Power to overcome Mind

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Power to overcome Mind with an example from ancient tale

 

Once there was a lion club who was separated from the pride at

birth, before his eyes had opened. He never saw his real mother. He

was helpless, but after a few days a flock of sheep happened by. He

joined the flock and was raised with the lambs. As a result he

identified himself with the sheep and learned to behave like them.

He learned to follow others blindly, to be afraid of dogs, and to

submit when whipped by the shepherd. He grew to adulthood, but his

identification with the sheep around him was so complete that he

never noticed him size or his sharp, powerful claws. He never

discovered how fast he could run, how high he could jump, and how

loud he could roar.

 

 

One day another lion crept up on the flock and let out a tremendous

roar. The flock scattered. The young lion, who was as frightened as

the other sheep, ran away too. He passed a pond in full flight and

saw his reflection for the first time. To his astonishment, his

reflection resembled the lion he was fleeing. Here was a puzzle: why

didn't he look like the other sheep? As he examined this reflection,

his disappointment at not seeing the reflection of a sheep quickly

turned into curiosity. As an experiment he tried roaring like the

lion he had just heard and found that he could! This filled his mind

with delight. He jumped and roared and relished the realization that

he was truly a lion. He never returned to the flock, but joined the

pride and lived as the king of the forest.

 

 

Like that lion cub, we create a self-image and based on that, we

create a reality. If this identification is false, we become victims

of falsehood. If the identifications are correct, then we are

fortunate to live in the light of Truth.

 

Regards

 

Prasanna Kumar

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