One day, Buddha was walking from one town to another with few of his followers. While they were traveling, they happened to pass by a lake. They stopped to rest there and Buddha asked one of his disciples to get him some water from the lake. A disciple walked up to the lake. When he reached it, he noticed some people were washing their clothes and, right at that moment, a bullock cart also started crossing the lake. As a result, the water became very muddy. The disciple thought, “? How can I give this muddy water to my master to drink!”? So he came back and told Buddha, ?”The water in the lake is very muddy. I don’t think it is suitable to drink.?” After a while, Buddha again asked the same disciple to go back to the lake and get him some water.The disciple obediently went back to the lake. This time they found that the mud had settled down and the water was clean so they collected some in a pot and brought it to Buddha.He looked at the water then looked up at the disciple and asked, him“? What did you do to make the water clean. We let it be and the mud settled down on its own.
This is also the same with our mind. When it is disturbed, just let it be. Give it a little time and it will settle down on its own. When you face with problems or you are in an angry mood, avoid confrontation. It's like adding oil to the fire. Be careful enough to control your emotions. Don't react immediately. Give time to think before passing your remarks.Take a deep breath, leave your mind to cool down and with a cool mind , analyse the situation and appropriately respond. If you are on
the wrong there is nothing wrong in apologizing .It's human to make mistakes and divine to forgive. Give up your 'Ego'. It will be of good use to you in the journey of your life. But, most of us are unaware of this and often loose patience and pick up quarrel which gives only a temporary relief. In anger we loose all our human quality and are degraded to the status of an animal.The harmful effect being we spoil our reputation and the smooth relationships we nurtured with our fellow human being. We forget the fact that it took years to build a trusty worthy relationship but a second to break ; leaving a deep and fresh scare in our mind whenever we think about the mishap which took year back. Think for a while.... Is it going to do anything good by carrying grudge and hatred when no one knows the span of our life in this world . Hasn't this fight for superiority built only walls .
This is also the same with our mind. When it is disturbed, just let it be. Give it a little time and it will settle down on its own. When you face with problems or you are in an angry mood, avoid confrontation. It's like adding oil to the fire. Be careful enough to control your emotions. Don't react immediately. Give time to think before passing your remarks.Take a deep breath, leave your mind to cool down and with a cool mind , analyse the situation and appropriately respond. If you are on
the wrong there is nothing wrong in apologizing .It's human to make mistakes and divine to forgive. Give up your 'Ego'. It will be of good use to you in the journey of your life. But, most of us are unaware of this and often loose patience and pick up quarrel which gives only a temporary relief. In anger we loose all our human quality and are degraded to the status of an animal.The harmful effect being we spoil our reputation and the smooth relationships we nurtured with our fellow human being. We forget the fact that it took years to build a trusty worthy relationship but a second to break ; leaving a deep and fresh scare in our mind whenever we think about the mishap which took year back. Think for a while.... Is it going to do anything good by carrying grudge and hatred when no one knows the span of our life in this world . Hasn't this fight for superiority built only walls .
Dear folks, remember our tongue is our greatest enemy. What goes out cannot be taken back. A loose talk ,a meaningless comment passed on others, or a time pass joke can causes a deep scar. Be careful while using words .They are our own meter scale .We will be judged by the same meter scale we judge others. Our words are our 'looking glass self '.
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