Futility of Search
by Author Unknown
The disciple looked at the Master; so calm and peaceful while he himself was so agitated, restless and confused.
by Author Unknown
The disciple looked at the Master; so calm and peaceful while he himself was so agitated, restless and confused.
He asked the
Master, “What do you know that I don’t know?” And the Master simply replied, “I
know nothing.”
“But you
understand something that I don't.” The Master said, “I have understood that
there is nothing to understand.”
The disciple
persisted, “But I see that you have reached.”
In a matter
of fact tone, the Master added, “Yes I have reached where I was.”
“Yet, I can
see you have become extraordinary.”
Master: “No,
I have become very ordinary. I only accepted things as they are.”
The disciple
was frustrated now. “Master, don’t speak in riddles. Just tell me
what I should do?”
Master: “You
have to do nothing, just be.
Just allow
life to flow, don’t interfere; Rest in your being-ness.”
However, the
disciple was lost, and even more frustrated. His mind wanted activity
while the Master kept pointing out that there is nothing to do, just rest.
Finally out
of compassion, the Master suggested, "Watch your breath, watch the rising
and falling of your stomach, focus on emptiness / nothingness chant your
mantras and do your Sumiran.
They
are basic activities to quiet the mind. When you give a pole to a monkey,
the monkey goes up and down till he become tired. Then he finally rests.
In that resting, insight finally
awakens. "
--Author Unknown
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