Late one evening a weary traveler arrived at the city
gates and asked the gatekeeper for admittance. As the paperwork was
being done, the traveler asked the gatekeeper "What kind of
people live in this town?" The gatekeeper responded with a
question of his own. "What kind of people did you find in the
last town?" "A bunch of stuck-up snobs," retorted the traveler. "Yes, well..." said the gatekeeper, "I'm
afraid you'll find them pretty much the same here."
And he turned out to be right. Everyone the traveler
met – up themselves.
In the meantime, another weary merchant turned up late
at the gate. He, too, asked the gatekeeper "What kind of people
live in this town?" Again the gatekeeper responded with his
question. "How did you find the people in the last town?"
"Wonderful," said the merchant. "They couldn't have
been more helpful". The gatekeeper smiled. ""I'm sure
you'll find these people pretty much the same".
And again he turned out to be right. Everyone that traveler met – friendly and welcoming.
You
see, no matter where you go, you always have to take "you"
with you, and it's this "You", this not-you, gopher dogsbody that
you create to front for you that makes the difference. Mind-jockeys call it The Ego, which is just a high-fallutin' Latin name for "Who-you-think-you-are-and-reckon-you-can't-live-without". Well, the good news is......
There's
an Inescapable Law of Life that goes something like this –
There
is nothing that you can see, hear, feel, smell, or touch, that is not this Ego-You.
Nothing.
No-one. You see the world, not as it is, but as "you" is. You see everyone else, not as they are, but as "you" is. Same goes for me. No-one is above this law, not even you.
You might like to put
that under your pillow and cuddle up to it for a while.......
[What
Kind of Fool Am I? -- 101 Strings Orchestra – 3:09]
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