I found this book sitting on the shelf today and decided to read it a bit. There are 88 chapters and each begins with an introduction relating to some human talking about themselves and their problems or situations and then an analysis.
It seemed quite interesting and sometimes it will not be entirely appealing to the reader who loves fiction. So, I tried to read a few pages and decided to interpret what I read and write it down in the form of a story so that others can understand it easily.
The crow sat on the branch of the tree. The tree had recently grown to a comfortable height. It was easy to perch on the branch and view the window and look out for the lady of the house when she opened the door and threw him a piece of chapati. She knew that he, the crow liked to eat chapatis but she did not make it every day and so, he waited for the day she made it.
Earlier, she threw him only a piece but when she saw that he picked it up eagerly, she made sure to tear up a whole one and throw the pieces near the door so that he could come and eat peacefully.
Yet, he did not seem to be satisfied with life. One day, the wise owl met him while he was flying back to the tree. He knew that the owl was very wise and could help him sort out his issues. So, he asked the own for permission to talk about his problems. He told the owl that he was not satisfied.
The owl sat deep in thought and said to the crow. - "You are not dissatisfied. If you were dissatisfied with something, you would seek to find a way out and try another thing in order to be satisfied. In fact, satisfaction and dissatisfaction is not the problem that you are facing. You seem to be lost in the fact that you do not know what you really want to do with your time and that is what is bugging you. You have tried very many gurus and non of them could help you.
So, the problem does not lie with the guru or the answer that they have tried to give you. The problem is that you have yet to find gratification. You have to find something that could make you spend time and then discover satisfaction. Without knowing this satisfaction, you would not know what dissatisfaction is."
The crow sat silently and repeated to himself what the owl had spoken. The owl seemed to make sense. After all, he had never seemed to find any activity addicting enough to be satisfied. Eating was of course not an addiction for birds like him. Unlike humans, eating was not a disorder. It was just a means to stay alive.
He wondered about it for a while and decided to search for an activity that could satisfy him like no other.
The above short story was just a means to convey the message given in the particular essay. [Chapter 80 - satisfaction]
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