You're Tied To Things That Don't Exist

We’re scared about things that are not. We’re tied to things that don’t exist. They’re illusions. They’re falsehoods. They’re beliefs; they’re not realities. The agonies we go through over things that we have—we have convinced ourselves that our happiness depends upon them, but it doesn’t.

Transcript

Now there's another story about this camel trader,

An Arab,

Walking across the Sahara desert and they pitch tent for the night and slaves drive pegs into the ground and tie the camels to the pegs.

Then they come in to say to the master,

There's only 19 pegs and we've got 20 camels,

How do we tie the 20th camel?

And the master said,

These camels are stupid animals,

Just go through the motions of tying the camel and he'll stay put all night,

Which is what they did and the camel stood there,

You know.

And next morning when they lifted tent and they continued on their journey,

The slaves came to complain that all the camels were following except this one,

This one refused to budge.

And the master said,

You forgot to untie him.

They said,

Oh yes,

So they went through the motions of untying him.

That is an image of the human condition.

We're scared about things that are not.

We're tied to things that don't exist.

They're illusions.

They're falsehoods.

They're beliefs.

They're not realities.

The agonies we go through over things that we have convinced ourselves our happiness depends upon,

But it doesn't.

And we don't want to see it.

The mystics,

They understand this because they went through this themselves.

They're in amazement.

People would fool themselves in this way.

You don't need anyone else to show you the way.

You just get a glimpse of this and you keep at it.

You'll find the way and sooner or later you'll discover what this means.

You're tied to things that don't exist.

They don't exist.

They're illusions.

Reviews

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Love the camel story. It made me laugh out loud in recognition!

It is a fantastic story on understanding the illusory attachment.

Fantastic! Brought a big smile to my face this morning! Thank you. 💙

Powerful and true! With gratitude.

Thought provoking story! Thanks for reminding us to stop clinging to our self-created delusions.

How simple and powerful. What exists? Our interpretation of what “is”, what “was”, what “ just happened”, which no longer exist. Just our interpretation, the experience that we assign to “it” is what exists, but it doesn’t exist either. Liberating.

The story about the camels creates a fabulously illustrative image

This caused to remain in profound contemplation. I remained in silence recognizing all the things, beliefs and ideologies that do not contribute to “connection” and therefore aren’t even real. So freeing!

Perfect story to illustrate a startling truth.
Thank you, Anthony!

I'm incredibly grateful humble thankful a Christian Actor singer performer with Courage and a Purpose Amen and so it is

Right on time.

Great brief talk. The metaphor about the camel was really effective in conveying the point.

Gratitude!!!

Great Story!! Thank you..❤️🙏🏽

Very inspiring and enlightening! Thank you🙏❤

Just what I needed to be reminded of

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thank you Athony for this awesome meditation this morning not only did it have an excellent message but I got a great laugh to start my day with thank you for pointing me in the right direction today Namaste my friend

Great analogy 👏 thanks 😊

Namaste