You Can Only Lose What You Cling To ~ Buddha

Lessons From A High School Dropout

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This is a story told by Buddha to his students studying to become Brahmans. A widower who loved his five year old son very much was away on business. A group of bandits came and burned down the entire village and took his son away. When the man returned he saw the ruins and he panicked. He took the chard corps of an infant to be his child. He began to pull his hair and beat his chest crying uncontrollably. He organized a cremation ceremony and collected the ashes and placed them into a beautiful velvet pouch.

Working, sleeping or eating he always carried the bag of ashes with him. One day his real son escaped from the robbers and found his way home. He arrived at his fathers new cottage at midnight and knocked at the door. You can imagine at that time the young father who was still carrying the bag of ashes and crying. He asked who is there and the child answered, it’s me Papa open the door it’s your son. In his agitated state of mind the father thought it was some mischievous boy that was making fun of him and he shouted at the child to go away and he continued to cry. The boy knocked again and again but the father refused to let him in. Some time passed and finally the child left and from that time on father and son never saw one another again. And after telling this story the Buddha said, sometime, somewhere you take something to be the truth, if you cling to it so much when the truth comes in person and knocks at your door, you will refuse to open it. It’s a powerful story for young students learning to be Brahmans and it’s a powerful story for each and everyone of us.

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Lessons From A High School Dropout Podcast is dedicated to all of our uniquely gifted minds who at some point felt sadly alone as they struggled with the challenge of learning or discouraged for holding the vision and dreams within their brilliant minds.

Lessons From A High School Dropout is here to support the spirit of the entrepreneur, the student, the employee and to help build these dreams upon the gifts each one of us are endowed with. Maybe you were told you couldn’t do something and needed to choose another path. We all learn in our own special way, each with a unique desire for a sense of fulfillment in our journey. We affirm that with each lesson you will be more inspired to learn new things to help you with your walk in life. A walk that will take you down the "Road Less Traveled".

A walk where you will learn new things and allow your heart to be inspired with a new road map that can and will elevate you to a higher consciousness.

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