farmer in leo tolstoys famous story how much land does a man need people continue to run in an attempt to gather as much land as they can before the sun sets tolstoys farmer collapsed and died of overexertion upon returning to collect his accumulated land he neither acquired the extra land he lusted for nor did he enjoy the land he already possessed said the great indian devotional poet sant kabir i feel amused when i see fish thirsting in the sea all the great saints of yore are laughing at the spectacle theirs is a laughter of cosmic proportions of magnitude so large that our whining and weeping can find no place before it the person who hears this cosmic laughter suddenly awakens he stops crying and looks around curiously to see whats so funny when he realises the truth he breaks into a fit of uncontrollable mirth as well so stop weeping and listen to that cosmic laughter see the funny pointand laugh your heart out the author is resident at shree swaminarayan temple dadar mumbai website wwwswaminarayanorg