This is a story told in the books attributed to Zhuangzi:
It is
about a SEEKER , like yourself , who met two men on his search for the truth about life. The first man was quite
happy livng a basic life in harmony with his nature living in nature . The seeker asked him " what makes you
so happy and contented with your life ?" and the man's reply was I DON'T KNOW .
So
, the SEEKER continued his search for enlightenment and happiness and met a second man , this man was was happy and content
living a life as simple farmer . The seeker asked him " What makes you so happy and contented with your life "
and the man's reply was I KNOW BUT I CAN'T SAY
So the seeker searched out the Yellow Emperor to
ask him how to become enlightened to use to TAO to find happiness and peace . The seeker described his time with Mr. I don't
Know and Mr. I can't Say and the Yellow Empereor said ...
" Mr. I DON'T KNOW is one
with the Toa and Mr. I CAN'T SAY is close , it is YOU and Myself who are the ones with the
problems. We are searching actively for that which can only be found by just BEING IT "
This
is a short version of the true story , the deepest of the parables told day to day by the Sages of the past .. were never
written down on those few sheets of bamboo . The Adventures of the SEEKER the lessons held in those storys are lost .
YEt they still live in our minds as we think about the POSSILBES . As we look to nature to guide us back to living in it with
it , being it.
What is searching actively ? The active part is
in reality a symptom of the deepest CAUSE , and that is ________ ? To give you that answer is like giving you a fish when
in reality teaching you to fsih will serve you for a life time !