Sometimes, we carry things for more time than we should. Quite a simple story to illustrate this:
Two traveling monks reached a river where they met a young woman. Wary of the current, she asked if they could carry her across. One of the monks hesitated, but the other quickly picked her up onto his shoulders, transported her across the water, and put her down on the other bank. She thanked him and departed.
As the monks continued on their way, the one was brooding and preoccupied. Unable to hold his silence, he spoke out. "Brother, our spiritual training teaches us to avoid any contact with women, but you picked that one up on your shoulders and carried her!"
"Brother," the second monk replied, "I set her down on the other side, while you are still carrying her."
You see the woman could be replaced by virtually anything in this world ---- all depending on the way we take and perceive things. We have our own way of living life. Now the main thing which I am trying to stress is as to how much time we keep less-important things in our paradise(Our Mind) and for how long. Because the more we keep it, the more we delve into unnecessary chasms of irregularities
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A very subtle yet powerful thought expressed in a very succinct way. Some more elaboration on the same point would have gone a long long way in establishing the veracity of the write-up. However, brevity being the beauty of your posts, keep such posts going on.
I envy you for your brevity coz no matter how hard(ly) I try to be brief in expression,it still evades me and I end up being far more verbose than required.
Kudos
My intention bro is to make sure everyone gets the gist of the article as quickly as possible...main thing is how much actively we think about it and how successful it is in changing ourselves for a better tomorrow...if I could make any person realise his true self even for a few mins...my goal is accomplished
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