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Harta Karun Dan Ketamakan

Alkisah, seorang petapa tua, dalam perjalanan meditasinya menembusi hutan belantara, ia menemukan sebuah gua batu yang di dalamnya penuh berisikan harta karun. Sang petapa yang tidak hanya tua tetapi juga bijaksana ini setelah melihat apa yang ada dalam gua tersebut serentak menyingsingkan sarung petapaannya dan mengambil langkah seribu, berlari sekuat tenaga meninggalkan gua yang penuh harta karun tersebut. Namun di tengah jalan ia berpapasan dengan tiga pemuda yang keheranan menyaksikan sang petapa tua yang sedang ketakutan tersebut. Ketiga pemuda tersebut menghentikannya dan menanyakan alasan yang membuatnya kelihatan tersebut.

“Saya melarikan diri dari kejaran segerombolan setan,” jawab sang petapa.

Didorong oleh rasa ingin tahu yang amat mendalam, ketiga pemuda itu mendesak, “Tunjukan hal itu kepada kami.”

Karena desakan dari ketiga pemuda tersebut, sang petapa tua dengan terpaksa membawa ketiga serdadu itu menuju gua harta karun yang baru saja ditemukannya.

“Lihatlah!” kata sang petapa, “Inilah setan, sang kematian yang sedang mengejar diriku.”

Ketiga pemuda itu saling memandang dan merasa bahwa sang petapa tua itu adalah seorang yang amat bodoh dan sedang dirasuki setan. Karena itu mereka melepaskannya untuk meneruskan perjalanannya. Kini mereka bersorak atas apa yang baru saja mereka temukan, dan memutuskan bahwa salah satu di antara mereka harus kembali ke kota untuk membeli bahan makanan yang cukup serta membawa alat-alat untuk menggali dan menumpulkan harta karun tersebut, sedangkan dua yang lain akan menunggu dan menjaga dalam gua sehingga harta karun tersebut tidak jatuh ke tangan orang lain.

Salah satu di antara mereka menawarkan diri untuk menuju kota. Dalam perjalanannya ke kota ia mulai merancang suatu aksi yang akan dibuatnya agar harta karun dalam gua itu sepenuhnya menjadi miliknya. Apa yang akan dibuatnya? Ia akan meracuni makanan yang akan diberikan kepada kedua temannya. Bila keduanya mati keracunan maka harta karun itu akan menjadi miliknya tanpa harus dibagi-bagi.

Pada saat yang sama kedua pemuda yang menanti dalam gua juga sedang berembuk mencari jalan agar harta karun yang ada hanya dibagikan di antara mereka berdua. Keputusan mereka telah bulat, teman yang kini menuju kota itu harus dibunuh saat ia tiba kembali ke dalam hutan ini.

Maka terjadilah! Ketika sang teman datang membawa makanan serta beberapa alat yang dibelinya dari kota, ia dengan segera dibunuh oleh dua teman lain yang menunggu di dalam gua. Setelah itu keduanya duduk berpesta pora menikmati makanan yang baru dibawa itu. Namun apa yang terjadi selanjutnya? Pesta pora kini berubah kelabu. Keduanyapun mati keracunan, dan harta karun yang ada dalam gua tersebut ditinggalkan sebagaimana adanya sejak sedia kala.

Sang petapa ternyata benar. Harta karun dalam gua tersebut ternyata telah berubah menjadi seumpama singa lapar yang siap menerkam dan membunuh. Ketamakan ternyata adalah suatu kekuatan yang bisa menghancurkan dan mematikan.

“Berjaga-jagalah dan waspadalah terhadap segala ketamakan, sebab walaupun seorang berlimpah-limpah hartanya, hidupnya tidaklah tergantung dari pada kekayaannya itu.” (Lukas 12:15)

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