One young man learned that somewhere in the world there is a stone that fulfills wishes. He wanted to find this stone and began asking people if anyone knew where to find it. But in his country no one knew anything about this. The young man went on a journey. He moved from country to country until he was told that there was a sage who knew where this stone was. After heavy wanderings, the tired young man appeared before the sage. “Aren’t you from such and such a country?” - asked the sage. “Yes,” the young man answered, “I came to you from this country.” - “Don’t you live in such and such a city, in a house on the shore of a lake?” “Yes, I live there,” answered the surprised young man. “So,” the sage announced to him, “I know that a wonderful stone is embedded in the wall of your room in the very house in which you live.” - “Will I really have to return home after such a grueling journey?” “If you had not gotten here with such great efforts,” the sage answered, “then how would you have known where the magic stone is?” “...The Kingdom of God is within you.” (Luke 17:21). monk Simeon of Athos Mysterious conversations or hidden truths
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru