Comments on: The missing stone http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/02/08/the-missing-stone/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:41:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: wanbliska http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/02/08/the-missing-stone/#comment-30666 wanbliska Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:18:35 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/02/08/daily-message-192/#comment-30666 Why do we talk about "the missing stone", if it's not there anymore? I think about detachment; wide-angle vision. Why do we talk about “the missing stone”, if it’s not there anymore?
I think about detachment; wide-angle vision.

]]> By: Sabine http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/02/08/the-missing-stone/#comment-30579 Sabine Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:34:57 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/02/08/daily-message-192/#comment-30579 Maybe the rock is even better off somewhere else. ;) By having been "thrown away" (I don't think the story literally meant throwing away like garbage), it might get to some other nice park where it can be part of a wonderful whole. What would all the admiring in the world have brought to the rock, if it'd have had no other rock to share it with. The other ones would have simply been jealous on its beauty (metaphorically spoken). Furthermore, who, besides the emperor who classically searches for the things that shine most, said that this garden has really been the nicest ever. Maybe there were many others and the visitors just didn't recognize, because all the rocks over there have been like the one in this story. We tend to only search for beauty that is outstanding at first sight, without taking the power to have a closer look, ignoring that there is so much more we don't manage to see. Like the lovely green earth around the rock, which in long terms could probably give us much more joy, who knows. I think we should understand the story metaphorically, telling us that it is better not to run for appearances but for the deeper sense and unit. It might be wiser to take a second look, change our perspective. How can a single stone impress us more, at second sight, than the whole amazing ecosystem of a park with all its details. Taking a closer look might have a much deeper effect on us. This behavior I do think we could use more in daily life as well. I tried and I was surprised how much more joy this can bring me. And of course nothing is “wasted” on this planet, I agree. Sometimes things (or persons) might just not be at their place in the universe. Maybe the rock is even better off somewhere else. ;)
By having been “thrown away” (I don’t think the story literally meant throwing away like garbage), it might get to some other nice park where it can be part of a wonderful whole. What would all the admiring in the world have brought to the rock, if it’d have had no other rock to share it with.
The other ones would have simply been jealous on its beauty (metaphorically spoken).
Furthermore, who, besides the emperor who classically searches for the things that shine most, said that this garden has really been the nicest ever.
Maybe there were many others and the visitors just didn’t recognize, because all the rocks over there have been like the one in this story.
We tend to only search for beauty that is outstanding at first sight, without taking the power to have a closer look, ignoring that there is so much more we don’t manage to see. Like the lovely green earth around the rock, which in long terms could probably give us much more joy, who knows.
I think we should understand the story metaphorically, telling us that it is better not to run for appearances but for the deeper sense and unit. It might be wiser to take a second look, change our perspective.
How can a single stone impress us more, at second sight, than the whole amazing ecosystem of a park with all its details. Taking a closer look might have a much deeper effect on us. This behavior I do think we could use more in daily life as well. I tried and I was surprised how much more joy this can bring me.
And of course nothing is “wasted” on this planet, I agree. Sometimes things (or persons) might just not be at their place in the universe.

]]> By: evespring http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/02/08/the-missing-stone/#comment-30571 evespring Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:59:09 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/02/08/daily-message-192/#comment-30571 hi Paulo, thought you might be happy to know, that since I read this story a few days ago, i have been telling it to many people! really like this story a lot, and especially when i have hives it makes me happy. don't laugh. ok laugh then. :) hi Paulo, thought you might be happy to know, that since I read this story a few days ago, i have been telling it to many people! really like this story a lot, and especially when i have hives it makes me happy.

don’t laugh.
ok laugh then.

:)

]]> By: MISUN http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/02/08/the-missing-stone/#comment-30521 MISUN Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:28:38 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/02/08/daily-message-192/#comment-30521 the garden is not perfect. The other will select the most beautiful rock in the garden. In the end... there is only one, most beautiful rock in the garden. the garden is not perfect.
The other will select the most beautiful rock in the garden.

In the end…
there is only one, most beautiful rock in the garden.

]]> By: Robina http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/02/08/the-missing-stone/#comment-30499 Robina Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:43:07 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/02/08/daily-message-192/#comment-30499 I agree with this story. We should see things in totality. If we don't we may miss other beautiful things that might not be so apparent. I love the word "perspective." This story could mean one thing to me and one thing to you and another thing to all the other readers. So, here is another story with a different perspective: All of Nature in a Single Blossom One of the best-loved stories about Sen no Rikyu, the revered 16th-century tea master, involves his relationship with Hideyoshi Toyotomi, a great warlord, whom he served as an adviser on matters of art and taste. Upon hearing of an exquisite display of morning glories in Rikyu's garden, the warlord asked to see it. To honor the request, one morning Rikyu invited him to tea. As the warlord walked down the garden path, there were no flowers anywhere to be seen. When he entered the tea hut, however, his eyes were drawn to a single morning glory displayed in the alcove. Rikyu had ordered all morning glories in the garden to be cut down that morning to focus his lordship's attention on the single exquisite blossom. I agree with this story. We should see things in totality. If we don’t we may miss other beautiful things that might not be so apparent.
I love the word “perspective.” This story could mean one thing to me and one thing to you and another thing to all the other readers. So, here is another story with a different perspective:

All of Nature in a Single Blossom

One of the best-loved stories about Sen no Rikyu, the revered 16th-century tea master, involves his relationship with Hideyoshi Toyotomi, a great warlord, whom he served as an adviser on matters of art and taste. Upon hearing of an exquisite display of morning glories in Rikyu’s garden, the warlord asked to see it. To honor the request, one morning Rikyu invited him to tea.
As the warlord walked down the garden path, there were no flowers anywhere to be seen. When he entered the tea hut, however, his eyes were drawn to a single morning glory displayed in the alcove. Rikyu had ordered all morning glories in the garden to be cut down that morning to focus his lordship’s attention on the single exquisite blossom.

]]> By: biedronka http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/02/08/the-missing-stone/#comment-30384 biedronka Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:51:04 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/02/08/daily-message-192/#comment-30384 I agree with you Julia. Thank you for making me see things in a new way!:-) love Biedronka I agree with you Julia.
Thank you for making me
see things in a new
way!:-)

love

Biedronka

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