"Nothing is better for a man than to be without anything, hvaing no ascetism, no theory, no practice. When he is without everything, he is with everything." This story reminds me of one that professor File told us in lecture. I belive it was Buhhah who was approched by a follower and he said he had done all these things and if Buddah would accept him. Buddah asks him to give away all his money and to come follow him. The point of buddah saying this is because he believed that once you have nothing, you have everthing, same as this reading.
"For thirty years i used to say. 'Do this' and 'give that'; but when i reached the first stage of wisdom, I said, 'O God, be mine and do whatever you want.'" This part, to me, illustrates prayer for most people. Every night they pray to God asking him to "do this for me, " or to "give this to me." But when one realizes what is truely important and realize that when they have God's ears they should jsut ask for him to be theirs and that is the only thing that really matters.
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Hi Kait...that story is actually from Jesus. Someone asked him what he had to do to go to heaven, and Jesus said, "Obey the commandments." The man said, "I have". Jesus loved him then. And said, "Sell everything you have and give it to the poor", and the man went away sad, because he had a lot of money and things.
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