If you have set and only have your own personal goals, there is such tension that your consciousness becomes very narrow and you become closed. Sometimes you just have to let Existence carry you.
Here is a story about an old woman who traveled by bus. She was very restless, trembling and constantly asking the driver what stop it was.
The stranger sitting next to her said:
- Calm down, don't worry. The conductor will announce a stop and, if you're that worried, I'll call the conductor. You can tell him where you want to get off and he can accommodate that. And you relax!
He called the conductor and the woman said:
- Please remember. I don't want to miss my stop. I must get there for sure.
- Okay, I'll notice this to myself. Even without mentioning you, I will name it, but I must make a note about it and especially for you I will tell you when your stop will be. Don't worry. Now tell me, what stop is this, where do you want to get off? - answered the conductor.
The woman was sweating, shaking and very tense. Now she couldn’t even remember where she needed to go.
Finally she said:
- Oh, thank you. Just be sure to remember, I have to get off at the bus station.
Your consciousness narrows when you are tense. You become closed. And in such tension, in such anxiety, it becomes more and more difficult to remember.
And then, if this is a bus station where the bus will certainly stop and everyone will get off, why should you bother? How can you drive it? Time to relax; you know that Existence is always moving, reaching its highest peaks. And you are part of it!
This is the secret of enlightenment: it will happen in a state of deep peace.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru