et-thoughts Posted September 1, 2012 ... the slightest movement and down comes the glass into pieces ! Inviting to violent moves... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eye_of_the_storm Posted September 2, 2012 I first read... glass in a bull store... and I was like hm haha My mind seems to be reading things differently these days... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
et-thoughts Posted September 2, 2012 I first read... glass in a bull store... and I was like hm haha My mind seems to be reading things differently these days... Well mine has been reading things differently and playing tricks on me all my life (thanks to dyslexic gift...) I like to say I get to laugh three times... - once at what I think the joke is - once at getting the actual joke - once at the correspondence between the first and the second This thread indirectly seeks for comments surrounding the teachings of graceful movements... or somehow transforming the bull into a butterfly... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eye_of_the_storm Posted September 2, 2012 ha! No worries I think grace / poise / elegance takes a certain amount of self awareness, flowing + pride? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
et-thoughts Posted September 2, 2012 ha! No worries I think grace / poise / elegance takes a certain amount of self awareness, flowing + pride? Oh Uh OH I just realized that in the story 'The shattering trinkets' concerns the store owner rather than 'the animal' who happened to wander into that space... which reminds me of a different story... two traveling monks came upon a generous poor family who barely subsisted thanks to an old cow they owned... and milked every day. The hosts during dinner talk said they wanted to be helped out of their misery. They asked the monks to do whatever they could do to help them. The next morning the cow was nowhere to be seen. The monks thanked the family and went their way. As they got a bit farther away the younger monk noticed the cow next to a cliff and said "We are on a tight schedule but lets really help that poor family least their misery continue". The older monk said "OK" as he walked over to the cow and pushed it over the edge. 'There you go, now lets be on our way'. The younger monk could not believe what had just happened and didn't dare to ask. The family members who had organized to look for the cow found it on its last breath. Two years latter the monks where returning home and they came upon the place. From afar they saw a prosperous property where the poor generous family used to be. To the surprise of the younger monk the hosts where the same generous family, now a generous rich family. During dinner talk the hosts thanked the monks for whatever they had done to help for evidently it had worked. The hosts then proceeded to recount what had happened. How they had gone to look for the cow and found it on its last breath. How that was seen as a tragedy and only latter on as an opportunity or even as quite a blessing. They recounted how from that day things just changed and become prosperous, so flourishing that they wanted to donate and contribute to the monasteries wellbeing. The next morning the monks thanked the family and went their way. As they got a bit farther away the younger monk dared to ask "how can we accept this generous family's gifts especially when you killed their old cow"? The older monk said: "Oh I did't just kill the old cow, I also set it free the night before". The younger monk bursted: "WHAT? how can we accept this generous family's gifts especially when you did that"! The older monk said: "Look, during the first dinner they asked us to do whatever we could do to help them, so before going to bed, I set free that old cow. The next day as we where on our way and came upon the cow you proposed to really help that generous poor family least their misery continue, so I walked over to the cow and pushed it over the edge confident they would soon find and sell the animals meat and figure out a better way to live. Last night the hosts recount in more detail what happened, and how grateful they are for whatever we did. They expressed their gratitude with a generous donation which I have been grateful to accept rather than reject. Whats more that generous family has learned, has prospered and has help others do the same, thanks to changes in stuff. Their generous donation even gave you the push to get the nerve and dare ask 'what just happened'? Which may allow you to set free that belief that has kept you miserable for the last two year: 'didn't do a thing to help them, we even did them some harm'. Speak for yourself, I did do something, that changed it all. Of course they too did something to prosper. As for you what have you done? Still holding to the misery of that old cow that was bound to die sooner than latter". The way one sees stuff, be it as a tragedy, as an opportunity or even as quite a blessing, influences the actions one contemplates and does. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
