A sage spoke to me today... I told him that I was very tired, physically, mentally, emotionally... I was too tired to push on... He looked at me, passed me a cup and started pouring wine into it... It is reaching the rim and he kept on pouring till it was overflowing... I was curious... Then I questioned him... He looked at me, remained silent and brought me to the backyard. He pulled some hay from the stack and lay it all the the floor and started to burn them... The fire grew wilder and wilder... I questioned him... He looked at me, remained silent and walked to the kitchen, took out all the firewood and soaked them in the water. After soaking, he tried to raise a fire. I couldn't bear it and asked him,"Are you nuts?" How can the the fire burn when the firewoods are wet?" He stared at me and laughed... You got the answer....

I was very puzzled and decided to probe further... He started to share with me his teaching....

"The wine is just like the emotion that we have, if you don't empty the cup, how can you fill somemore wine... Likewise for emotion, do not contain it... do not attempt to let it overflow... just let your emotions flow easily...

The hays is just the energy we have, you got to control the fire before it completely burnt up the whole haystack. If the entire haystack had being burnt, you won't have enough hays to do other things. Likewise for energy, do not strain it... do not attempt to do more than what I can... just take a rest when you feel tired...

The firewoods are just like our mind power, if you don't bring the soaked firewood to the sun and dry them, they won't be able to burn... Likewise for our mind too... You asked me how can the the fire burn when the firewoods are wet? It's the same, how can your brain think when you are saturated with all other things? Learn from the firewoods, go out to the sun, refresh yourself..."