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Thursday, February 17, 2011

You are NOT bound!



There was a cowherd boy who took the cows to the meadows every morning and brought them back to the cow shed in the evening. Before he left for the night, he made sure that all the cows were properly tied to their posts.
One evening, he found that one of the cows was missing its rope.The boy was in a fix. He couldn't leave the cow untied as she would probably runaway and get lost, and as it was already dark, it was too late to go and buy a new rope. The boy went to the monk sitting nearby, and sought his advice. The monk said to him, "It is nothing to worry about. Just go back to the cow, stand next to her and pretend that you are tying her. Make sure that the cow sees you doing it, and that will be enough. The cow will stay where she is.''

"The boy went back to the cow shed and did as the monk had told him. He pretended that he was tying the cow to the post. When the boy returned the next morning, he found to his amazement that the cow had remained absolutely still throughout the night. The boy untied all the cows as usual and was about to go to the meadows,when he noticed that the cow with the missing rope was still lying down next to the post. He tried to coax her back to the herd,
but she wouldn't budge. The boy was perplexed. He once again went to seek the monk's advice. The monk listened to the boy and smiled. ''Look, my child, he said, the cow still thinks
that she is bound to the post. Yesterday when the rope was missing, you pretended that you were tying her. This morning you untied all the cows except this particular one. You thought it wasn't necessary as she wasn't actually tied up.But because of your little act last night,the cow still believes that she is tied to the post. So now you have to go back and pretend that you are setting her free.'' The boy returned to the cow and pretended to untie her. The cow immediately got up and ran off to join the herd.

Due to our ignorance, we believe that we are bound just like the cow, when, in fact, we are completely free. Most of our bondage are imaginary. I know it so well.. I know I am a free soul and always have been free.. but like the cow, I have seen the imaginary ties being tied and somewhere deep in my soul I feel I am bound to so many relationships. I can run and join the herd but still I wait for someone to come over and untie the imaginary bond I have created in my life....
Life is sarcastic comedy LOL...
P.S: The story is from moral stories collection

13 comments:

  1. I have heard the story before ...such a nice one!

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  2. Right. The imaginary bonds that we create go on to reign our lives and soon we begin to believe that they are for real!

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  3. wow..a very wonderful story! indeed life is funny at times but as they say 'the best of jokes are truths'.
    thnks for sharing this one! loved it! :)

    sarah

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  4. This makes me think of a goal I have and why I haven't achieved it. Hmmmm...
    Thanks. :)

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  5. Or perhaps we don't want to be free and are looking for excuses.

    Lovely post:)

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  6. Yes it is true the bondage is in one's own mind.. besides, what binds us also drives us.. I firmly beleive that. Nice blog Farida! I will certainly visit it again

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