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Changing Vision

Updated: Aug 22



There was a wealthy man who was bothered by severe eye

pain. He consulted many physicians and was being treated by

several. He consumed many drugs and underwent numerous

injections. However, the ache persisted with more vigor than

before.


At last, a monk who was an expert in treating such illness, was

called by the suffering man. The monk understood his problem

and said that for some time he should gaze upon only green

colors and not let his eyes fall on any other colors. It was a

strange prescription, but he was desperate and decided to try it.


The wealthy man got together a group of painters and

purchased barrels of green paint, directing that every object he

was likely to see be painted green, just as the monk had

prescribed.


When the monk came to visit him after a few days, the man’s

servants approached with buckets of green paint and poured it

on him, since his robe was red, lest their master see another

color prompting his eye ache to return.


Experiencing this, the monk laughed and said, “If only you had

purchased a pair of green spectacles, costing just a few dollars,

you could have saved these walls, trees, pots and other

articles. And you could have saved a large share of your

fortune. It is foolish to shape the world, let us change our vision

and shape ourselves first.”


Author Unknown

Source: The School of Practical Philosophy


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