Short story: The zen master bounces into life, as himself

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The Zen master was walking along a beach, when he picked up a flat stone, which he then threw into the water, so that it bounced three, or four times, off of the water. He said to his students: "We all need to bounce off water, instead of sinking in it, and it is God throwing us into life that gives us the bounce, until we die, and sink into the water completely, and leave our body at that point of time." "Now my question to you is:" "How does God's energy move us across the water, when we remain immovable in ourselves?" A student answered him, pithily: "God is a good thrower, which the energy of his throw pushes us in his desired direction, despite our own weight of resistance." "Go with God, and do not weigh yourself down with life aspects of yourself, and your wants, but be the moving rock of God, and skim through life, on top of his love, or ocean of love, without sinking down to your heaviness of being." "A good answer," said the old master, "and yet, it misses the essential point." "God does not throw us. That was only a red herring, I gave to you, to test your thinking." "We throw ourselves, from our soul position, within God, then God, and our soul, keep us alive, above water, until our time there expires." "Don't try to carry your stone with your mind, allow God's love to carry it for you through your life, as you." Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com If all we do is to try to be clever with our rocks on the sand, we will never learn to swim through life, as our real self. Do not try to be too clever with yourself.