"I want peace," he answered sadly.
The Hermit took a wood and wrote in the soil: I want peace ...
"Look at how simple it is now , " he told the pilgrim and deleted the "I" with a gesture .
"You erase the 'I' first. It is impossible to find peace with one who has complete confidence in himself and thinks that he can find it alone, away from God.
The ego will always feel threatened by everyone around him, so he will always be scared. It will turn into selfishness to prevail, and it will drive away God and His peace. "
In a second move he deleted the "I want".
"You have to erase the word 'I want'. I want is to express desire, need and attachment.
When you run behind your vain desires, you will never find time to relax and be happy.
It is the known "mosquito effect".
If there are ten mosquitoes in a room and you kill nine, the tenth mosquito will not let you sleep.
So are desires. No matter how satisfied you are, there will always be someone who will not let you sleep. "
The pilgrim then looked at the deleted words in the soil and said that he then experienced his first wake.
The 'I' and 'I want' had been erased and… Peace was left …
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