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Gurus and Monks and Keepers of Wisdom are often portrayed as sitting on top of a high mountain, apart from the world. I sometimes wonder why.
The Master was a being in harmony with the universe, and so he could attain infinities. He turned down infinite power, for power corrupts. He turned down infinite wealth, for wealth distracts. He became a being of infinite peace.
He did not shout this from the temple altar, for it would be boastful. But to keep infinite peace a secret would not increase the amount of harmony in the world. So he decided to tell only those who asked.
To tell them simply that he had attained infinite peace would not help them. Yet to give strict detailed instructions on what steps to take would not allow them the journey of peace. And so he decided to gently guide them along their own path.
If he told everyone who asked with no price, his words would not be given due weight. Yet if he told only those who paid him, his motives would be suspect. Thus he decided to set out trials for his would-be petitioners that would not enrich him.
If the trials were too simple, they would be meaningless. If the trials were too perilous, his petitioners would die. If the trials were not necessary, it would add needlessly to hardship in the world. And so the Master decided to sit atop the Mountain, where any who sought him would have to climb a great distance, apart from the distractions of the material world.
Also, there were Three Bears. I am not really sure what they were doing there. Perhaps they met the Master on the road and are planning on killing him later. No one can say for sure. If a bear could speak, we still could not understand him.
Tangential thought: I would like to read the Tao Te Ching as written by Woody Allen.
The Master was a being in harmony with the universe, and so he could attain infinities. He turned down infinite power, for power corrupts. He turned down infinite wealth, for wealth distracts. He became a being of infinite peace.
He did not shout this from the temple altar, for it would be boastful. But to keep infinite peace a secret would not increase the amount of harmony in the world. So he decided to tell only those who asked.
To tell them simply that he had attained infinite peace would not help them. Yet to give strict detailed instructions on what steps to take would not allow them the journey of peace. And so he decided to gently guide them along their own path.
If he told everyone who asked with no price, his words would not be given due weight. Yet if he told only those who paid him, his motives would be suspect. Thus he decided to set out trials for his would-be petitioners that would not enrich him.
If the trials were too simple, they would be meaningless. If the trials were too perilous, his petitioners would die. If the trials were not necessary, it would add needlessly to hardship in the world. And so the Master decided to sit atop the Mountain, where any who sought him would have to climb a great distance, apart from the distractions of the material world.
Also, there were Three Bears. I am not really sure what they were doing there. Perhaps they met the Master on the road and are planning on killing him later. No one can say for sure. If a bear could speak, we still could not understand him.
Tangential thought: I would like to read the Tao Te Ching as written by Woody Allen.
