Don't
try to disturb or change what Life has provided for you.
And that may
include how some people you know are behaving with you. There’s nothing wrong
with them or with you. It is just the way Life has ordered (some people will
like to believe it as ordained) it to be. There’s a natural order to the
Universe. To the way people, situations, events and even objects are placed.
Each of these arrangements is perfect in their own way and in the time that we
may be experiencing them. To grieve about why things or people are the way they
are is, at best, foolishness. So, if you seek peace and happiness, just accept
what is and you will never have a problem.
A very wealthy
man asked a Zen Master for a text which would always remind him how happy he
was with his family. The Master took some parchment and, in beautiful
calligraphy, wrote: “The father dies. The son dies. The grandson dies.” “What?”
asked the furious rich man “I asked you for something to inspire me, some
teaching which might be respectfully contemplated by future generations, and
you give me something as depressing and gloomy as these words?” he thundered.
“You asked me for something which would remind you of the happiness of living
together with your family. If your son dies first, everyone will be devastated
by the pain. If your grandson dies, it would be an unbearable experience.
However, if your family disappears in the order which I placed on the paper, this
is the natural course of Life. Thus, although we all endure moments of pain,
the generations will continue, and your legacy will be
long-lasting,"explained the wise Master.
So,
the Master Plan of your Life__and mine__is beautifully crafted, engineered, if
you like, to ensure that we live, learn and leave in peace. Only when we wish
that the design, the Master Plan, be different from what it is now, do we
suffer. So, let everything __ people, events,
situations __ just be. In the order of the Master Plan, that has no flaws, you
will find peace.
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