When Pompeii was destroyed by a volcanic eruption, at midnight the entire city was on fire, houses were collapsing and people were fleeing. The city was rich, and everyone carried something. People carried everything that was most precious: some carried their gold, others - diamonds, money; scientists carried their manuscripts, books - carried everything that could be saved. But there was only one man who carried nothing, only his staff. All the people carrying things were alarmed: their whole life was collapsing. Only this man was walking among the crowd, as if he had gone for a morning walk.
Whoever looked at him said:
- Why don’t you save anything? Have you lost everything?
The man answered:
“I have nothing, but everything I have, I carry.”
“Then why are you walking around as if you were out for a morning walk?” After all, such a nightmare is happening, everything is dying!
The man laughed and said:
- Everything that you have accumulated from this world is destroyed by death, fire burns. I have only accumulated consciousness. For you all this may be a tragedy, but for me it’s time for a morning walk.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru