The
Zen Master leads me to a waterfall.
For what
seems like eternity he just let’s me watch.
The sky is
bright, the river flows steadily, and the sound of the water is deafening.
“Observe a single
drop of water” he says finally.
“It flows
with the water smoothly till it comes to the cliff. Then for a brief time it
becomes a drop in the air. But it is still water. Eventually, it returns
to the smooth flow of the river and merges with the water.
“Your life
is also like that drop. It flowed with the Oneness of Life before you are born. Then for a time you
break away from this flow but you still belong to the Oneness of Life although you do not realise it.. And then, after death, you flow smoothly again.
“For that
brief time when you become like the drop in the air, you have human fears and
anxiety.
“Our life
and death are the same thing. When we realise this fact, we have no fear of
death.”
