Often, we go low when someone turns down our plea for a job promotion… especially the HRM or the Manager you trust the most and are your real well-wishers … it’s not that they don’t want us to grow but they believe we will need more hands on experience before a change in band or a promotion. I came across a similar situation in my career path and this did put me down for some time until I read this story… I believe reading this story will surely make you rethink if you too have come across a similar situation and if someone you trusted puts your promotion down or advices beside it…
Reading the holy scripture Ramayan we know Lord Ram was sent to exile by his step mother Kaikai under the influence of Manthara, but this is not the complete fact, have you ever tried to research why did Kaikai ask Ram to be exiled for 14 years only and why not 10 years or 20 years etc… In fact she took this decision consulting Saint Vashishta who was the teacher of Ram.
It so happened that the Saint meets Kaikai and asks her why is a decision is taken so early to crown Ram as the king, and she explains because it was suggest by the saint himself.
Vashishta then tells Kaikai, he is indeed glad to see Ram ruling the kingdom but Ram according to the saint was not ready to be crowned so early, but in fact needed more experience to take up this role, he shares the data with Kaikai that it takes 14 long years to travel the entire kingdom by foot and only then Ram will come to know the pain of his people in the kingdom, understand the boundaries and the abundance of what his ancestors have left for him… in these 14 years of travel across the kingdom he will meet a lot of learned souls which will be an enriching knowledge exchange and the ups and downs he will face will be good learning experience for him to lead the country as a king.,
The saint also went on to say that let Ram in these 14 years of exile should not enter the limits of the neighboring kingdom but stay in the forest area so that when he comes back and takes up the charge as a king the neighbors who otherwise would have helped him during his exile would seek for undue help from Ram once he becomes the king.
Going thru this anecdote, I realized that when your most trusted manager or mentor or HRM say you are not ready for promotion they are your real well-wishers who want you to gain more experience before you pick up a bigger role and grow in your career.
Remeber... nor you are Ram neither is your mentor Saint Vashishta ... and this is Kalyuga.
Remeber... nor you are Ram neither is your mentor Saint Vashishta ... and this is Kalyuga.
