One day a young Buddhist on his journey home came to the banks of a wide river. Staring hopelessly at the great obstacle in front of him, he pondered for hours on just how to cross such a wide barrier. Just as he was about to give up his pursuit to continue his journey he saw a great teacher on the other side of the river. The young Buddhist yells over to the teacher, "Oh wise one, can you tell me how to get to the other side of this river"?
The teacher ponders for a moment looks up and down the river and yells back, "My son, you are on the other side".
When i was in Malaysia about 2 years ago, i pondered what life would be if i would to be in Australia. Here i am now. And i wonder what life would be if i were back in Malaysia. Ironic huh?We always see life from 'our side' and therefore, the 'other side' is always better, always where we want to go. But have we ever thought that we are in fact in the other side already?
It hard to live a life without putting things in our perspective, yet we fail to realize that there actually is no sides. The other side is just an excuse for us not being good enough, for us not being successful, for us to procrastinate, to blame and to feel better. The other side is a mirage of oasis, a perfect heaven given to those thinking they are in hell.
The Gods look down on earth and wondered about the life of a human, and a human vice versa. When you try so hard to 'move' to the other side, you actually failed to live on your own side.
You are on the other side. How you plan to live it, is up to you.
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