The Eagle and the Grasshopper - Part 2

"Stop this foolish talk of flying!" screamed the teacher.
"Flying is just imagination and fantasy." She turned to the
grasshoppers and said, "Any time such thoughts arise,
immediately focus your energy back on your hopping - this is
how you will become enlightened."

"You know nothing about flying!" said the eagle with a
commanding voice that silenced the grasshopper. The eagle
turned to the grasshoppers. "I can show you a world far
beyond your grass fields. If you listen to me, I will teach
you all to fly."

The eagle waited for them to respond, but when he looked
around, incredibly, all he saw were blank looks on the faces
of the grasshoppers. He walked away, very sad.

Later that day, while soaring far above the tall grass of
the fields, an insight emerged from deep within the eagle's
innermost being. He realized that to communicate with the
grasshoppers, he would have to speak the grasshoppers'
language - the language of hopping.

The next day, the eagle returned to the grasshoppers' world
and quickly learned how to hop. The grasshoppers were
surprised. Not only could the eagle hop, but he could hop as
well as any of them.

The teacher kept a wary eye on the eagle. She feared her
grasshoppers would get swept away by the eagle's stories.

But the grasshoppers were curious and some of them began to
sneak away to talk to the eagle. "How is it that you know
how to hop and yet you talk of flying? It goes against our
teacher's orders."

"Hopping is useful, but when you can fly, it is no longer
necessary."

"Tell us more," said the grasshoppers.

The eagle began describing the world beyond the grass
fields, a world that included mountains, rivers and oceans.
He sensed they were nervous but assured them there was
nothing to fear.

The grasshoppers asked, "What's it like to fly?"

"When you are flying, you are totally at peace. Sometimes, I
feel like I am connected with everything and watch as
everything happens automatically without any effort on my
part. I am no longer an eagle flying, but I become flying
itself."

(Continued tomorrow)
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Kiki ;-)
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