Short story: A zen master analyses his student's dream

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The Zen master, Kerthe Zerbloxski, was talking to one of his students about a dream that this student had had, just the night before. The student had told him the dream, which he described to his master like this: "I was walking along a gravel path, near a tall mountain." "I saw a lady over on the rocky mountain side, handling some eagles there, who had a nest there, on a rocky ridge, on the side of the mountain. She seemed to be checking up on them, along with the young chicks, that were there too." "Then, rather surprisingly, one chick wandered over to where I was standing, and I reached down to it, and I picked it up in my arms, for a minute. It gave me a good feeling, holding it like that to my chest." "It seemed contented in my arms, but then a bystander said to me that there is a large fine for onlookers handling the wildlife, as only the park workers, as professional handlers, are allowed to do that." "So, I put it down again then, and I woke up feeling rather nonplussed about it all, and about my being told off by someone in my dream like that too." "Ah," the Zen master said, and "Ah, again." "All such dreams are laden with meanings, that applies to your own individualised life, my lad." "The symbol of the eagle appearing for you, here in your dreams represents your highest ambitional goals in this life, and in the dream, you are shown that there will be professionals, who are privileged to do this type of pursuit, where you are not, and also there will be many protestors, if you start to do stuff, outside of the ranks of the so-called qualified professionals too." "Do your stuff though, just the same though, and let nobody stop you from being you, in this life, your life." "At the same time though, always consider the rules of society, and carrying large knives of discontent around with you is not the way to go either." "Being sustained by God's ideals, love, plans, will for you, and your life, can both help you, as well as hinder you, depending on how you meet them in your flight, with the right mind key, or not." "Be guided in your life, by your own soul, as it provides its intuitional nudges to you, rather than your relying just on conscious, mind-controlled efforts, all alone." The student took on board his masters remarks, and from then on in, he listened to his own inner guidance much more, than he had been doing before, where he had been relying on his making his own conscious efforted decisions, based on the principles of Zen, as his master had been showing him in this monastery too. He realised that the real Zen came out from himself, and was not put into himself, by any other person, including by his esteemed own Zen master. Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com The Zen master interpreted his student's dream, but told him that living his dream was his alone to do.