The problem is that the air is polluted but people think it is fresh and clean, they dont know any better. All one can do that knows of a cleaner fresher air is be an example of what it is like to take in the fresh air, and when they also are capable to show others, extend that offer. History shows this offer is often rejected.
What happened with Christ is an example of that rejection. He showed people the way but rejection level was at it's peak --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bronte Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How about this for a parable? A man met a man who told him about air. You > can't live without it, he was told. But I already have air, said the first man. I am breathing every moment. No you aren't, said the second man. You can't possibly be breathing if you haven't had a teacher show you how to breathe. But breathing is the very nature of life, the first man said -- I don't need a teacher. Fool you are, said the second man. I'm sure you'll drop dead any moment. > > -Bronte > > > > Ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Namaste Beautiful ones, > > Here's a parable: > > There was a man who had heard of this great thing called "air". He > had never seen air before, experienced air before or even knew that > air existed. So, he went to a local teacher of air to teach him all > about it. > > "What is air? Where is it? How can I find it?", he asked. > "It is right here. All around you. You are in it right now.", said > the teacher. > "Where? I don't see it? What does it look like? What should I be > looking for? How do I catch it?", he responded. > "There is no 'where', because it is everywhere. You can't see it > because it is nothing. You can't look for it, because you will > never find it. You can't catch it or hold it because it is > nothing.", answered the teacher. > "Well, I want to be a part of this air that many say is what gives > life. I want to understand it. I want to experience it. I want to > swim in it, be in it and breathe in it." > "You Already Always Are.", replied the teacher. > "I don't understand. I don't feel it. I don't see it. I can't > hold it. I don't know what this air is or how to be in it.", said > the frustrated man. > "You would not be alive and breathing if it were not for this air, > which can not be seen, touched, grasped or known as It IS. You > believe it isn't right in front of you because of this. Yet, here, > there, everywhere it Already Always IS. Silent and being... > bringing life to your lungs.", answered the understanding teacher. > > So the man went home, exhausted and confused, hoping that he would > be able to understand this air that brings life and wondering why he > could not see, feel or touch what the teacher said was always > there. That night during sleep the man stopped breathing. In panic > and dread he began gasping and coughing. In then the next instant > he breathed and now knew that this air was always there. More > familiar to him than anything else. It had been ignored because it > was so close, so familiar, so ordinary, unseen, untouchable, pure > expanse and was a part of his being. What did he lose? Nothing but > the misunderstanding. What did he gain? Nothing, it was Already > Always there. What was the result? The constant and continual > Gratefulness and Joy for this breath which gave him Life. It was > not separate from him nor he from it. It was the Breath of his > Being. > > Maha Shanti OMMMMMMMM, > Sarojini > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel > and lay it on us. >
