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The Secret - When You Can Walk On Water , Take The Boat ( Part 25 ) |
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Submitted by Sylvia Cori
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“Years passed and under the gentle guidance of the Guru, most of the disciples accomplished what they had set out to do. Finally, the shy disciple approached the Guru. ‘Master,’ said he, ‘I have toiled and practiced without ceasing, lo, these many years. See that city across the river? I can now walk on the water and go over to the city. Master, I have overcome. I can walk on water.’
“Looking at the young disciple the old master sadly asked,‘Why did you not take the boat? You would have saved so much time.’ ”
“John, when you know you can walk on water, you generally can take the boat.”
Somewhat unclear about the main point of the story, I mumbled an inaudible “Oh,” but didn’t ask for an explanation. I don’t always like to listen to riddles or parables and Gideon certainly had a lot of them. I prefer plain talk. I asked about the people we’d be meeting today.
“I made all the necessary arrangements,”he said. “You’re expected.”
“Are they business associates of yours?” “Business associates and friends, also.”
“Do you think I’ll be able to get some help for my company?”
“A definite possibility,” he replied.
“You know we need a loan to continue our operations. Maybe they'd be willing to help us out in this situation?”
“Perhaps.”
He seemed to be in a quiet, pensive mood this morning, but his clipped answers were beginning to annoy me. Not wanting to appear rude,I gave up any further attempts to make conversation. I was thinking only of myself and my problems, forgetting that he,too, could be occupied with problems of his own. But then again, he shouldn’t have any problems, not with the type of information and power he seemed to possess.
He broke into my thoughts saying, “Even God has problems. It’s the way one goes about solving them that’s interesting.”
“God shouldn’t haveproblems,Gideon. I mean, it doesn’t make sense. God can do anything.”
“True, but even God doesn’t like boredom. To exist without challenges would be boredom at its ultimate.”
He became quiet again,so I left him to his thoughts for a while. The drive wasn’t too unpleasant. Usually, I don’t like driving into the Big City. Being there is one thing, but trying to get there is quite another.There are few things more unpleasant than being stuck in traffic for hours.
A flock of gulls had been flying above and to the front of the car since we left the parking lot. To amuse myself, I counted them. There were seven. The freedom of flight,I thought. Gideon broke the silence. “A flock of gulls by day and a pillar of fire by night,” he said.
“What?”
“The ancient Israelites,you know, were led in their wanderings in the wilderness by a cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.”
“Three cheers for the Israelites,” I mumbled, again having no idea of what he was talking about.
To read the rest of the story visit http://www.spiritual-simplicity.com
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