PART ONE - THE SEARCH FOR YOUR SELF
CHAPTER 1 - SIMPLY LET GO!
A small story:
There was once a poor shoemaker who lived a simple life. Whether his day's work brought him money or not, he would eat the same plain rice and the same type of gravy everyday.
One day, a thief who was being chased by the polic made his way to the shoemaker's tiny house. He came in and declared, 'I am being chased by the police.' The shoemaker, without even looking up from his table, nodded his head.
In the meantime, the door threw open and the police entered the shoemaker's house.
'What are you doing?' they shouted. 'He is one of the most dangerous thieves this town has ever seen. If you are going to give shelter to him, how can we trust you anymore? You have put yourself in great trouble.'
The shoemaker, again without looking up from his table nodded his head.
The thief looked at the policemen and said, 'All the money, all the loot is here, in this very house!'
On hearing this, the police began searching the house and in the chaos, the thief escaped.
Luckily, for the police there were three men guarding the house outside who caught the thief right there. They checked his pockets and his small sack and discovered all the stolen money in it.
The police apologized to the shoemaker, 'We are very sorry for the disturbance which we have caused you. You are a great and humble man worthy of trust,' they said.
The shoemaker who had witnessed everthing that had been going on in his own house, even now did not look up from his work buy simply nodded his head.
This is an example of complete awareness. The shoemaker was aware of everything that happened but he was completely undisturbed. And this undisturbed-ness only comes when you are a witness to yourself and whatever happens around you.
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