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A Conversation of Waves |
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There was once a small
wave who was unhappy. "I'm so miserable," it moaned. "The other
waves are big and powerful, while I'm so little and weak. Why is life so
unfair?"
Another wave passing by heard
the small wave and decided to stop by. "You only think so because you
haven't seen your own 'original nature' clearly. You think you're a wave and
you think you're suffering. In reality you are neither."
"What?" The small wave
was surprised. "I'm not a wave? But it's obvious I'm a wave! I've got my
crest, see? And there's my wake, little as it is. What do you mean I'm not a
wave?"
"This thing you call 'wave'
is merely a temporary form you assume for a short time. You're really just
water! When you understand completely that this is your fundamental nature, you
will no longer be confused about being a wave, and you will be free of your
misery."
"If I'm water, what about
you?"
"I'm water too. I'm
temporarily assuming the form of a wave somewhat larger than you, but that
doesn't change my fundamental essence - water! I'm you and you're me. We're
part of a greater self."
Most people, mired in the illusion known as the
material world, mistakenly assume they belong only to themselves. Therefore
they compare themselves to other people. When they perceive some sort of lack
or inequity, they become totally miserable. They would feel quite differently
if they see clearly that all of us are part of nature. Everyone of us is
connected to one another in a fundamental way beyond the explanation of
science. We're part of a greater whole - the Oversoul, the Universal Sentience,
God....
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