ASIN: B00NPW0EU6
Publisher: Kishor Kulkarni
Pages: 89
You must have seen a roving seller of balloons. He inflates a few balloons, ties a thread each to them and wraps those threads around his fingers. When someone comes to buy a balloon, he removes one from one of his fingers and gives it away. Then he inflates another balloon and ties it to his finger again.Our mind is like the balloon seller. Myriad different objects in the world that entice us are like balloons and our desires are like the threads that keep our mind attached to the objects. The moment one desired object is acquired, it gets detached from our mind. But our mind immediately inflates another one and promptly gets attached to it!Now, when does the balloon seller stop this repeated activity of detaching and reattaching balloons to his fingers? Possibly, at the end of his work day when he thinks he must get home now. Then he disposes off his last balloon and does not inflate ...
