A long time
ago, a revered enlightened Master walked the face of the earth.
He used to
have lots of followers and a few disciples too. When the Master was around,
miraculous things happened. Some people were cured from diseases, some others
completely changed their way of life. The disciples received some secret
teachings from their Master and usually followed him everywhere he went.
A lot of
manuscripts about the Masters good deeds existed.
Jin too
loved the Master, but he considered himself unworthy to follow him or to become
his disciple. He didn t have enough courage and detachment to do what the Master
preached about.
He spent
hours studying the words of the Master, trying to apply them to his own life.
But the more he was trying, the more he was disappointed with a sense of
personal failure.
In
addition, he was very timid, so nobody really felt him as a spiritual being.
As years
passed by, Jin reached the age of 50.
He began to
be too much discouraged to study the Masters teachings. He felt that his life
was meaningless.
He was
living in a very small room.
One day,
Jin prepared some green tea.
As he expected
it least, around 5, he heard a powerful knock at his door.
“Who could
this possibly be? I am not expecting anyone. It is probably a mistake…”
As he went
to check for his visitor at the door, Jin couldn’t believe his eyes. The Master was here, just in
front of his eyes.
Jin opened
and closed his eyes three times, just to make sure this was really true.
But the
great Master was really standing in front of him.
“Master,
you here? I am so unworthy…”
Jin started
crying.
The Master
put his hand on his shoulder.
“Jin, my
friend, let me judge who is worthy or unworthy…may I have a cup of tea, please?”
“Of course,
Master, said Jin.”
“I’ve come
a long way to see you and I have waited many years, because you were not ready.
I would
like to ask you for a favor. Would you be my disciple?”
-“I don t
really know, Master. I am so afraid of what you will ask me to do in return, to
be honest. I am very bad at preaching and convincing people. ..”
The Master
placed his hand on Jin’s heart.
Jin felt
some intense heat traveling through his whole body.
“Jin, you
have received my unconditional, universal love. What I am asking you to give in
return is to spread the same, universal, unconditional love you just received.
Spread it
to the world and you will be my perfect disciple”
Jin nodded
silently.
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by Isabelle Esling
