{"id":1054,"date":"2014-02-02T15:41:38","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T15:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shamanicspiritualhealing.com\/?p=895"},"modified":"2018-06-14T12:22:47","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T12:22:47","slug":"become-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shamanicspiritualhealing.com\/dev\/become-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Being A Glass. Become A Lake\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

A<\/span>n ageing master grew tired of\u00a0his apprentice\u2019s complaints. One morning, he sent him to get some salt. When the apprentice returned, the master told him to mix a handful of salt in a glass of water and then drink it.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow does it taste?\u201d the master asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cBitter,\u201d said the apprentice.<\/p>\n

The master chuckled and then asked the young man to take the same handful of salt and put it in the lake. The two walked in silence to the nearby lake and once the apprentice swirled his handful of salt in the water, the old man said, \u201cNow drink from the lake.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the water dripped down the young ma<\/p>\n

n\u2019s chin, the master asked, \u201cHow does it taste?\u201d
\n\u201cFresh,\u201d remarked theapprentice.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you taste the salt?\u201d asked the master.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo,\u201d said the young man.<\/p>\n

At this the master sat beside this serious young man, and explained softly: \u201cThe pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. The amount of pain in life remains exactly the same. However, the amount of bitterness we taste depends on the container we put the pain in. So when you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things. Stop being a glass. Become a lake.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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