Be A Lake

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OM NAMAH SIVAYA

 

thanks to the unknown author. May we all be lakes within Her ocean.

 

Be A Lake

 

The old Master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of

salt in a glass of water and then to drink it. "How does it taste?"

the Master asked.

 

"Awful," spat the apprentice.

 

The Master chuckled and then asked the young man to take another

handful of salt and put it in the lake. The two walked in silence to

the nearby lake and when the apprentice swirled his handful of salt

into the lake, the old man said, "Now drink from the lake."

 

As the water dripped down the young man's chin, the Master asked, "How

does it taste?Good!" remarked the apprentice. "Do you taste the

salt?" asked the Master. "No," said the young man.

 

The Master sat beside this troubled young man, took his hands, and

said, "The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. The amount of

pain in life remains the same, exactly the same. But the amount we

taste the 'pain' depends on the container we put it into. So when you

are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of

things .....Stop being a glass. Become a lake!"

 

JAI MA