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Two monks on a pilgrimage are walking along a road and they come across a 17 year old girl with a long kimono trying to cross a very muddy road but she’s not daring to step into the mud so the first monk picks her up and carries her across the road and puts her down on the other side of the road and the monks walk on in noble silence.

4 or 5 hours pass and they are nearing their destination and the second monk turns to the first and says “you know you shouldn’t have done that because us monks are not supposed even to touch women so you shouldn’t have picked up that girl. You’re not supposed to do that.” In response the first monk says “Oh, are you still carrying that girl? I put her down hours ago.”

The second monk was still carrying the girl, the event, in his head, and for 4 hours he was walking with this burden. This shows the human mind’s reluctance to let go of the past. It’s like carrying a useless weight around with you, and some people carry it all their lives, and they even derive some identity from that.

Release your identity and become one with the true formless nature of your self.

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Happy 2010-04-20