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The Universe within Yourself
Posted by Daniel on Thursday, December 31, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Once upon a time, there was an old man who spent his days sat down beside a well, at the entrance of a small town. One day a young man approached him and asked him:
- I have never been in this region, how are the inhabitants of this town?
The old man replied to him with another question:
- How were the inhabitants in the town where you come from?
- Oh, they were selfish and wicked. Because of this I’m glad to have left that town.
- The people of this town are also like this – replied the old man.
And the young man left. A bit later, another young man approached the old man and asked him the same question:
- This is my first time in this region, how are the inhabitants of this town?
- How were the inhabitants in the town where you come from?
- They were generous, hospitable, honest, hard working, very good people. I had so many friends that it was very hard for me to separate from them.
- The people of this town are also like this – replied the old man.
Another man, who had brought his animals to the well to give water to them, listened to both conversations and, when the second young man went away from there, approached the old man and asked him:
- How can you give so different answers to the same question made by two different persons?
- O look – replied the old man – each of us bring the universe in our heart. Who has found nothing good in his/her past, neither will find it here. Otherwise those who had friends in their town will find trustful and loyal friends here as well. Because the persons are what they find within themselves, they find always what they expect to find.
ALL THE GOOD AND BEAUTIFUL THINGS OF YOUR LIFE THAT YOU NEED, YOU BRING THEM WITHIN YOURSELF. JUST LET IT GO OUT.
