Me, My Guru – A stinking frog!
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then someone added “I think it also applied to life’s opportunities. River is
the opportunity and we are not using them and stinking in our limited spaces
and situations. And we are angry at others that they are lucky, successful and
angry!”
“It could also mean we are happy in our mundane life and its pains and sufferings when the sea of joy viz. God or self awareness is just there at our reach and we put the blame of suffering on to fate etc.”
“Dirty pool could also mean our minds and river clarity and purity of thought…”
Whether we associated dirty pond with people, our mind or life situations it didn’t matter. What we compared river with also didn’t matter. Only thing that mattered was we were sure to miss the chance to let go off all that caused ‘stink’ in our life inspite of opportunities called ‘river’ in our life by putting the blame on to ‘river’ – that which was other than us, that which was helping us to clean ourselves, that which was our life saver and project our anger on to it and use it to miss out on a opportunity to ‘smell’ good.
I laughed at my own understanding. It sounded stupid yet true! That was our mode of operation which also reflected how and why we made choices that we made which in turn put us where we were – the right place to ‘stink’ and suffer.
contd.....
also read : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=me%2C+my+guru+-+on+giving+and+receiving+-+giver+and+receiver
https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=masters
2 comments:
Thank you!! All the explanations are equally valid and can be consciously applied to our lives. Its very important to understand that the choice to leave the dirty pond is your alone. River is a possibility, only for those who seek it.
Thank you ma’am for the story.
I was thinking of it as a choice between pursuing peace/joy (that the river offers) vs. ego/expectation(that the dirty pond offers). I was applying this story yesterday to the incidents in my life that were providing me with the opportunities to improve myself and chose peace instead of anxiety.
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