How To Harness the potential power of your mind.
“Why must I meditate in order to achieve enlightenment?” demanded the prince of his teacher. “I can study. I can pray. I can think on issues clearly. Why this silly emptying of the mind?”
“I will show you,” said the teacher, taking a bucket of water into the garden under the full moon. “Now I stir the surface and what do you see?”
“Ribbons of light,” answered the prince.
“Now wait,” said the teacher setting the bucket down.
Both teacher and boy watched the calming surface of the water in the bamboo bucket for many minutes.
“Now what do you see?” asked the teacher.
“The moon,” replied the prince.
“So, too, young master, the only way to grasp enlightenment is through a calm and settled mind”
By understanding the Power of Sama or Quietude, you get to know about the Actual Nature and the Potential Power of your mind.
