One or a Dozen
I did not have any pressing questions, but just felt like visiting my teacher once again. And so I walked through the trees and over hills. Across the small bridge and near the trickling sound of water was his small but elegant home.
Me: "You stay in this peaceful place and have no idea about what's going on outside of this place"
Teacher: "Maybe... is there anything specific that you are referring to?"
Me: "No, nothing specific. I was just observing all the thinks that should not be, and it has been disturbing me."
Teacher: "Often, the source of many problems is the same. When that source is not healthy, everything else seems out of place"
Me: "Ok. Can you be more specific"
Teacher: "Consider two sad scenarios. One where a dozen birds are lying wounded on the ground and there are a dozen birds around them that are sharing the pain and trying to console them. In the second situation, there is only one bird that is wounded, but two dozen birds are standing around it without any sign of concern. Which of these situations disturbs you more?"
Me: "The second"
Teacher: "Why? The situation is much worse in the first. One vs a dozen wounded birds"
Me: "Something else is wrong in the second situation. Almost as though some inner spirit is missing. In the first situation, only half the birds are wounded, and eventually, they will return to normal. In the second situation, the entire group is wounded, just not in a visible way, and there is a chance that the group may not survive difficult situations."
Teacher: "When you say that you observe too many things that should not be, what you are observing is one problem, not many. The fact that you are disturbed, but not at anything specifically, means that your emotions and your intelligence want you to focus on a problem that is not clearly visible to the senses."
Me: "You stay in this peaceful place and have no idea about what's going on outside of this place"
Teacher: "Maybe... is there anything specific that you are referring to?"
Me: "No, nothing specific. I was just observing all the thinks that should not be, and it has been disturbing me."
Teacher: "Often, the source of many problems is the same. When that source is not healthy, everything else seems out of place"
Me: "Ok. Can you be more specific"
Teacher: "Consider two sad scenarios. One where a dozen birds are lying wounded on the ground and there are a dozen birds around them that are sharing the pain and trying to console them. In the second situation, there is only one bird that is wounded, but two dozen birds are standing around it without any sign of concern. Which of these situations disturbs you more?"
Me: "The second"
Teacher: "Why? The situation is much worse in the first. One vs a dozen wounded birds"
Me: "Something else is wrong in the second situation. Almost as though some inner spirit is missing. In the first situation, only half the birds are wounded, and eventually, they will return to normal. In the second situation, the entire group is wounded, just not in a visible way, and there is a chance that the group may not survive difficult situations."
Teacher: "When you say that you observe too many things that should not be, what you are observing is one problem, not many. The fact that you are disturbed, but not at anything specifically, means that your emotions and your intelligence want you to focus on a problem that is not clearly visible to the senses."
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