Pure Mountain Tao

Here is a familiar story worth retelling. A person who goes to a city and asks a guard how the people are there. The guard asks him how the people were where he came from. He says to the effect of “they were mean, rude, greedy, etc…” The guard says “You’ll find the people here are the same way”.

Another traveler comes along later and asks the guard the same question. The guard asks him how the people were where he came from. He says “the people were friendly, helpful, compassionate…etc” The guard says “You’ll find the people here are the same way.”

Often we are the recipient of self-fulfilling prophecy. So why not hope for the best? Think “If anything can go well, it will”. Keep the waves of the mind flowing in a positive direction. Too many people give up too easily. Too many are defeated before the game even starts because their mind is entrenched in negative thought patterns.