Abstinence and Thought

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There was a Shaolin disciple walking in the forest with a teacher. In the middle of the journey, there is a beautiful woman who wants to cross the river deep enough, but afraid because can not swim and afraid to drown. The teacher then offered to carry the woman across the river. Then they crossed the river with their disciples following behind them. The disciple said to himself, "The teacher whom I admire so much, still likes women. He broke the taboo shaolin, huhh .. "

Arriving across the river, the teacher dropped the woman, and she and her disciple went on, as if nothing had happened. After several hours, the teacher kept acting as if nothing had happened, he did not explain anything to his students about the incident. The disciple who, along the way, was still thinking about it, finally could not stand it and said to his teacher, "Master, I have great respect for you. Because you are my role model. But why are you breaking the shaolin taboo before my eyes? "The teacher just smiled" What do you mean? I do not violate any restrictions. "The disciple became more and more emotionally watching his teacher behave innocently," You carry that beautiful woman across the river do you? It's breaking the taboos! "

The teacher burst out laughing and said, "In my eyes he is not a beautiful woman. I looked at him as a man who needed help, then I helped him. Besides, I just carried him across the river, just a few minutes. But you took him in your mind for hours. Then who is actually breaking the taboos? "The disciple understands and apologizes to his teacher.

Sometimes we see life's problems as very severe. The more we think about it the harder it will be. Try we lift a piece of iron, 1/2 hour may not feel heavy, but what if 1/2 day? Does it still not feel heavy? Have you ever thought, that the main problem really is in your mind, and in the way you think.