“Mind wants change and goes on hoping, and goes on hoping against all hope.”
Mind wants change and goes on hoping, and goes on hoping against all hope. The whole situation is hopeless, but mind goes on hoping.
I have heard:
Mulla Nasruddin remained unemployed for many many years because he wanted to be an actor and he had no talent. But every day, religiously, he would go to the agent. Hopefully he would knock at the door, enter the office, and inquire, “Has something happened? Am I booked somewhere?”
And the agent would say always the same: “I cannot do anything, nothing is possible.”
Days passed, weeks passed, then years passed and the Mulla’s knocking became a routine. Whatsoever the season, the climate, good or bad, but one thing was certain for the agent – that Mulla would come. And he would again ask hopefully, and the man would again say the same thing: “Nasruddin, I cannot do anything, nothing is possible.”
Then one day the knock was different, a little sad. And when Mulla came in, even the agent was surprised: “Why is he so sad?”
Mulla said, “Listen, for two weeks don’t book me anywhere because I’m going for a vacation.”
This is how mind functions – goes on hoping, not for many years; but for many lives! You knock on the same door with the same inquiry and desire, and it is always no. What have you gained through mind except nos?
Series compiled by Shanti
All excerpts of this series can be found in: 1001 Tales
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