The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan

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And we also see when travelling that some are prepared, with all that is necessary in this world, while there are others who are not prepared. Both have to travel just the same, those who are prepared and those who are not. The only difference is that for those who are prepared, this journey is easy. This is explained by the Indian fable of the monkey and the sparrows. When autumn seemed to be approaching the sparrows said, "We must have a nest; we must build it and it must be ready soon, for autumn is coming nearer." A little monkey overheard this and was very frightened because it was the first time this young monkey had had to face the winter. It went with great anxiety to its parents and said, "We must build a home, we must build a nest where we can be protected. I did not know the autumn was coming, but someone told me so." While they were discussing this the sparrows made their nest ready, but the monkeys put it off from one day to another until autumn was upon them.


 
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