Why feel invisible or powerless?

As the story goes, a stone buddha statue is revered by many people.  They approach it by ascending mountain using a series of stone steps. One evening, after the people are gone, the steps express a few words with this statue;

"It is not fair!," cried the steps. "We are carved out of stone from the same mountain and yet people flock to walk all over us and only ever bow down to you.  How can this be possible?"

The buddha statue listened in silence.  When the was ready, he replied: 

"You, as steps, were formed by a few cuts of a knife. I emerged from that same stone yet, only after more than ten thousand cuts." 

As a reminder, we influence each other and all of life with our intention.  We can transform our experiences from fear to love or not.  The rising sun offers new conditions.  The more one thinks of oneself as invisible and powerless, the more one can grow aware of the inner judge, why we blame or envy and how every emotion brings consequences.  One can exert creative power responsibly or irresponsibly.   

Comments

[soulMerlin]

So the steps were helping the bodies ascend to the Buddah who also helped their souls to ascend - and conflict occurs when a step thinks it's a statue, or a old statue makes a young statue into a step.

It's a bit like a saying I read a few years ago:
"It's amazing what can be accomplished when no-one worries about who gets the credit"
The trouble is, I cannot remember who wrote it. :)

xhenry

[Mark]

Very true. Love the parable, thanks for sharing. We have the choice to create our reality.

[Hilary]

Hi LIara .. I love Henry's quote .. which seems to describe your story so well. The Buddha suffered more .. but allows the steps to carry people on to their destination... they each play their part .. as we all do in life.

Thanks - Hilary

[Liara Covert]

SoulMerlin, as people grow aware of the different parts of their personality, they are also invited to grow aware of what is out of balance. Inferiority and superiority are experiences imagned by frightened parts of personality. Those situations which evoke fear are oalso pportunities to raise awareness and initiate (or continue) healing.

[Liara Covert]

Mark, another view is reality unfolds without any help. The human ego-mind imagines it creates conditions and circumstances. The power of intention has awareness of its own.

[Liara Covert]

Hilary, suffering is itself a perception. One perspective is that pleasure and pain are inevitable yet, not everyone agrees or experiences polarity to the same degree. It is always possible to transcend it.