Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), as we begin today ‘let us remember this about ‘Attention’.
Our life experience would ultimately amount to whatever we had paid attention to. Attention: is important and most of the times we are so indifferent to it. It is as fundamental as food; and we go blundering about, seeking ways to assuage the craving, instead of learning how to provide ourselves with what we need, sensibly and calmly. Once the mechanism is brought to our attention and we begin to study it, it is as if a veil has been stripped off ordinary life, and we become freer in our action and choices.
This week I bring to your attention a fable titled ‘Three Wishes’ from the book titled ‘Reflections’. It is a collection of fables, aphorisms and statements that challenge the conditioned mind.
It confronts the reader with unaccustomed perspectives and ideas, in an attempt to set the mind free so as to see how things really are.
Three Wishes
A man, after many years of study and effort, found out how to gain power over spirits. He conjured a jinn.
The jinn gave him three wishes.
He immediately wished for money.
Spending all his money on high living, he became an alcoholic.
His second wish went on making him well again.
Now he felt so undecided as to what to do, he used up the third wish to restore himself to his original state, and to forget his experiences.
Statements from ‘Reflections’ by Idries Shah
I am sure that you will enjoy reading this book; you can buy your copy from the following link:
Enjoy reading it with your family, friends and near and dear one’s.
Namaste!
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