A little story helps explain this.
One day a man was walking around his property when a stone slipped unnoticed inside the sole of his shoe…
The stone was just big enough to set the man slightly off-balance, and as he walked across an uneven area of ground, he slipped…
Annoyed, but confident of his actions, the man immediately “fixed” the problem by smoothing out the ground with a rake and shovel, but the stone lodged in his sole continued to cause him a great deal of pain…
Proceeding with his walk, and squinting his eyes against the growing discomfort, he failed to see the low-hanging branch of a tree ahead of him.
Sure enough, he walked right into it and bumped his nose!
Greatly irritated, he “fixed” this new problem by cutting down the tree…
More annoyed than ever, and unable to think clearly because of the now persistent pain, he got angry with his hired man for letting all these dangerous conditions exist in the first place…
The obvious “fix” for this problem was to fire him!
It is clear to us as observers of this man’s story that the way he perceived his situation ensured that there would never be an end to his problems and “fixes.”
Can you relate?
Why? Because the problems he “fixed” were only secondary outcomes…
He never addressed the real cause at all…the stone in his shoe.
Similarly, consider that in your own life, you’ve been working very hard to correct conditions that are really no more than secondary outcomes and not the real problem at all.
We all fight a daily war to protect ourselves against enemies that, in fact, never are responsible for the pain we feel.
“Fixing” that person or that thing outside does nothing to fix the problem inside.
The unhappy nature that created the first enemy will just create another.
It has to, because the inner dissatisfaction that projected itself outward to identify that first enemy continues to rule from within.
The resolution of all our difficulties lies in correctly identifying and then eliminating the “stone in our soul."
To do this, we must embark on a journey of self-discovery that examines many hidden reaches of our being…
You will then never see yourself or the world you live in the same way again, and your new understanding will give you an inner strength that can never be defeated!
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