MUDDY WATER

MUDDY WATER

Stes de Necker

One day a wise teacher was travelling with a few of his students and while they were passing a lake, the wise teacher told one of the students, "I am thirsty. Go get me some water from the lake please."

The student walked up to the lake but at that moment, a bullock cart started crossing through the lake and as a result, the water became very muddy and turbid.

The student thought, "How can I give this muddy water to my teacher to drink?" so he came back and told his teacher, "The water in there is very muddy. I don't think it is fit to drink."

After about half an hour, the teacher again asked the same student to go back
to the lake but the water was still muddy so the student returned and informed the teacher about that. 

After sometime, again the teacher asked the same student to go back again and this time, the student found the mud had settled down, and the water was clean and clear.

So he collected some water in a pot and brought it to his teacher.  

The teacher looked at the water, and then he looked up at the student and said, "See what you did to make the water clean. You let it be, and the mud settled down on its own, and you have clear water."

Your mind is like that too. When it is disturbed, just let it be. Give it a little time. It will settle down on its own.

You don't have to put in any effort to calm it down.

It will happen on its own....

effortlessly.

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