Lesson Four Revisited

Ah, the joys of rediscoverning the concept of separate realities. There is always more than one way to interpret anything that comes our way.

First, thanks to the folks who posted a comment to Lesson Four. It gives me some other thoughts.

Another way of "interpeting" this message might be to think of the challenge that faced the travelers. Most saw an obstacle and found the easy way to get around it. Perhaps they were more involved with their own immediate need to get to some place beyond the obstacle. However, when the peasant came upon the same obstacle, he, too, had a choice to make. He chose to do something about removing the obstacle. In neither case did the parties know of the material gain hiding under the boulder. So their choice to go around it or remove it were based upon whatever values they held about such things.

We might even question the king's motives for doing such an act. Did he not have other, better things to do with his time? How long did it take for an "altruistic" peasant to come along? How come no one on the crew who placed the boulder didn't tell someone else? Or, did one of them tell the peasant? Is it possible that to even think of questions like these suggests a certain jadedness on the part of the author?

In any event, however we choose to interpret this short message, it shows that we do have choices to make. Perhaps we can insure that the choices we do make are those which allow us to...

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