Shams Deer and Daring

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, "Mazie Lane" <sraddha54@h...> wrote:

 

> There is nothing that has ever happened, and still we are every

sound and song ever.

 

 

 

Curious about spiritual things, a greeb once asked Ixnay

what was really meant by the words:

 

"We are all immersed in an illusion here on this earth, and in truth

nothing has ever really happened".

 

Ixnay threw a finger ring into a nearby river and said:

"Bring the ring back to me and then you will know."

 

So the greeb dived into the river. The instant he entered the water,

he lost all consciousness of who he really was. He surfaced, got out

and wandered around the area. Eventually, he found a small town and

got himself a few acres and took up farming. He was intelligent, and

over the next year or so, he thought of many ways to farm better and

eventually he became the best farmer in the county and was very

prosperous.

He married the Mahub's daughter and they had many children. He

traveled far and learned even more and became a great expert on

agricultural methods throughout the country. When the country went to

war, he joined the army and became an officer. His children grew, and

though they had the usual ups and downs and one died while still a

child - the others did well and prospered.

One day, he was walking beside the river thinking about his

interesting life. Although he was successful and had everything life

could offer, he still was not completely happy or satisfied.

Something was tugging at him, just below consciousness, and it

continued to bother him, but he had no idea what it was.

It had been raining a great deal in the last week and suddenly the

bank gave way under his feet. He became submerged in the swollen

rushing river. His eyes spied something gold in the bed of the river

and he was drawn to it. He grabbed the shiny ring and surfaced. For

what

seemed ages, he battled the swollen waters and eventually heaved

himself from the water with tremendous difficulty onto the bank.

The instant his feet touched the land, he remembered with crystal

clarity who he really was. He remembered asking Ixnay the question

about all that seems to happen being only an illusion, and then

diving into the water. He also remembered all his years as a farmer,

soldier, father, husband and successful greeb. But even as he thought

of those experiences, they began to fade, just as a dream fades when

one awakens.

He turned and there was Ixnay smiling at him.

 

Handing the ring back to Ixnay, the greeb smiled back and said,

"That was an excellent answer."