Deep Spirits

Attitude...perspective... approach to life and to others... you may call it as you wish, but the story tells everything so clearly.



A man spoke with God about heaven and hell.
God said to the man, "Come, I will show you hell."

They entered a room where a group of people sat around a huge pot of stew. Everyone was famished, desperate and starving. Each held a spoon that reached the pot, but each spoon had a handle so much longer than their own arm that it could not be used to get the stew into their own mouths. The suffering was terrible.

"Come, now I will show you heaven," God said after a while.

They entered another room, identical to the first -- the pot of stew, the group of people, the same long-handled spoons. But there everyone was happy and well-nourished. "I don't understand," said the man. "Why are they happy here when they were miserable in the other room and everything was the same?"

Nice story Mirjana :)

I wonder if it was necessary for the roommates to learn to feed each other to be happy.

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together but how much does your happiness depend on him is the question :)

Probably it's the Joy of Giving. But can I give something I don't own. Do I own something ? Or is it the Illusion of control ?

Naveen wrote:Nice story Mirjana :)

I wonder if it was necessary for the roommates to learn to feed each other to be happy.

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together but how much does your happiness depend on him is the question :)

Probably it's the Joy of Giving. But can I give something I don't own. Do I own something ? Or is it the Illusion of control ?

"I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together but how much does your happiness depend on him is the question :)"
I don't know, but to see that you turned back feels good.

As about the Joy of Giving...well it could be also a nice manifestation of practical intelligence. But, whatever it is, it definitely shows possibilities and the beauty of choices.

I am humbled :) I was right here.. Life! It's a fantasy this...