Monday, June 22, 2015

The Musk Deer

The musk deer story is an invaluable lesson that can set each one of us free.

Once upon a time there lived a magnificent musk deer who was intrigued by a powerful fragrance emitting from somewhere nearby. This scent stirred the inner depths of its soul so profoundly that he was determined to find its source. And his resolute was so intense that the deer carried on this search by day as well as by night, notwithstanding the severity of cold or the intensity of blazing heat. This continued until one day the deer finally lost his foothold and fell from on a cliff resulting in a fatal injury. While breathing its last, the deer found out that the fragrance was coming from a gland that was hidden within his lower abdomen.

To search for joy is an accepted tendency for us all but this chase is certain to become maddening if we constantly look outside, and never within.

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