Short story: Purpose often lies below the surface of our words

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The old Zen master, Artop Zerboski had been giving his weekly lectures to anyone that wanted to come to the meeting room in his monastery, insiders, and outsiders, for the best part of 40 years. One student said to him, wearyingly: “What has been the point of these lectures?” “Do you think that someone from day 1 of your talks, would still be around, and would remember even one word that you had said that day?” The old master smiled deeply and replied: “Love goes out and does its job in its own way for whoever is around to hear it.” “Once gone out, it only comes back to the sender, when the hearer, the feeler of that love, has felt it truly, and during these talks of mine, I have felt that this happened during every talk that I gave, as at least one person in my audience received my words with love, and returned the love to me as thanks for my words, that he had received, and made a benefit for him in his life, on that day.” The student replied: “Yes, when love penetrates into someone in your audience, I have seen their face glowing. Your words were carved permanently into their hearts, it seemed.” “Oh,” said the master, “You knew the reason all along. You were just wanting to see if my answer matched your own thinking.” “When we give talks like I do, they are serving a holy action, and purpose too.” “Thanks,” said the student, “I was not really questioning your reason for talking; I was more trying to better understand your reason behind them, your talks.” The master then said: “If all we do is from love, nothing we ever do is in vain.” Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com Nothing done from love is ever done wrongly.