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Power versus force

My granddad told me this story when I was a young lad.

The wind and sun were having a discussion about who was the strongest. The wind claimed he was the strongest by far, but the sun said she was and suggested a competition to resolve the dispute for once and for all. They looked down and saw a man walking along a road wearing a hat and coat. Both agreed that the winner would be the one who could make the man take off his hat and coat.

The wind went first, huffing and puffing, but this only caused the man to pull down tighter on his hat, button his coat and turn up its collar. This frustrated the wind so he blew even harder, making the man fall over onto the road.

The sun said “It’s my turn” and started smiling at the man. He stood up, dusted himself off, shook his head thinking what a strange day it had turned out to be and walked along his way.

After a short time the man removed his coat, folding it over his arm and took off his hat as he happily walked on his way.

The sun had power and the wind used force.

Thus as we advance along The Path of Ease & Grace we learn to use

Love power and not Ego force.

For every unit of power we receive, we get two units of responsibility.

So use Ganesha’s Love & Wisdom with the Devotion of Hanuman.

The stillness next to motion designs the pattern of life

some pass

some stay

some hide

some manifest into nature’s realm

my impressional self becomes I

the magic sound of OM

in the vastness of the sky.     Yogi Dhun

                                       OM SHANTI  Grahame.