Two monks , yesmi and nomi , are returning back to the monastery after a day of teaching in the nearby village.
They are just about to cross the river when they hear a woman crying . Yesmu walks up to her and asks her waht was troubling her ?
She needed to get back to her toddler who was living in the village across the river. Since the river had risen that day , she was feeling miserable that she will not be able to go back to her toddler and her child would cry for her all night.
On hearing her , yesmi volunteers to help her . He carries her across the river and drops her on the other side and they continue with their walk.
About half an hour into the walk , nomi , in a very agitated tone , speaks up , he says , 'yesmi , do you know what you have done ?
Yesmi calmly looks at him . A master said , ''never look at a woman , you spoke to her ''
A master said , never speak to a woman , you touched her.
A master said , never touch a woman , you carried her.
Yesmi calmly looks to nomi and says ' yes that is true , but i have dropped her half an hour ago . It is you who still
Carries her .
Yesmi and nomi represent two states of being .
Fundamentally, everyone of us lives only in 2 states .
One is a stressful state and the other is a non- stress state.
We call this no stress state a beautiful state . A state of connection , joy , love , compassion , vitality and passion .And if you're not in a beautiful state your default state is stress.
Stress being anger , fear , hurt , frustration, loneliness .
If we look at the entirety of human life , behind everything is the driving force of these 2 states.
Nomi has created a problem in his mind and is paralyzed with it , yesmi solves the problem of a fellow human being and continues with his peaceful walk . Nomi is agitated before the event, during the event and after the event and his thinking becomes incredibly stupid and complicated because of his inner agitation.
Yesmi , while in action , is fully present and once the action is complete his departure from the situation , too.
In a beautiful state there is no compulsive illumination of the past or anxiety over the future. It is a state where you experience inner simplicity and a brilliance of an uncluttered mind. It is a state where you are connected to the present .
Nomi is lost , in a stressful state you are lost , you are disconnected from the others. You might be admist people , but yet feel lonely.
Yesmi is different, he is connected to the lady's plight. He helps her . He understands nomi's distress and tries to help him out with a wise remark.
In a beautiful state you are powerful enough to help yourself and help others around you . You are outright intelligent and your actions are decisive and powerful.
This beautiful fable was told by preethaji (who is an Indian spiritual and philosophy teacher) in a ted talk she gave a few years back .
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