Am I a babbling brook?

Question

I like to meditate on my inner being, my motives, my actions. It makes me wise. I become wiser with seeking the counsel of others. There are those who's opinion on this site I admire and look for their comment. You know who you are. This quote came to my attention this morning after my meditation. Now I am asking for wise counsel.

Listen to the sound of water. Listen to the water running through chasms and rocks. It is the minor streams that make a loud noise; the great waters flow silently.

The hollow resounds and the full is still. Foolishness is like a half-filled pot; the wise man is a lake full of water.

-Sutta Nipata

Thanking you in advance!

Peace and Love

Answer 1

I am the ocean, you are the raindrops. We are the same. You raindrops, because of your similar size and location, see yourselves as separate, as units, as individuals. This perception of your selves has been your only reality since you were born in the clouds. You have no other perspective of your selves. As you fall through your short lives here, you see the ocean far below. On a certain level you understand that it and you are one and the same. You envy its magnificence. The thought comes,” I am water too, am I not also part of this magnificence?” Then you realize that you are but an insignificant raindrop. You can only look at that distant ocean in awe. The ocean with its timeless knowledge sees you quite differently. It sees you for what you really are. Its most precious children, bravely returning home to share the experience that ocean as a whole could never have experienced. The ocean has nothing but love for you. Because it understands that it is you, and that you are it. It knows only truth. Until the moment you reunite you can only speculate. The ocean's love for you is unconditional. It holds no foolish thought of punishing you for not falling quite right. It only waits with great patience for your homecoming.

The tiny collisions you had with the other drops on the way down, at the time seemed so significant. Often you feared that if you mingled with them too long you might get to close and in the process even lose your identity. All this because you understood your true identity not! You are ocean, you always were ocean, you always will be ocean. How you currently perceive yourself raindrop, snow flake, puddle, stream, River, or lake matters not. This is all illusion, only perception. You are ocean, you are spirit. You and I are one; we are the All That Is

Answer 2

Your meditation means nothing. It is just letting your mind wander and it is kinda pointless; maybe every now and then you have an epiphany, but other than that, it is basically nothing.

I prefer the sound of night. The occasional car driving by, the power generator going on and off, and I also love biking in the middle of the street at this time, because there is no traffic to honk at me or to run me over. These are the noises that can cause enlightenment; your own personal Nirvana.

You are not wise. wisdom is obtained from experience; not by a simple brainstorm...

I am sorry if I am not the one that delivers what you want to hear, but this is the truth that I have found in life.

Answer 3

This wise one has learned that stillness creates illusion and want. The peace from the stillness helps one to discern the difference from want and need. To know the difference is being the lake, rather than the babbling brook. He who learns to wait will receive the largest gift. The downpour is greater than the sprinkle and so I wait for that bolt of lightening to embrace me and overfill this lake with love, desire,but most of all need...I believe that one that babbles is of no concern. You have contributed much more than that, your points have been made and taken in by those who were willing to listen. The result is the filling of the lake to overflowing by much needed rain....Peace & love.......~p~....amore.......
In regard to the clouds floating above, seek shelter over the lake and feel safe to at least sprinkle droplets onto the stillness and look to see if they are absorbed into the heart of the lake of love............

Answer 4

I guess that makes me a cloud in the sky. Floating above the earth; watching over all the rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, seas, oceans passing by; pondering, contemplating, deciding on which one to join; Retaining the water for another day. A day that never seems to come.

Answer 5

Religion is the rusty chain that keeps us just out of the reach of God...Meditation is the shiny path inwards that leads to all things that shine.

Answer 6

Very nice analogy!

And in this format, to answer your question, we are all babbling brooks, LOL.

Answer 7

Those who believe they are wise, usually aren't.