Akina and Bizah Become Good Friends
Bizah could not stop thinking about how unfair he was to Akina by making assumptions about him. He felt terrible. “How could I have misjudged Akina as arrogant and aloof, when in truth he’s gentle and...
View ArticlePEACE MEETS ANGER
Bizah was once again entertaining his friends with a story, this time an allegorical one. “One day, Peace was out walking in the garden, taking in the exhilarating smells and sights of nature, when she...
View ArticleTHREE BIRDS CAUSE A DISTURBANCE
“Master,” Bizah began, “yesterday I had extra bread that was getting too dry to eat, so I broke it into pieces and put it outside for the birds. Well, you can imagine that in no time at all, one bird...
View ArticleTHE MYTH OF THE MAN IN THE MASK
“Have you heard the myth of the man in the mask?” asked Bizah.“No,” replied Akina. “What’s it about?”“Well, it goes like this. One day very long ago in human history, when we knew who we really were –...
View ArticleTO BUY OR NOT TO BUY?
“Akina,” Bizah said, “I saw the most beautiful blue vase in a shop the other day. The shape of it was like nothing I have seen before – a combination of a swan and a tulip, I would say. The various...
View ArticleWHEN TO ANSWER A PLEA FOR HELP?
“Give me food, I am hungry.”“Let me enter, I am homeless.”“Please visit me, I am lonely.”“There are so many, many people in need. How can I determine who to help?” Bizah asked himself. After posing the...
View ArticleFEED THE HUNGRY
Bizah had a serial dream. He always paid special attention to his serial dreams because they cautioned him about things he was not yet conscious of.Almost every week for the past two months, he had...
View ArticleWASHING THE MASTER'S FEET
Every day Bizah’s love for his Master grew. He wondered how he could show him how much he honored him, how grateful he was for his counsel and presence in his life.Then the answer came to him. “What...
View ArticleRAINY DAYS
“What is it about rainy days that make us feel less lively and a bit sad?” Bizah asked himself as he slumped lethargically into his favorite chair.“Is it because the rain can prevent us from doing...
View ArticleGOLF LESSONS
Biazh shared with his friends a story he heard in town.In the town two miles down the road, the old woman began, the youth became very problematic. Having too much time on their hands, they got into...
View ArticleBURDENS BE GONE
As was his wont, the Master started his lesson with a story:“There was a worn and grouchy woman who daily walked through the village square. She could always be seen dragging along heavy bags of...
View ArticleBizah Doubts Himself
“Master,” said Bizah, “I have been here studying with you with devotion and diligence for eight long years. I don’t think I have the kind of nature required to become a Master.”“Bizah,” said the...
View ArticleBizah Becomes a Student
After spending six years with his Master learning all he could from him, Bizah could not restrain himself any longer. He had to ask his Mater the question he had dwelled on constantly of late.“Master,...
View ArticleNo Escape
“Master, when I die, I don’t want to come back and be a student again or even a Master,” said Bizah. “I want to go beyond this reality where I have had to struggle to maintain my goodness and sanity. I...
View ArticleOn Not Worrying About Others
Bizah awoke one morning quite disturbed. He was worrying about some of the Master’s new students who were not disciplined in spiritual terms, and whom he felt would soon have to leave the Master and be...
View ArticleOn Red and Blue
“Master,” Bizah asked in earnest, “why is red, red? And why is blue, blue?”“Wonderful question,” responded the Master. “The answer is because you call red, red. And you call blue, blue.”
View ArticleOn Eagles and Flying High
Bizah, a student to Zen, one day asked, “Why is the eagle able to fly so high, Master?”“To the Eagle, he does not fly high. He just flies,” responded the Master.”
View ArticleReceive Until It Hurts
“Give until it hurts” was a phrase Bizah had heard a number of times. “How can giving hurt?” he wondered?But then, Bizah found it easy to be a giver. He always felt so good when he gave to others...
View ArticleBizah Questions His Reality
“Master,” Bizah said one day. “Some say that everything we see is just an illusion. That all is really illusion. If this is so, how do I know that I am not an illusion, just dreaming that I am...
View ArticleBizah’s Cat Goes Missing
It was two nights now that Bizah’s cat had stayed out and not come home. He had stayed away twice for one night before, but never for two nights.“Oh, no,” cried Bizah. “What if he is lost? What if he...
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