BECOME A RIVER
The Master instructed an unhappy young disciple to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and then to drink it.
"How does it taste?" the Master asked.
"Awful," spat the apprentice.
The Master chuckled and then asked the young disciple to take another handful of salt and put it in the river.
The two walked in silence to the nearby river and then the apprentice swirled his handful of salt into the water.
The old Master then said, "Now drink from the river."
As the water dripped down the young disciple's chin, the Master asked, "How does it taste?"
"Good!" remarked the apprentice.
"Do you taste the salt?" asked the Master.
"No," said the young man.
The Master sat beside this troubled young man, took his hands, and said:
"The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less."
"The amount of pain in life remains the same, exactly the same. But the amount we taste the 'pain' depends on the container we put it into. So when you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to expand your awareness of things ..... Stop being a glass. Become a river! - flowing unto God"
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