A tale found on the web - Nanda, Einstein the Yogi

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OM NAMAH SIVAYA

 

Nanda, great story. this post reminds me of something Albert

Einstein once said;

 

"A human being is a part of the whole that we call the universe, a

part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his

thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest - a kind

of optical illusion of his conciousness. This illusion is a prison

for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for

only the few people nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves

from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all

living beings and all of nature."

 

the reality of this perception seems key to perceiving The Reality.

 

JAI MA

 

 

 

, "Nanda" <chandimaakijai>

wrote:

> The old Master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful

of

> salt in a glass of water and then to drink it.

>

> "How does it taste?" the Master asked.

>

> "Awful," spat the apprentice.

>

> The Master chuckled and then asked the young man to take another

> handful of salt and put it in the lake. The two walked in silence

to

> the nearby lake and when the apprentice swirled his handful of

salt

> into the lake, the old man said, "Now drink from the lake."

>

> As the water dripped down the young man's chin, the Master

> asked, "How does it taste?"

>

> "Good!" remarked the apprentice.

>

> "Do you taste the salt?" asked the Master. "No," said the young

man.

>

> The Master sat beside this troubled young man, took his hands, and

> said, "The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. The

amount

> of pain in life remains the same, exactly the same. But the amount

> we taste the 'pain' depends on the container we put it into. So

when

> you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your

sense

> of things ..... Stop being a glass. Become a lake!"