More Lessons From Another Faith

Here is something else that was recently sent to me by a friend. Hope that you find it as interesting as I did. Whether you share these beliefs or not, the "moral"s of the story are still relevant.
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Exactly 3000 years ago, God in His persona of Rama was floating around heaven with the Holy Mother energy of the Universe, in the form of Sita at his side. As they passed over a remote island on the planet Earth, Sita noticed a blind man walking through a marketplace. What caught her attention was that the man was chanting "Rama, Rama, Rama, Sita, Sita, Sita" as he walked. She saw that as he passed by, many people would put a few alms in his begging bowl and some would even start chanting themselves. This pleased Her greatly. After watching him for a while, she saw he had left the little town and was now walking a path that led to the edge of a steep cliff. "Rama, Rama, Rama, Sita, Sita, Sita" the man continued to chant.   "Oh, Lord Rama," said Sita, "there is a poor blind man who always chants our holy names, and in a moment he will fall off a cliff and die. Please take away his blindness. Such a devoted follower deserves our compassion and help." "I don’t get involved in that way with humans." said Rama "I have given them free choice and let them create and work out their own Karma. Besides, you have great power. If you want to save him, you do it." "Oh Lord," Sita said "I feel Motherly compassion and plead the case, but I would never presume to act in your place."    "Well, I have a suggestion." said Rama "This man is so devoted that we will see whose name he calls when he falls over the cliff. If he calls Rama, I will save him and if he calls Sita, you save him. And then he will join us in heaven and enjoy the infinite blissful vision of eternal glory that is the fate of all true devotees." "Oh, that will be fine!" a beaming Sita said.   And so, the Holy divinities watched as the man proceeded on his way towards the cliff. "Rama, Rama, Rama, Sita, Sita, Sita" chanted the blind man. He then took one final step, fell over the edge, and screamed "Oh crap!"    Rama turned to Sita and said, "That’s not my name! Is that yours?" "No," said Mother Sita, "it’s not my name either." "Well then," proclaimed Lord Rama, "he must now reincarnate as whatever he said in his last moment!"   There are a few very important lessons to be learned from this ancient tale. One would be that we should be aware that not all people who are singing the Lords name are sincere. Some do it simply to get alms.   More importantly, we must appreciate that in a way we are all blind and approaching an unseen cliff that is our own death. What is on Your lips today?  What will be on them as you go over the cliff?