The Parable Of The Two Arrows

This is a short talk on a wondeful ancient parable called the parable of the two arrows. It illustrates how pain is natural and at times inevitable, but suffering is something we do ourselves. Suryacitta also shows how to end the self inflicted suffering.

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Thank you. Just what I was looking for 🙏🏻

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Wonderful thank you for enlightening me!

Brilliant! Just brilliant! Thank you 🙏

I agree completely with the wisdom contained in this poem. Thank you for sharing it.

Excellent message! Namaste 🙏🏻

You did a great job explaining this parable thank you

Nice rendition of a great 🙏

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Thank you..
You described that well.

Wow! How interesting! It's an excellent parable and so well told. You make me smile during your meditations. Thank you.
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Excellente
So clear
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A very interesting analogy. Aging makes it harder to rationalise in that way.

I really like your style and the telling of this tale!

I really enjoyed this lesson. Especially because I overthink every situation and play it out and try to come up with new endings. I judge myself for something that someone else said or did. I can’t quite figure out though how to incorporate this with the grief of losing my son. I don’t know how or what the double sword would be in this case. Is it thinking about them? Is it thinking scenarios of what would’ve prevented the death? That is the only thing that stumped me but everything else makes perfect sense, and I will definitely start incorporating this thought process into my life. I never thought of it that way before. Thank you.

Excellent…….thank you so much……..

Such a helpful reminder of where our minds can take us. I will meditate on this often. Thank you for a dose of reality! Namaste

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I have not heard this parable before. Glad this teaching popped up😺

What an amazing, powerful and profound Metaphor this is! I'm so surprised and shocked that we are so foolish to choose the second dagger so willingly, when the first one has already hurt us badly!! 😀😩🤦. I'm so grateful to you for this beautiful Metaphor / parable for drilling the truth in me. 🙏❤️💙❤️ Let me remember this always, always. 😀🙏

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Thank you 🙏 I love this parable and your explanation of it’s meaning is so well done and received.
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Such a simple image but so very relevant! Thanks

🙏 You helped me so much with my story, and I can now start healing the pain🙏

Wow! I wish I had learned this decades ago! I have used a huge quiver of arrows in my life. I wonder how much unnecessary pain and suffering I could have avoided. 🤔
Thank you for this very thought-provoking recording.

“Stop the Storytelling “ my favorite sentence from you

This was a well addressed presentation of the two daggers. As for the introduction of trigger warning, as our society become so pathetic that we have to spend so much time worrying about a quote, graphic image” that is naught but words? The news and the entertainment media provides images markedly more graphic every day. I would assume our community of meditators is much better armed to manage such issues and we observe no such warnings when watching the news. Maybe my concern over this is my second arrow. We continue to explore. My two cents.

This is my first exposure to this presenter and I look forward to more excellent work to ponder. Thank-you.

I love your clear, direct explanation of the 2 arrows/daggers! Priceless!
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This is a great reminder of how I am responsible for my own suffering by using that second dagger 🗡 So many years of practice. I will listen to this again and again. In gratitude 🙏

I am going to try the suggestion of looking at a thought. I am quite excited to see what I make of that. This was a very helpful story.

Thank you for telling us this parable. You have just helped me to find a way to cope with current difficulties in my life. Thank you for sharing this with the Earth Family 🙏🏻🌈🌟

I really love this parable and today it was explained with such a warmth and kindness

I’ve stabbed myself many times 😂. 🙏 thank you for this. Are you from the North East, originally?

You explain it so simply and effectively with good humour. Observe and reflect don't buy into your thoughts and twist the dagger.

Amazing. Awesome.
Suffering is optional, then why do we suffer? Why why opt for it? Because our subconscious mind opts for it and we are not aware about this. BE AWARE. Be the incharge of your choice and refuse to choose suffering by remain aware.
Simple points, very well explained...!!!
Thank you..