Great Waves of the Mind
June 10th 2009 15:22
Category: Oriental Thoughts
There was a wrestler named "Great Waves". He was immensely strong and knew the art of wrestling. In his private bouts, he was so powerful that even his teacher was no match for him. But in public, he was so bashful that his own pupils defeated him. He therefore went into mountains to seek the advice of a Zen master.
"Your name is Great Waves. Imagine that you are those billows. You are those huge waves sweeping everything before them, swallowing all in their path. You are no longer a wrestler who is afraid." The master continued, "Do this and you will be the greatest wrestler in the land. No one will be able to defeat you."
Great Waves remained in the temple sitting in meditation, trying to imagine himself as waves. At first his mind was restless and he thought about all kind of things. Before long...He turned more and more to the feeling of the waves. As night advanced the waves became larger and larger. They swept away the flower vases and things inside the room. The waves inundated the great Buddha statue and then the temple. Before dawn the temple was nothing but the ebb and flow of an immense sea.
"Wake up! You have done it." The master tapped his shoulder from behind. " Nothing can disturb you now. You can be like the waves which overwhelm all."
Since then, during competitions Great Waves imagined himself to be like those sweeping waves. He became the greatest wrestler in the land and no one was able to defeat him.
Great Waves remained in the temple sitting in meditation, trying to imagine himself as waves. At first his mind was restless and he thought about all kind of things. Before long...He turned more and more to the feeling of the waves. As night advanced the waves became larger and larger. They swept away the flower vases and things inside the room. The waves inundated the great Buddha statue and then the temple. Before dawn the temple was nothing but the ebb and flow of an immense sea.
"Wake up! You have done it." The master tapped his shoulder from behind. " Nothing can disturb you now. You can be like the waves which overwhelm all."
Since then, during competitions Great Waves imagined himself to be like those sweeping waves. He became the greatest wrestler in the land and no one was able to defeat him.
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To really master something, it has to become part of you.
To really master something, it has to become part of you.
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