Meditation frees the Soul

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Today, my dear seeds, I am going to share with you a very beautiful story from India.

I have been several times and I always go to the lamasery, where the Lamas are, that is, the monks, the Buddhists. They let us stay in a place that is mixed or in a place only for women or for men.

So we always go in a group, like lay women. We are lay nuns. They received us very well and of course, it is very cheap, you eat very well, they treat you very well and they always have a smile. One day, there was a man from India, very rich, very rich, very rich. The richest, billionaire. And he said: I want to go to the monastery, it will do me good, it will relax me, it will change me. Everyone talks and says they have come back transformed, well I am going to go. This rich man came and asked:

I'd like to speak to the abbot. The Abbot is the greatest of titles, as if he were a Catholic bishop, but in Buddhism. And then the abbot came, greeted him and said: What do you want sir? Staying here for a few days because I want to and am very intrigued.

And then he said to him: I don't advise it, sir. The abbot told him. - But how? - I do not advise it because here we live as free men and we live very happy with all freedom, but with great happiness and above all, we have great comfort.

So what are you saying ? I repeat, sir, that here we are not slaves, we are free men. He was talking about the monks and the people who wanted to be there. We speak because we want to be free men, but, with all the comfort, freedom and be happy. Then he said to the Abbot: Well, I want to stay, because that's what I'm looking for.

I wouldn't accept it, it won't last. -But who are you to judge me? - Then, he said: Well, if you want and insist, stay. You yourself, you decide, but here, we are not slaves, I repeat, we are

Freemen.

And he replied again: How can you dare? I, who am the richest man in the world, am not anyone's slave, on the contrary, slaves are the ones who serve me. The staff, the workers, everyone. Well, at last he said: You can stay. And he stayed.

He went to the cantine, to the dining room, and they gave him a meal. The food of all the monks and of all those who were there. And I can tell you that it is the same for everyone. When he saw it he said: Wow! Gross! This is not what I eat! It is impossible, but what is this? So bad! No, no, I don't want that. He passed. He got up and went to the gardens. And in the gardens, he saw a room all silent, very beautiful. Out of curiosity he entered and saw that the monks and the people they loved were meditating in silence. And there was a pleasant incense smell, wonderful peace, and perfect harmony. They all had a smiling, relaxed face, hands extended, well seated, and that smile that Buddha has, which is of sweetness and love.

When he saw them, he said: Do I have to meditate? And they said: Yes! At 4 in the morning, every day, you have to meditate. Oh! It says, Not that! So far we have come. Do I have to get up early to meditate? And then the food that is lousy, the rooms, the mattresses are hard because they are very thin mats, the floor says, it's incredible. Then he said: No, no, call the Abbot, I want to talk to him.

They called the abbot and he came and said: What is it sir? I'm going! The abbot told him: I already told you sir, that here I would not resist, it is not for you.

• But you told me you weren't slaves.

  • No

• Living in comfort.

  • Yes

• That they are happy.

  • Very!

• But then, where do you see that?

The abbot smiled saying:

We eat what we have every day and we give thanks to God. We sleep and we lack nothing.

We are not worried about material goods, we are not worried about if the workers will rob us, if the slaves rob us.

We are not concerned with what others will say and what they will take or what they will do.

We have nothing to hide, that's why I told you we were free.

And that we were very happy in our comfort and convenience.

What do you call comfort?

We have no problem. We know that we have to do the meditation schedules, which is a wonderful contemplation with God. We have to do the food and the chores because it is an obligation, but a pleasure. And then we are going to rest because the body has to recover for the next day to smile again, to love again and to meditate again.

And you did not understand, you are a slave to yourself, to your work, to your money, to the staff around you.

Not to meditate. How do you spend your time?

And he replied: I don't have time. I don't live.

See? You are a slave and you do not live in comfort.

That was the difference. The millionaire man lowered his head and left.

The abbot smiled and went back to his meditation room to ask for his Soul, to ask for the earth, to ask for so many men and women who do not know that they have a Soul and who do not know that doing a 5-minute meditation saves lives, it frees the Soul from prison and gives you that infinite Love for all eternity.

With all my love,

La Jardinera