A long time ago
there lived a great shah. He ordered the construction of a beautiful
palace that had many wonderful things in it. Among other curiosities,
there was a hall where all the walls, the ceiling, the door and even the
floor were made of mirrors. Moreover, the walls of this hall were made
in a way that they created an extraordinarily loud echo.
Late one
afternoon a dog ran into the hall and then froze in surprise. In the
middle of the hall he saw a whole pack of dogs, which surrounded him
from all sides. The confused and frightened dog bared his teeth, and all
the reflections responded to him in the same way. He started to bark at
his tormentors and the echo imitated the bark and increased it many
times. He barked even harder, but the echo was keeping up with his bark
and became louder. The dog jumped from side to side and spun around in
circles biting at the images of the other dogs, but found only air.
In the morning
the guards found the dog lifeless, surrounded by many reflections of
lifeless dogs. There was nobody in the hall that could have done any
harm to the dog. The dog died from exhaustion, fighting his own
reflections.
The world is not
good or evil; the world doesn't bring good and evil to us. How we view
the world around us is the reflection of our own experiences,
attachments, thoughts, emotions and actions. The world is merely a
mirror.
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