Oil Lamps Belong to the Blind
One night, a blind man home from his friend farewell. The friend provided him with a lantern lamp.
Seeing this, the blind man laughed and said, "Why should I take a lamp? Kan same for me! I can go home anyway."
Gently his friend replied, "This is so that other people can see you, so that they do not hit you." Finally the blind man agreed to carry the lamp.
Not long journey, a pedestrian hit a blind man. In shock, he grumbled, "Hey, you've got the eye! Make way for the blind dong!" Without reciprocated greetings, they passed each other.
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Then the blind man to continue the journey. Before long, the other hit a blind pedestrian. This time the blind more angry, "Are you blind? Can not see it? I brought this lamp so you can see!"
The pedestrian retorted, "You are blind! Do not you see, your lamps already extinguished!"
The blind man was stunned. Realizing the situation, penabraknya apologized, "Oh, sorry, I was the 'blind', I do not see that you are blind."
Blushed blind man replied, "It's okay, I'm sorry also for my harsh words." Sincerely, the impactor help reignite the lamp brought the blind. They continued their journey.
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In subsequent trips, there are more walkers who hit the blind man. This time, the blind to be more careful, he asked politely, "I'm sorry, did my lamp goes out?"
Penabraknya replied, "Well, I just want to ask you the same thing."
Silent for a moment. In unison they asked, "Are you blind?"
Simultaneously whenever they replied, "Yes." As he burst into laughter. They were trying to help each other rediscover their lamps that fell after colliding.
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When they were looking for their lamps, Gone someone. In the dimness of the night, he almost bumped into two people who were looking for the lamp. He passed, without knowing that they are blind. It occurred in the minds of these people, "Looks like I need to bring a
lamp, so I can see the road better, other people can come see their
way."
Reflection Wisdom:
Lamp symbolizing the light of wisdom. Bringing lamp means running the wisdom in life. Lamps, as well as the wisdom, protect us and others from various obstacle obstacles (crash!).
The first blind man, representing those veiled ignorance, arrogance, ignorance, ego, and anger. Always pointing toward another person, NOT MORE AWARE that finger pointing toward himself. On the way "home", he learned to become wise through the event-by-event that happened. He became more humble because aware of his blindness, and with the compassion of others. He also learned to be forgiving.
The first impactor, representing people in general, the lack of awareness, the less concerned. Sometimes, they chose to "blindly" even though they could see.
The second impactor, representing them as opposed to us, who actually showed our mistakes, intentionally or unintentionally. They can be our best teachers. Nobody wants to be blind, it is proper we understand each other and help each other.
The second blind people, representing them equally with our inner darkness. How difficult it lights a lamp that we could not even see her lamp. The blind leading the blind more difficult. That's important to keep learning so that we become more and more literate, more thoughtful.
The last person who passed, represent those who are quite aware of the importance of having the lamp of wisdom.
Have we sulut light within each of us? If so, whether the light is still bright, or even the dying? BE OIL LAMPS, for ourselves and around us.
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