Guest guest Posted April 17, 2004 Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further. So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly. What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were God's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon. Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If God allowed us to go through our lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us. love Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 Dear Adi thank you for this posting michael bindel - "adi_shakthi16" <adi_shakthi16 <> Saturday, April 17, 2004 8:54 PM struggles in the path of spirituality! > > A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening > appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it > struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed > to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far > as it could, and it could go no further. > > So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors > and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. > > The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and > small, shriveled wings. > > The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at > any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support > the body, which would contract in time. > > Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life > crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was > able to fly. > > What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that > the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to > get through the tiny opening were God's way of forcing fluid from the > body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for > flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon. > > Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If God > allowed us to go through our lives without any obstacles, it would > cripple us. > > love > /join > > > > > > "Love itself is the actual form of God." > > Sri Ramana > > In "Letters from Sri Ramanasramam" by Suri Nagamma > Links > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 dearest michael! nothing original! shining in 'borrowed' feathers! whenver i read something interesting , i store it in my files and share it with others! that's all! no biggie! love always .... , "Michael Bindel" <michaelbindel@t...> wrote: > Dear Adi > > thank you for this posting > > michael bindel > - > "adi_shakthi16" <adi_shakthi16> > <> > Saturday, April 17, 2004 8:54 PM > struggles in the path of spirituality! > > > > > > A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening > > appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it > > struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed > > to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far > > as it could, and it could go no further. > > > > So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors > > and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. > > > > The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and > > small, shriveled wings. > > > > The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at > > any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support > > the body, which would contract in time. > > > > Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life > > crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was > > able to fly. > > > > What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that > > the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to > > get through the tiny opening were God's way of forcing fluid from the > > body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for > > flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon. > > > > Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If God > > allowed us to go through our lives without any obstacles, it would > > cripple us. > > > > love > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > /join > > > > > > > > > > > > "Love itself is the actual form of God." > > > > Sri Ramana > > > > In "Letters from Sri Ramanasramam" by Suri Nagamma > > Links > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 This is one of my favorites, too!!! Someone, I think, Gautamji may have posted it about one year ago. I want to put it on a webpage on my site...do you have an author or is it an old "parable" ? Love, Joyce - adi_shakthi16 Sunday, April 18, 2004 12:25 PM Re: struggles in the path of spirituality! dearest michael! nothing original! shining in 'borrowed' feathers! whenver i read something interesting , i store it in my files and share it with others! that's all! no biggie! love always .... --- In , "Michael Bindel" <michaelbindel@t...> wrote:> Dear Adi> > thank you for this posting> > michael bindel> - > "adi_shakthi16" <adi_shakthi16>> <>> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 8:54 PM> struggles in the path of spirituality!> > > >> > A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening> > appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it> > struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed> > to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far> > as it could, and it could go no further.> >> > So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors> > and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon.> >> > The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a swollen body and> > small, shriveled wings.> >> > The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at> > any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support> > the body, which would contract in time.> >> > Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life> > crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was> > able to fly.> >> > What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that> > the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to> > get through the tiny opening were God's way of forcing fluid from the> > body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for> > flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.> >> > Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If God> > allowed us to go through our lives without any obstacles, it would> > cripple us.> >> > love> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > /join> >> > > >> > > >> > "Love itself is the actual form of God."> >> > Sri Ramana> >> > In "Letters from Sri Ramanasramam" by Suri Nagamma> > Links> >> >> >> >> >/join "Love itself is the actual form of God."Sri RamanaIn "Letters from Sri Ramanasramam" by Suri Nagamma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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