amass more gold and other things and must achieve still more'. – With this state of mind one day he went to sleep. In his dream suddenly the messenger of death arrives. The

messenger says, 'Ya-Reekmin! Your life-period is over. I will give you heart attack and am going to take you away...'

Unaware of the fact that it is a dream, in that state of dreaming, Ya-Reekmin started talking in the bed.

Out of his 32 sons, his 32 nd son Josh was very intelligent. He was a youth of 16 years, who lived joyfully by experiencing and enjoying any thing and every thing in its totality.

Having heard his father talking in his sleep, he started to watch him with amusement while he was talking.

Ya-Reekmin said, 'Oh! Death-messenger! I will remain in this world for a few more days and finish enjoying what all remains to be enjoyed. Thereafter you may take me.'

Silence prevailed for a few minutes...

Again Ya-Reekmin said, 'What? If somebody comes instead of me, will you leave me? Then, my wife often used to tell me that she had kept her own life upon me. You can take her instead of me. She will certainly come.'

There was silence for a few minutes again.

Again, Ya-Reekmin said, 'I never even thought that even my wife would give such a lame excuse, Oh death messenger! Having said earlier that she had kept her life on me; now she says that she wants to live till she sees the children of my last son Josh after his marriage?

That is all right. You can call and take my first son. He will surely come. Last year, during his birthday celebrations, he said, 'I don't want any rank or position. It is enough if you are all right. For the country's sake, I will even give my life.' You can take him with you.'

Again there was silence for a few minutes.

Again Ya-Reekmin said, 'My son says that he has his own personal desires and that he should be let alone. I never even thought that this son would say so, 'No' so bluntly. Oh death messenger! Why are you laughing...? Do you feel like laughing on seeing my condition...? Don't laugh too much. I have 31 more sons here. At least one of them would be prepared to do this sacrifice for my sake, due to his abundant affection towards me. Go and ask...' He said these words with confidence and belief.

After a long period of silence Ya-Reekmin said, 'Where is my dear pet son Josh?'

Josh, after having heard the blabbering of his father and having known his feelings, and also becoming aware that it was time that he would have to come next in the dream of his father, slowly and softly rubbing the head of his father said, 'Father, I have come. Don't worry. Give me to the death messenger.'

Ya-Reekmin woke up. Tears welled up in his eyes.

He understood that whatever he saw was all dream. On seeing his son Josh, who was talking maturely after seeing his father talking in his dream, Ya- Reekmin started weeping.

Ya-Reekmin asked, 'How is it that you came forward to offer such a great sacrifice?'

Josh said, 'It is not sacrifice or any thing. Even after achieving so much yourself, my mother and all my brothers do not have the satisfaction of having lived life in all its fullness. It struck me, even after achieving so much, is this life necessary wherein you have been spending it only in pain and nothing else? That is why I came to this conclusive decision.'

The truth struck Ya-Reekmin like a thunderbolt.