I am grateful to my former foster Son Richard Sheldrake for this story. How are you Richard? we lost touch a bit but with the opportuirues of the internet we should soon be back in contact.
So, the story....
A great Chinese sage was granted a vision of Hell, and Heaven. (This seems culturally dissonant, but bear with me!) In the first vision, of Hell, he was taken into a banqueting hall where there were tables laden with dishes of the most rare and delicious food, their appetizing aromas filling the hall with mouthwatering scents.
Around the table were the damned, unable to taste the delicious banquet because they were provided only with chopsticks 9 feet long! Unable to feast on the delicious food they were condemned to eternal hunger and frustration with their sustenance and reward eternally out of reach.
Full of sorrow and pity for the fate of the eternally condemned the sage was led from this sad place t another hall, where again he was surprised to see tables laden with dishes of the most rare and delicious food, their
appetizing aromas filling the hall with mouthwatering scents. As before, the diners were provided only with chopsticks 9 feet long, but in contrast to the first hall this was filled with laughter and merriment as everyone enjoyed the wonderful food provided for their sustenance and delight.
They were feeding each other!
Who have you fed. or helped, today?
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