Power to overcome Mind

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Power to overcome Mind with an example from ancient tale

 

Once there was a lion club who was separated from the pride at birth,

before his eyes had opened. He never saw his real mother. He was

helpless, but after a few days a flock of sheep happened by. He joined

the flock and was raised with the lambs. As a result he identified

himself with the sleep and learned to behave like them. He learned to

follow others blindly, to be afraid of dogs, and to submit when whipped

by the shepherd. He grew to adulthood, but his identification with the

sheep around him was so complete that he never noticed him size or his

sharp, powerful claws. He never discovered how fast he could run, how

high he could jump, and how loud he could roar.

 

 

 

One day another lion crept up on the flock and let out a tremendous

roar. The flock scattered. The young lion, who was as frightened as the

other sheep, ran away too. He passed a pond in full flight and saw his

reflection for the first time. To his astonishment, his reflection

resembled the lion he was fleeing. Here was a puzzle: why didn't he look

like the other sheep? As he examined this reflection, his disappointment

at not seeing the reflection of a sheep quickly turned into curiosity.

As an experiment he tried roaring like the lion he had just heard and

found that he could! This filled his mind with delight. He jumped and

roared and relished the realization that he was truly a lion. He never

returned to the flock, but joined the pride and lived as the king of the

forest.

 

 

 

Like that lion cub, we create a self-image and based on that, we create

a reality. If this identification is false, we become victims of

falsehood. If the identifications are correct, then we are fortunate to

live in the light of Truth.

 

Regards

 

Prasanna Kumar