Wisdom’s Blossoms is a book that contains different stories about the saints of India. This book is assigned for the class Religions of the East and it actually has some very interesting stories to tell that gives a great outlook on life.
Chapter 17 is a story about a man and his student. The student spends the entire night trying to find one piece of money that is not accounted for. He literally stayed up the entire night to find this one money. His teacher taught him that if he meditated with the same intensity he had for finding that piece of money he would reach god more quickly.
This story reminds us that all of our material things do not really matter in the end. It does not matter how far along we are in technology our faith is what gets us through. It reminds me of the Decalogue how the father relied on his material things for his son to be alive. Also Blade Runner, the people relied on the robots until they caused issues. We all need to remember there is something greater than us and in the end that one piece of money will not go with us.
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