48. Untying the knot
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There is a small story about Buddha and his disciples: One day Buddha arrived for his usual morning discourse with his disciples. He had a knotted handkerchief in his hand. He showed the handkerchief to the disciples and asked if any of them could come up and untie the knot. One disciple went up and tried to untie it. He pulled and pulled and the knot tightened. Another disciple went up. He looked at the knot for a few seconds and easily untied it.
All he did was look at the knot and immediately he knew how the knot was made in the first place. So, he just reversed the whole thing and untied it! The knot itself taught him how to untie it. Your negative patterns and incompletions are nothing but the knots in the handkerchief. If you look at a pattern with awareness, you will see exactly how it was created, so you will understand the right way to 'untie' it. The pattern itself will show you the way out of the pattern!
