There lived a fish in the ocean, an ordinary fish. Only one day she heard too much about the Ocean, and decided that she should spend all the strength of her life to get there.
The fish began to approach various sages, and although many of them had nothing to say, they spoke all sorts of nonsense to maintain their authority as a “guru.”
So, one wise fish said that reaching the Ocean is very, very difficult. To do this, you first need to practice certain postures and movements of the first stage of the eightfold path of fish that move their fins flawlessly.
Another fish guru taught that the path to the Ocean lies through studying the foundations of the worlds of enlightened fish.
The third taught that understanding the Ocean is very, very difficult, and only very few fish have ever achieved it. The only way is to repeat the mantra “Ram-ram-ram...” all the time, and only then will the path to the Ocean open.
And one day, completely tired of various teachings, the fish swam into a thicket of algae. And there she met a completely ordinary, inconspicuous fish.
Having heard about the difficult quest, she taught the seeker fish this way:
- The ocean that you are looking for has always been, is and will be next to you. He always feeds, protects, and surrounds his inhabitants. And you, too, are part of the Ocean, but you don’t notice it. The ocean is both inside you and outside you, and you are its favorite part. And all fish are waves of this great Ocean!
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru