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Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation), as we begin today \u2018let us remember this about \u2018Attention\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. We feed the hunger blindly. 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.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week I bring to your attention a joke titled \u2018Why We are Here<\/em>\u2019 from the book titled \u2018The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin<\/em>\u2019. Mulla (Master) Nasrudin is the classical figure devised by the dervishes partly for the purpose of halting for a moment situations in which certain states of mind are made clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Persian word dervish <\/strong>is generally considered to be derived from the verb der-vekhtan <\/strong>to wait at a door. The reference is to waiting before the door of enlightenment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We tend to look at events one-sidedly. We also assume, without any justification that an event happens as it were in a vacuum. In actual fact, all events are associated with all other events. It is only when we are ready to experience our interrelation with the organism of life that we can appreciate mystical experience. If you look at any action which you do, or which anyone else does, you will find that it was prompted by one of many possible stimuli; and also that it is never an isolated action-it has consequences, many of them ones which you would never expect, certainly which you could not have planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Nasrudin “joke” underlines this essential circularity of reality, and the generally invisible interactions which occur:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why We are Here<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One day Nasrudin was walking along a deserted road. Night was falling as he spied a troop of horsemen coming toward him. His imagination began to work, and he feared that they might rob him, or impress him into the army. So strong did this fear become that he leaped over a wall and found himself in a graveyard. The other travelers, innocent of any such motive as had been assumed by Nasrudin, became curious and pursued him. When they came upon him lying motionless, one said, \u201cCan we help you-why are you here in this position?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nasrudin realizing his mistake, said, “It is more complicated than you assume. You see, I am here because of you; and you, you are here because of me.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joke from \u2018The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin\u2019 by Idries Shah<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I am sure that you will enjoy reading this book; you can buy your copy from the following link:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin by Idries Shah<\/a><\/blockquote>