Letting Go

 Safety net of the Sangha (Contd)

First of all, you will not fall.  But just to give you the deeper assurance, the sangha, the spiritual community, is created.  So, I invite all of you to come and experience the sangha.

Understand that is it is a free bird's responsibility to liberate all the trapped birds, to help them, to inspire them to free themselves.  Similar to the bird trap, hunters also have a trap to catch monkeys.  They catch monkeys using a small box for a trap.  They place some sweets inside a box that has a small opening.  The monkey puts its hand inside the box and grabs the sweet.  As long as the monkey holds onto the sweet, it will not be able to take its hand out because its fist is larger than the hole.

If the monkey lets go of the sweet, it can remove or slide its hand out immediately.  But the monkey is not intelligent enough to realize that.  It holds on to the sweet and just because it is holding on, it is not able to take its hand out.  If it just lets goof the sweet, it can take tis hand out and be free.  If you allow the understanding of this story to happen in you, you will instantly unclutch from your shafts and be free this very moment.

SOURCE: LIVING ENLIGHTENMENT

SPH JGM HDH BHAGAVAN NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM