nirantara

i am remined of a scene from the stunningly beautiful korean movie, " spring , summer, fall, winter.... and spring" A little boy gleefully ties rock to small animals- a fish a frog a snake, with out understanding the harm he may cause them, or himself, an old budhist monk observing him, later tells the boy that if the animal suffer or die, he will carry the rock around in his own heart for the rest of his life. The little boy runs to free the animals, but finds that two of them have died, and he burst into tears. like the little boy, the first step in our healing is when we feel the burden of the rocks we have tied to other beings, and we let ourselves feel the deep grief for all the pain we have inflicted,and for all the pain we have endured at the hands of other beings as well.............