...On the shores of the sacred River Gang the novice was sitting. He was perfectly silent since he had taken a vow to keep silent for seven solid years since he had sought for wisdom of Great Teachers. Even though the way of the Great Teachers of Earth brings many trials both for human body and soul, the novice preferred one the most severe - the way of total sile...

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    A man would keep to the way he knows well even though it turns out to be a circle. Sometimes it takes so long to get to any result be it even hell. Do think well over the second parable and over the examples given there. The second level of the fear growth would often bare the acute cancer viruses that tightly bound helpful human resources. Fear doubled with panic are the basis for many threats, including blood and gastro-intestinal cancer. Now it is the time to give the third parable. Dear children, please listen to it carefully.
    On the shores of the sacred River Gang the novice was sitting. He was perfectly silent since he had taken a vow to keep silent for seven solid years since he had sought for wisdom of Great Teachers. Even though the way of the Great Teachers of Earth brings many trials both for human body and soul, the novice preferred one the most severe - the way of total silence. Lots of people tried him asking a question or saying a friendly word, but like the Buddha statue that stood in a temple not far, our great martyr kept to his vow. The beard of him already covered stone slabs nearby, and eyelids hardly opened after a long meditation period, the novice would keep to his way since he wanted so much to conceive the greatest wisdom and become one of the Teachers. Time passed and once you would not recognize a man sitting there on the shore of the River Gang, but would see a statue, a statue of stone. We should notice that some passer-byes and even some Indian birds would not share the sacred feelings of the novice and quite often would disorge right near his already half-saint body. It could not however confuse the novice somehow, of course not, since he felt already close, so close to Nirvana, so all he had to do was just to sit a bit more keeping perfectly silent, and if so, in the next sacred moment the greatest Wisdom would certainly come, so he thought it would not take much time to get to the expected end. So he waited patiently for the grace granted by Heavens.
    Once on the eve of sacred Buddha celebrations, at night tragedy occurred on the well-known River Gang shore. The temple that stood on the hill, was cleaned out. The young acolyte of the temple rushed after the thieves armed with a bamboo stick and with a whistle only. They ran so quick, and the youth whistled so loud, but no one heard the call for help, and not a mere man went out this sacred night to stop the wrongdoers. However when the thieves ran past the novice, the one that had kept silent for seven years already, the youth came up with them and stopped with the following words:
    - Hey, I am not alone anymore. The Great Sacred novice is here to take my part! Put on the ground all you had thieved and go away in peace. However the thieves stood silent, and of course the novice did the same. Then one of the thieves came near the youth to say:
    - All right. Tell us the novice leave now and we will, and will put it all here, we will even leave you alive, but if only the sacred man does not utter a word, oh dear you, do you not then ask for mercy!
    Here the novice realized he was facing one of the greatest test of his life - the test of heavenly wisdom. He felt all he had to do was to pass the test having made no mistake since in that way only he would see the Heavens. He knew it was the Devil tempting him, seeking to upset his spiritual balance through making him utter a word, oh it was all to depreciate everything he had achieved before. And by that our half-saint novice would not break the sacred vow and would keep silent as if he were the Buddha statue. The robbers murdered the youth, one that tried to save the temple's property, and left laughing.
    Very early in the morning the novice had the visitors already - the crowd came right in time as well as the police. Altogether they tried to investigate what had happened. The novice however was not asked a question since everybody knew he would keep silent. The dead youth kept a scrap of someone's clothes in his hands - it was a piece of the robber's he tore off while fighting. By the scrap's colour the policemen recognized the gang the robbers belonged to, and in several days managed to find their den.
    They led them to the place where they had committed the crime on the eve of Buddha's sacred holiday, and asked to confess of all they had done, and also tried to scare them that their future depends on their true say. They also asked the novice that was quite near the Heavens at the moment to witness all the robbers would say. The robbers cried about the youth dead and promised to tell all the truth and only the truth and also asked the novice to witness with such highlight: he had seen everything that had happened and would not allow them tell the lie. The leader spoke first, and that was his story.
