THE ADVICE OF THE WISE MEN
THE SEEKER OF TRUTH
In a very high mountain, so high that it was touching the stars, someone who was a seeker of truth, went to live and he submerged in a cave, in deep reflection; he was seeking the truth, only the truth and nothing but the truth. And the truth would approach and would pass in front of him and then, would hide from him; and would pass again and would hide again. And he said: " My mind is dirty for sure, my body , all of me is dirty for sure." He decided to fast, trying to purify himself. And the truth would appear some moments and then would hide. And he said again: " I am very dirty, my actions are dirty, my will is dirty." He went into a deep analysis and found what, according to him, was making him dirty; he found the desire and fought against it for years, until one day, he killed the desire. Then, there was no desire, he was already purified. And then, he saw the truth, but the truth hid again. He kept purifying himself for ten more years and he saw the truth and then the truth hid again. Seventy more years passed with no desire, strict fasting and with a mind free from all and from nothing, and then he saw the truth and he also saw that the truth was going away. And he said: " Stop! why are you leaving?" And the Truth approached him and stood in front of him and said: " I live here and further on, I never went to another place, it was you, the one who left; the fact is that I would see you often before, and little by little, I would see you less. I am going to tell you that you are a man, and I do not know what you pretend. The truth is to be what you are, and
you make an effort of being what you are not,
besides, you have turned yourself into what you are
not. Tell me, what is life without dreams? What is
life without illusions? I will be even more sincere,
what is a couple without desires? You have cut
everything and if you would have had wings, you also
would have cut them. You never seek for me, you only
try to annul yourself. But what does that have to do
with truth? Nothing! That is not the way, do not destroy your nature, there is an equilibrium between heaven and earth, and that equilibrium is called, love, compassion, it is also called, desires and illusions. You are not an empty being because truth is full of love. Then, you have to feel, to desire, to do good and mainly, you have to Love. And now, far from everybody, at the top of a mountain that touches the stars, during a long time, you made the effort of not seeing, not feeling anything, and that is the reason that I approached you, to warn and help you. But when I tried to approach you, you would move away, and do not say otherwise, because I am the truth. Now, go back to the world and live with intensity, since I am that intensity, when is honest, and that is called Truth." The man descended the mountain and he could understand about all that he had lost and he also could understand that sometimes the meaning of philosophy is too philosophical to be real. And that Truth may be at the top of a mountain, but is also certain that Truth is found in every place, and what is only needed is :To Be Your Own Self. |
~~~
-8-
<Previous
Next Page>
Art and Inspirational Writings
created and copyrighted |
Mystic Healing Art-TM