Indra, the king of gods, asked the cosmic architect Vishwakarma to build him a palace that would befit his stature as a king. Every time, Vishwakarma completed his construction, Indra says it is not meeting my stature, build it grander. Over and over again, Vishwakarma tried to build a grander palace, but nothing satisfied Indra. In exasperated, Vishwakarma approached Brahma to get some recourse. Brahma invoked Vishnu. Vishnu took a form of a boy and decided to visit Indra`s palace. On arriving, Indra asked the purpose of the boy visit to his palace. The boy replied, “I want to see how your palace is better than others Indra”. Indra surprised, “Other Indra”! There is no other Indra, I am only one. The boy replied,” there are multiple Indras in the parallel world; there were numerous Indra before you as well. They all have constructed palace, and they all claim that their palace is grander and unique. You are only a grain in Indra beach. There would be numerous Indra in future who would claim the same. For that purpose I wanted to visit your palace to see how your palace is grander than others.
Indra realized his insignificant pursuit to build his palace grander. Indra pondered, “Someone definitely would be better than me. I am not alone and unique in this pursuit”. What is my real identity then? I am just trying to emulate someone which is not going to lead me anywhere. Indra then became sensitive to life and quest for his true identity.
No matter, how much you are trying exhibiting externally, you are just emulating someone. By merely external accumulation one want to exhibit his power and garner respect. In this pursuit, one can never get contentment like Indra. The uniqueness is hidden in the self-identification. From the self-identification, comes self-esteem. From self-esteem one gets content and peace, and from peace comes eternal bliss.
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