    - Well listen and hear how it all happened. Oh it is no secret the band I lead was directly involved in the case, but not at all in the way you all think about. At that awful night our band, the orange freaks band we say, came to the meeting to plan the robbery. Shall we never rob temples since we are with the God still. We decided to rob the house of the prosperous textile and women clothes merchant. As you all know he is not in the city now and the house is almost out of any protection. So we all discussed the case and went there. The way laid past the temple, and passing it we saw the lights on. It was all lightened there as if it was the service time. Here we doubted everything was allright there and decided to check it since it was the Buddha's temple but not an average house. When we came closer, our dear friends, we saw you may not beileve it was being robbed!! Tthe robbers were the novices of the temple, and he who is dead now was among them. Well we try to call for their conscience and so on, but they would ignor us saying we should leave till alive. Oh that my guys could not stand and some of them left for help! The novices started following them and I can hardly know where they fought, but my guys, just look at them, they are all in bruises!! Some other novices turned their tails having taken all robbed. They ran away and we went after them whistling, but no one heard!!
    - Stop here, Guy. What do you mean saying "whistling"? - asked the policemen.
    - I mean whistling with the whistle, the one that is clutched in the dead's hands, - answered the robber calmly, - he had snatched it out of my guy's hands to prevent him whistle. So, we started a fight, right near our dear Statue, - the robber pointed at the novice, - oh, I am sure whether he had no sacred vow to keep to, he would confirm all I have just said! All right then, let it be he has confirmed my say by not denying it! Just think: if only I had told the lie, would the half-saint keep silent then?! Damn me, if I am wrong! - the robber proclaimed. Everybody kept silent, right as the half-saint, and the robber continued telling his story.
    - Well we were all fighting..then some of the novices just left with all the temple's belongings, but this one died. When we got it, we were so frightened that decided to turn our tails away immediately!
    - Ok, and how then the temple's stuff moved to your den? - the policeman requested next.
    - Oh, it is easy! These were put there stealthily! When we left the damned place we all went home to altars to pray for our sins! Then we all were hardly beaten so we had to cure first! Thus no one came to the den, and someone put it all there maliciously! That is how it all went, chief!
    Even though it all seemed weird and could hardly be taken seriously, the policemen had nothing but to acquit the robbers since the only witness of that night events was absolutely silent and in no way he would show it was all lie the robber told people. Moreover, the robber seemed so sincere and his say sounded so convincing, and even his look expressed his overwhelming repentance, so that the crowd would believe him and all he said! Who would lie standing in full view of the town, at the river Gang, near the dead youth and near the novice who let us remind you was half-saint already?! They let the gang go. Of course the Temple's belongings were returned to the temple, the novices were put into irons and sentenced to hard labour. The youth was buried without ceremonials as if he was an outcast, one of those who would not be gain cordiality among people.
    The half saint novice whilst stood sitting as a lotus on the Sacred River Gang shore, and thought: "Oh, how hard was the task you gave me, Greatest Buddha. The Devil tempted me violently to make me break the vow give, but I never fell, even though thrice I thought I had to stop that terrible robber maligning the youth that was absolutely innocent and whom he murdered, but I would not follow that impulse and by my will only I would prevent clouding my long-long way to You, oh Greatest Buddha! Now I am through. I have passed the tests and have known the true harmony already. Indeed I am through now.
    The Sacred River Gang meanwhile was whispering him: "It is so long your way, man, so long it is...". However would he not hear that whisper and would sit as a lotus on the sacred River Gang shore...
    Here the third parable finishes. It is not easy to understand because the energy flows it gives are severe however it is still the only way to show you people how blind you may be in your spiritual fanaticism. You did forget recklessly the main truth which if followed may only help you approach the God and heal whatever disease: think of others first and avoid living on the dreams about Heavens. Just working, hard working and caring of others may help you fulfill your task - to live love-headed. Enough for today.

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