The teacher always wore white, and so his disciple did the same.
The teacher was a vegetarian, and so his disciple stopped eating meat and replaced it with a diet of vegetables and herbs.
The teacher was an austere man, and so the disciple decided to devote himself to self-sacrifice and started sleeping on a straw mattress.
After some time, the teacher noticed these changes in his disciple’s behaviour and asked him why.
‘I am climbing the steps of initiation,’ came the reply. ‘The white of my clothes shows the simplicity of my search, the vegetarian food purifies my body, and the lack of comfort makes me think only of spiritual things.’
Smiling, the teacher took him to a field where a horse was grazing.
‘You have spent all this time looking outside yourself, which is what matters least,’ he said. ‘Do you see that creature there? He has white skin, eats only grass and sleeps in a stable on a straw bed. Do you think he has the face of a saint or will one day become a real teacher?’..........By Paulo Coehlo.
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We admire a lot of people in the public eye, sometimes people think if they studied them they could be like them.Don't you spend all your time looking outside of yourself as your own truth is far more important than any others'. Allow others to follow their truth , have your own beliefs ,be your own legend .. I think we can learn from others, but you can never be me and I can never be you ….Every one's truth is inside of themselves .Most clash over the supremacy of each one's truth in vain. Let each one's truth be....
Unfortunately packaging, branding of all & sundry including spirituality have taken last few generations into its fold that people see less of the content/ truth and more of the gloss/ exterior.
The most important thing is to look within and evolve. From that we go on.
We try to see inside of our own soul - to find this light, to find this love.This love - this light - God - will guide you, will take you places you would never dream of having.
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