TWO FISH IN THE SEA

TWO FISH IN THE SEA 

A fish was swimming hard from one point to another because it wanted to reach the sea.

Another fish asked it, "Hey ! Whither are you hurrying thus and why?" 

The first one said, "Oh, now ! Don't disturb. I have work at hand. I have to reach the sea."

The other one laughed, "Are you crazy? Why? You are in the sea even as of now and you will reach it?" 

The first fish, stopped awhile to think, then gave a superior smile and hurried on, saying, "You will come of age one day, my boy, you will see the light too. Now let me go. Follow me when it's your time."

The wise one gave up and started dancing in glee,

"Ha, ha, haha !

Swimming in the sea, 

Yet seeking hard to see 

That the sea is all around, 

Up, down and free."

So, the sea-net has caught us all. Not just the salt sea that binds but the sweetened one that frees. The salt is in the eye that beholds. The sweetness is also in the eye. But there is a view that holds and a vision that frees. That is all. Freedom is always there, yet, bondage it seems. So, rush on from the sea to the sea to see that you have always, always been the sea.

Written by Sugata Bose