Journal 12

Dear Journal,

   Govinda appeared at the river today. He did not recognize me from the last time we had seen each other, and was astonished when I had called by his name. He said that he had heard of a wise man, and had come to me to ask for advice. Govinda had not yet seeked the enlightenment he had been looking for. Govinda still followed the Buddha and his teachings but he had not attain the kind of enlightenment I now had. He asked me to teach him what i knew. He stayed with me tonight.

      I warned Govinda that my wisdom cannot be taught, I told him that verbal teachings were limited and for that reason one must earn their own wisdom. I told him that I had learn many things, one of them was that for every truth there is an opposite truth. The world is never incomplete or on a path to completeness, it is complete at every moment. I told my dear friend that all I wanted to do now was to love the world just the way it is. After, Govinda asked if I had any additional advice for him, I told him to kiss me on my forehead. When he kissed me, he saw the flow of forces and images that had crossed my mind in the river. Govinda bowed down to me and tears began to fall form hs eyes. At last we had both found enlightement.... something we had been looking for many years ago.

                                           

                                                                             -Siddhartha