One Bird, Not Two!🔗

Two birds sat on a large tree with many branches full of fruit. One bird was golden colored with lovely feathers. It sat on one of the upper branches with an air of deep calmness. It sat still most of the time. The golden bird showed no interest in eating the fruit. The second bird was smaller and livelier. It jumped from one branch to another in search of fruit to eat.

The small bird gave a happy chirp when he tasted a sweet fruit. But when the fruit was bitter or sour, which was often, he complained loudly. The more sour and bitter the fruit got, the little bird became more sorrowful.

He said to himself, "There is no joy in eating these fruits. So many of them are bitter. There is no joy in living like this."

When he looked up he saw the blissful, golden bird perched high above him. The golden bird sat in deep silence and calm and seemed to light up the entire tree.

Curious, the little bird decided to fly up to the branch higher up to have a closer look at the golden bird. On his way, he saw some more fruit and stopped to peck at them. The fruit was tasty so he settled down to eat more. But soon, some fruit turned bitter and many sour.

The little bird was upset. He looked up and saw the golden bird. It was calm, happy and relaxed. The small bird moved closer. He flew up and down, right and left. Each time he saw the golden bird he fluttered a little closer. But when he saw fruits he stopped to taste them. But as always, the first few fruits, he found to be sweet but as he ate them they turned sour or bitter.

Finally he gave up hunting for sweet fruit and reached the branch where the golden bird rested. As he went closer and closer to the golden bird, he felt happier. He started feeling deeply relaxed. He started feeling a deep connection with the golden bird. When he moved so close to the golden bird that he was face to face with it, he was amazed at what he saw. He realized that the golden bird was actually his own self!

This is how we are when we are with our Master. We look at things around us and say, "Oh! I need this! I need that."

When what we want becomes bitter or sad, we turn to our Master.

It takes a longer time to turn to him if we stop by in many places to taste or enjoy the things that happen in the world around us. If we concentrate and move with determination on the path towards our Master, the journey will be short, smooth and

The golden bird is like the Master. He is a reflection of who we truly are. He is our living example to show how we can remain blissful and relaxed in this world.

When we move closer to him, we learn this better, and finally, we will realize that he and we are one and the same!

Master says, "This feeling of oneness with the other person is real love. This is not called falling in love with the other. It is called rising in love with ourselves! This love raises us to our own divine nature - as represented by the Master."

How many words can you make from these words? Bitter, Calmness, Deep Connection, Golden Bird, Juicy, Jumping, Love, Merged, Peck, Sour, Sweet

For Example: Here are some words you can make from the word 'Bitter': Bit, Bite, It, Rib... and so on.