Elemental Principle: Communicate (4)
By maestro. Filed in Productivity |
Learn from Ali how to fight
without your ego participating
God’s lion did nothing
that didn’t originate from his deep center.
Once in battle he got the best of a certain knight
And quickly drew his sword. The man,
Helpless on the ground, spat
in Ali’s face. Ali dropped his sword,
relaxed and helped the man to his feet.
“Why have you spared me?
How has lightning contracted back into its cloud? Speak, my prince,
So that my soul can begin to stir in me like an embryo.”
Ali was quiet and then finally answered, “I am God’s Lion, not the lion of passion. The sun is my lord. I have no longing except for the One.
When a wind of personal reaction comes,
I do not go along with it.
There are many winds full of anger, and lust and greed. They move the rubbish around, but the solid mountain of our true nature stays where it’s always been.
Taken From : The Way of Conflict—Elemental Wisdom for Resolving Disputes and Transcending Differences
