Today, my son has asked me to brief him the difference between Tortoise and Turtle. While explaining to my son, I had a wonderful realization, which I would like to share with you all.
As the shell of a Tortoise / Turtle acts as a shield to protect from any kind of perils, attacks and also protects from extreme climatic conditions, similarly, the Lord takes the role of a shell just to protect HIS devotees from all problems and perils.
As the tortoise / turtle comes out of its shell to enjoy its prey, air, light, water & also to enjoy the nature around it and gets prone to peril by attacks of its enemies like fox and wolves, similarly; we human beings just to enjoy the worldly and materialistic things, we come out of the shell (shelter of God) and become prey to the fox & wolves (Maya).
The crux of this realization is that, we should always be under the shelter of God. The moment we come out of the shell (shelter of God) – just to enjoy the materialistic things, we are prone to perils.
Therefore, we should always and always be under the shelter of the shell – the God.
Yours eternal servant
K.V.Subrahmanyam
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