"Have you ever seen a tree going ambitiously crazy, jumping around the globe and madly running in haste for fulfilling its materialistic and emotional needs" asked the Monk.
Come to think of it, this is so true. It did ring a bell in my mind and pushed me to think a bit.
What am I actually running after ? What do I want ? What am I chasing ? Why am I running from pillar to post morning to night ?
If I look back I realize today I have flown far from my nest. I have traveled enough, achieved enough and enjoyed enough the fancy glories of the world. Now I choose to walk slow and peaceful. I don't want to fly over the Indian ocean or cross the pacific anymore, don't want to cross boundaries and fences to check the other side, don't want to jump from the highest cliff ... but ... just stay put ... and ... be a caterpillar who gets into its own chrysalis, undergoing its own charismatic transformation to become a butterfly one day with beautiful wings to explore the world.
Come to think of it, this is so true. It did ring a bell in my mind and pushed me to think a bit.
What am I actually running after ? What do I want ? What am I chasing ? Why am I running from pillar to post morning to night ?
If I look back I realize today I have flown far from my nest. I have traveled enough, achieved enough and enjoyed enough the fancy glories of the world. Now I choose to walk slow and peaceful. I don't want to fly over the Indian ocean or cross the pacific anymore, don't want to cross boundaries and fences to check the other side, don't want to jump from the highest cliff ... but ... just stay put ... and ... be a caterpillar who gets into its own chrysalis, undergoing its own charismatic transformation to become a butterfly one day with beautiful wings to explore the world.
This may sound absolute crazy a thing to some but I am sure it would be beautiful to be actually like the tree. Right was the dear Monk friend. Standing peacefully simply witnessing the spring and the fall is no harm. There is really no hurry/haste/anxiety/craziness/madness/impatience/fear/ insecurity for anything. All that is needed to be done is to simply stay composed, stay calm and stay centered.
This surely does not seem practically feasible for the overactive mind. Thinking and worrying is its nature. But then who is this who is creating the nuisance inside. On one hand my mind has all the Knowledge / Information / Intelligence and the attitude of "know it all" but on the other hand it has a strong sense of refusal too to its own knowledge / Information/ Intelligence. It is this very gap between the "All knowing" attitude and the "Refusal" creates the trouble.
If there is a chaos inside because of this gap then can we safely conclude that there is a separate somebody else that is ruling us every hour every minute and every second. But hold on, is it anything new that we don't know. We all know that we are a set of Body, Mind and Soul and very much aware of our true nature ie the nature of our soul residing within but still we come under the influence of our mind and it never fails to execute its power / dominance over us.
Identification with our mind creates an illusion of definitions that block all our true understandings and realizations. This comes between you and yourself, between you and your people around and so much so that it comes between you and your own true self also. It is this layer of ignorance that creates the illusion of separateness, the fear, the false worldly desires, the outwardly projections etc. Under its grip one then forgets the essential fact that underneath the level of all physical appearances and separate forms, we are one with all that is.
If there is a chaos inside because of this gap then can we safely conclude that there is a separate somebody else that is ruling us every hour every minute and every second. But hold on, is it anything new that we don't know. We all know that we are a set of Body, Mind and Soul and very much aware of our true nature ie the nature of our soul residing within but still we come under the influence of our mind and it never fails to execute its power / dominance over us.
Identification with our mind creates an illusion of definitions that block all our true understandings and realizations. This comes between you and yourself, between you and your people around and so much so that it comes between you and your own true self also. It is this layer of ignorance that creates the illusion of separateness, the fear, the false worldly desires, the outwardly projections etc. Under its grip one then forgets the essential fact that underneath the level of all physical appearances and separate forms, we are one with all that is.
If "I am That", then why am I going under the grip of my mind so many times a day. Why do I tend to forget the true identity of mine, the true nature of mine and the true existence of mine and just be the silent witness to every season of my life.
This is just the beginning and there is definitely a long way to go. Its taking time but over years I can see the changes in me which gives me the assurance that I am being carved for better tomorrows :).
