Saturday, October 27, 2012


Once upon a time, a young fish asked an old fish: "Everyone talks about this thing called 'ocean.' What exactly is it?'

The older and wiser fish answered: "The ocean is that which surrounds you on all sides."

The younger fish didn't understand: "What do you mean? There is nothing around me! If the ocean surrounds me on all wides, why can I not see it?"

"Of course you cannot," the older fish said patiently. "The ocean is both inside and outside of  you. When you move, it moves with you; when yo stop, it stops as well. You were born in the ocean and you will die in it. It wraps itself around you, just as your own skin does."

"But how can I tell it exists, if I cannot see it?"

"You just use more than your eyes."

The story of the two fish is a Taoist story.

Here's a verse from the New Testament:
 
"God is
over all and
through all and in all."
(Ephesians 4:6)
 

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