India, Oct. 30 -- DAIV

Success is a gift received, and the danger begins the moment we start calling it a possession.

The Kena Upanishad tells of a victory won by the gods over the demons. Flushed with triumph, Agni, Vayu and Indra began to say, "This victory is ours; this greatness is ours". The Divine, seeing their pride, appeared before them as a mysterious being, a Yaksha, whom they could not recognise. Agni was sent first. "Who are you, and what can you do?" asked the Yaksha. "I can burn everything on earth," said Agni. The Yaksha placed a blade of grass before him. Agni used all his power and could not burn it. Vayu came next, boasting he could blow away anything, and he could not move the blade of grass either. When Indra himself...