Enlightenment At Fish Level
This was too much for the fish, So he stopped chasing and looked around to see who was talking to him. There was no one to be seen and it was strange though how he was still floating in the water as if he was suspended from an empty space.
“There, now.” continued the great sea, you thought you were doing it all by yourself and you never knew that I hold you up all the time. Can’t you see, I am the one who is keeping you afloat? I have given all of myself to you and yet you have forgotten me and wasted yourself in pursuing your own end.
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The fish who found the sea by Alan Watts is a parable with a spiritual lesson about How You’re never alone, Universe is always looking out for you. And How Enlightenment can happen at any level, from fish to plants Everyone is capable of it.
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