Deep Dive-Inspired from Zen

 

Deep Dive-Inspired from Zen

A dog was thirsty, and it went in search of water, after few minutes dog found a pond and stopped for a while to quench the thirst. When the dog bend to have some water, seeing its own reflection it stopped, the dog turned back wondering what to do & after few minutes it went near the pond and saw the reflection and started barking, the dog was horrified to see the barking reflection and ran away from the pond.

The dog was dying out of thirst and ran back to encounter the dog by jumping inside the pond, after some time the dog quenched its thirst and found there was no dog inside the pond.Does this story have a relationship in our life? Yes, it does. Sometimes we are afraid to counter the person inside us. We are afraid to question our ideologies, question our decisions and actions.

We have created an image about us, which we do not want to change, such an act neither helps to play our role effectively nor face the future with courage.

 All we need to do is dive deep inside us like the dog and shatter the self-constructed image to rediscover ourselves to quench our thirst to progress in our life.

 It is better to self-evaluate than to be criticized by others

 M.L. Narendra Kumar