by pilgrim-seeker_tom » Thu Nov 23, 2017 2:18 am
A parable ...
One day a dog is wandering around an open field ... spots a rabbit ... who at the same time notices the dog.
The dog and the rabbit do what dogs and rabbits do after a visual encounter ... start running!
The dog is panting and howling in passionate pursuit of the rabbit.
As chance would have it another dog in the vicinity hears the howling ... curiosity strikes and he heads out in search of the cause ... finds the dog and joins it ... panting and howling ... though it has no knowledge/understanding of the motivation for all this activity.
Another dog in the vicinity does the same and so on and so on until there is a large pack of dogs panting and howling for no known reason.
Eventually one of the dogs in the pack "wakes up" and says to tself ... what the hell am I doing this for? With no suitable answer the dog pulls away from the pack.
... and so on and so on until only the original dog remains in the chase ... only this dog knows what it is chasing and why.
The moral of the story?
Only people who 'see' the 'rabbit' will persistently and relentlessly pant after the 'rabbit'.
"Do not be influenced by the importance of the writer, and whether his learning be great or small; but let the love of pure truth draw you to read. Do not inquire, “Who said this?” but pay attention to what is said”
Thomas Kempis 1380-1471