A MASTERFUL ILLUSTRATION (Author Unknown)
An aging Hindu master grew tired of his apprentice complaining, and so, one
morning, sent him for some salt. When the apprentice returned, the 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.
"Bitter," spat the apprentice.
The master chuckled and then asked the young man to take the same handful of
salt and put it in the lake. The two walked in silence to the nearby lake,
and once the apprentice swirled his handful of salt in the water, 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?"
"Fresh," remarked the apprentice.
"Do you taste the salt?" asked the master.
"No," said the young man.
At this, the master sat beside this serious young man who so reminded him of
himself and took his hands, offering, "The pain of life is pure salt; no
more, no less. The amount of pain in life remains the exactly the same.
However, the amount of bitterness we taste depends on the container we put
the pain in. 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."
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Defender for the Light -
Goodness knows there is a lot of Dark out there!! - Where are my matches?!?
Wandering Soul - Finding my life's calling is Bodhisattva
Looking for lost brain - I left it only for a moment....and there it goes... rolling under the table!!
Noticing that the Light has gotten further down a Dark Tunnel than expected... Time to get the Lantern... Knowing sooner or later - I will get to the End of this Tunnel to the Open Air once again...