Sitaram
02-07-2005, 07:21 AM
Once upon a time,
Two young Americans went to the Himilayas, and joined in a pilgrimage to a mountain shrine. The climb was arduous. The young Americans were visibly exhausted, yet they saw elderly natives climbing with ease and enthusiasm. They questioned their native companion, who explained, "YOU fight against the power and force of the mountain, so you are exhausted, but THEY flow with and embrace the power of the mountain, and so it carries them along and energizes them."
Physical pain, especially of old age, is worse than mental suffering, since the physical suffering will never go away, whereas a change in attitude may alter one's mood.
Two young Americans went to the Himilayas, and joined in a pilgrimage to a mountain shrine. The climb was arduous. The young Americans were visibly exhausted, yet they saw elderly natives climbing with ease and enthusiasm. They questioned their native companion, who explained, "YOU fight against the power and force of the mountain, so you are exhausted, but THEY flow with and embrace the power of the mountain, and so it carries them along and energizes them."
Physical pain, especially of old age, is worse than mental suffering, since the physical suffering will never go away, whereas a change in attitude may alter one's mood.