A STORY TOLD BY BHAGAVAN One saint had the siddhi of correct predictive speech. That is, whatever he said came true. In whatever town he went to, the local people would come to him to have his darshan and to get his blessings. The saint, who was also full of compassion, removed the unhappiness of the people by blessing them. Because his words always came true, the blessings always bore fruit. That is why he was so popular. During his wanderings he came to a town where, as usual, a lot of people flocked to him to get his blessings. Among the blessing seekers there was a thief. He went to have darshan of the saint in the evening and asked for his blessings. When the saint blessed him, the thief was very happy. He felt certain that because of these blessings, when he went out to steal at night, he would be successful. But it turned out otherwise. Whenever he went to break into a house, somebody or other from that house would wake up and he would have to run away. He tried in three or four places but he could not succeed anywhere. Because of his failure, the thief got very angry with the saint. Early the next morning he went back to him and angrily said, You are an impostor! You are giving false blessings to the people. The saint very peacefully asked the reason for his anger. In reply the thief narrated in detail how unsuccessful he had been during his attempts to steal the previous night. Having heard his story, the saint commented, In that case, the blessings have borne fruit. How the thief asked with astonishment. Brother, first tell me, being a thief, is it a good or a bad job? It is bad, the thief admitted, but then he defended himself by saying , but what about the stomach that I have to feed? The saint continued with his explanation: To be unsuccessful in bad work means that the blessings have indeed borne fruit. There are so many other ways of feeding the stomach. You should accept any one of them. To come to this conclusion it was necessary that you be unsuccessful in your thieving work. The thief understood and informed the saint that in future he would take up some other honest work. He prostrated before the saint and left.
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