Here is an interesting story about three men who had a common problem : Fear.
Fear has the power to get the worst of the best of us. We should throw it out of our lives. Doing that isn't that difficult. This story might tell you how. ....
Fear has the power to get the worst of the best of us. We should throw it out of our lives. Doing that isn't that difficult. This story might tell you how. ....
There was once a wise man who lived on top of a mountain.
That place was so high that there no vegetation or wildlife could grow there.
There weren’t even any insects there. He used to live there all alone,
occasionally climbing down to get his food and water. He would sit there and
meditate. People all over the country had heard about him. They thought that he
could solve all their problems. But it was difficult for everyone to go high up
there, so rarely anyone visited him.
In a village near that mountain, there lived three friends.
All of them had a common problem: fear. Fear had conquered their lives. They
couldn’t sleep, eat, drink or work with ease. They decided to visit that old
wise man up the mountain. Then they started off on their journey to the top of
the mountain, or rather journey to answers, answers that would help them to release
their fear. They went from village to village, forest to forest and reached the
Nadir of the mountain. It was all uphill from there. They began climbing the
mountain, fighting off all the obstacles that came in their way. Finally, after
9 days of incessant travel they reached the top of the mountain. The old man
was sitting right there, meditating. The three friends went near him and seated
themselves. The old man opened his eyes almost instantly, as if he had sensed
that they were there. He asked them why they had come and they told them how
they had traveled all the way to solve their common problem: Fear. The old man
addressed the first friend and asked him, “What do you fear, young man?” The
friend replied, “I fear death. I sometimes even lose sleep over it.” “Hmm…...
Death. Now I will take out the fear from you. Death will not come for you until
you are ready for its embrace. Know that and you will have nothing to fear.”
This calmed his mind and he feared death no longer.
Then the old man addressed the second friend, “What do you
fear, young man?”
“I fear my new neighbors. They do strange things. They observe
holy days different from mine. And they have too many kids. They listen to
weird music that sounds like noise. They are complete strangers and I don’t know
them at all. I am afraid of them. What should I do?”
“Ah, strangers” said the wise man. “I will take away this
fear. Return to your home and make a cake for your new neighbors. Get toys for
their children. Become friends with them. Join them in their songs. You will
become familiar with these neighbors and your fear will go away.”
The second man saw
the wisdom in these words and knew that he would no longer fear his new
neighbors.
Then the old man turned to the 3rd friend. “What
do you fear, young man?”
“O wise man, I fear spiders. At night I get bad dreams in
which I see spiders climbing on flesh and biting it. I feel terrified.”
“Ahh……Spiders……
No shit! Why do you think I live way up here???!”
THE END
P.S.- Fear will get the worst of the best of us so I suggest
you throw it out of your lives. J
Humorous ending!
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