Pain of life...(Short story)

Once an unhappy young man came to an old master and told he was very sad and asked for a solution.

The old Master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and then to drink it. "How does it taste?" the Master asked. "Awful," spat the apprentice. The Master chuckled and then asked the young man to take another handful of salt and put it in the lake. The two walked in silence to the nearby lake and when the apprentice swirled his handful of salt into the lake, the old man said, "Now drink from the lake."

As the water dripped down the young man's chin, the Master asked, "How does it taste?" "Good!" remarked the apprentice. "Do you taste the salt?" asked the Master. "No," said the young man.

The Master sat beside this troubled young man, took his hands, and said,

"The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. The amount of pain in life remains the same, exactly the same. But the amount we taste the 'pain' depends on the container we put it into. So when you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things ..... Stop being a glass. Become a lake!"


vaitla...

[TheGuru]

That is very very good, it works as well

[Nemisis]

Just how exactly should we enlarge the sense of the things :twisted: :?: :!:
Usually when i am in pain my head stops working :cry:

Good story indeed.;-)

[TheGuru]

Originally Posted by Nemisis

Just how exactly should we enlarge the sense of the things :twisted: :?: :!:

I think the best way to achieve this is through the distraction technique ;-)

Its a great way of managing pain.

what do you do if you are sad....?

i usually sleep... i think thats the best medician...


vaitla

[TheGuru]

Originally Posted by vaitla

what do you do if you are sad....?

i usually sleep... i think thats the best medician...


vaitla

Loud Music helps me

[madcat]

When I am sad, I think of happy times and memories or listen to my favourite music.

When I am in pain I use distraction techniques, where you think of a nice place and be there. My two favourite places are by a running stream in a small clearing in a woodland with a meadow with flowers. My other place is in a small boat on an empty sea with the sun coming down in a shaft across the water and I just sit there and watch the patterns of the sun on the moving water.

I also use meditation to break the depression/ pain cycle. It works very well..

You have to think that your life, in the scheme of the universe is very small, your pain is a small part of your life and therefore you can enlarge your sense of things and change your container size, so to speak.

MadCat

[Nemisis]

Originally Posted by madcat

You have to think that your life, in the scheme of the universe is very small, your pain is a small part of your life and therefore you can enlarge your sense of things and change your container size, so to speak.

MadCat

Very well said

thats really good...