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The alchemist unexpected encounters
Author of The Alchemist, Paolo
Coelho, recently shared this story of a philosopher strolling
through the forest with a disciple, discussing the importance of unexpected
encounters.
According to the philosopher, everything around us provides us
with an opportunity to learn or to teach.
At that moment, they passed the gate of a small farm which,
although well situated, appeared to be extremely run down.
“Just look at this place,” said the disciple. “You’re quite
right. What I learn from this is that many people live in Paradise, but are not
even aware that they do and continue to live in the most miserable conditions.”
“I said learn and teach,”
retorted the philosopher. “It is never enough simply to notice what is going
on, you must also find out the causes, because we can only understand the world
when we understand the causes.”
They knocked on the door and were received by the inhabitants: a
couple and their three children, all dressed in ragged, dirty clothes.
“You live in the middle of the forest with no shops anywhere
around,” said the philosopher to the father of the family. “How do you
survive here?”
The man very calmly replied, “My friend, we have a cow who gives
us several litres of milk every day. Some of this we sell or exchange in the
neighbouring town for other food, and with the remainder we make cheese,
yoghurt and butter for ourselves. And that is how we survive.”
The philosopher thanked him for this information, looked at the
place for a few moments and then left.
As they walked away, he said to his disciple, “Take the cow,
lead it to that precipice and push it over.”
“But the cow is the family’s only means of support.”
The philosopher said nothing.
Having no alternative, the young man did as he was told, and the
cow fell to its death.
The scene remained engraved on his memory. Many years later,
when he himself was a successful businessman, he resolved to return to that
place, to tell the family everything, to ask their forgiveness and to help them
financially.
Imagine his surprise when he found the place transformed into a
beautiful farm with flowering trees, a car in the garage and children playing
in the garden. He was gripped by despair, thinking that the humble family must
have been forced to sell the farm in order to survive. He hurried on and was
greeted by a friendly servant.
“What happened to the family who used to live here ten years ago?”
he asked.
‘They still own the place,’ came the reply.
Astonished, he ran into the house, and the owner recognised him.
He asked after the philosopher, but the young man was too anxious to find out
how the man had managed to improve the farm and to raise his standard of living
so dramatically.
“Well, we used to have a cow, but it fell over the precipice and
died,” said the man. “Then, in order to support my family, I had to plant herbs
and vegetables. The plants took a while to grow, and so I started cutting
down trees to sell the wood. Then, of course, I had to buy saplings to
replace the trees. When I was buying the saplings, I thought about my
children’s clothes, and it occurred to me that I could perhaps try growing my
own cotton. I had a difficult first year, but by the time harvest came
around, I was already selling vegetables, cotton and aromatic herbs. I had
never realised how much potential the farm had. It was a bit of luck really
that cow dying!”
I love this story as it reminds me that sometimes we can become
reliant on things that hold us back.
Sometimes we need to leave behind habits, perspectives or jobs
to reach our full potential. We need to say goodbye to good
things so that we can say hello to great things.
Is there a cow that you need to push over the edge?
Guruji. A. Sivaguru Swamy
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