It would focus all of its energy on moving higher up in the air. ![]() So the young leaf decided to work hard to improve its circumstances. After all, those leaves somehow got up there, so why not us? We are just as deserving. It spoke to some other young leaves who told it that if it just wanted it badly enough, and was prepared to work for it, a leaf could move anywhere it wanted to. “I want to be where those leaves are”, the leaf thought to itself. It thought it was just floating in the air, independent and free.Īfter a while, the novelty of being a leaf wore off and the leaf, who was on a lower branch of the tree, looked up and saw there were leaves that were higher up in the air, where they got more sunlight and had a better view of the world. So the leaf couldn’t see the branch it was attached to, or the main trunk of the tree. It enjoyed the experience of being alive.īut here’s something you probably didn’t know about leaves – they can only see the colour green. One fine day, the leaf became conscious and started to ask questions about itself and the meaning of life. Once upon a time there was a leaf on a tree. ![]() ![]() By cameronreilly | | advaita, enlightenment, free will, non-duality, philosophy, science, The Three Illusions
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