A Dog's Lullaby
Once I stayed in a rest house where a politician was also staying...all the dogs of the town somehow had gathered there. Such a great fight was going on. I fell asleep, and the politician could not, so he came and woke me: "How can you sleep when there is so much disturbance?" I said, "If I can sleep, so can you." He said: "What is the secret?" I said, "The secret is simple: you lie down and listen to the dogs as if they are singing a lullaby." He said, "Lullaby? And dogs?" I said, "Try. You cannot lose anything in trying it. Why be against them?"
Drop The Idea
"Just the idea that 'I cannot sleep because dogs are barking', is the root cause of your disturbance, not the dogs and their barking - your idea. You drop that idea, you accept their barking. You listen attentively; you listen as if you are listening to music." Finding no other way, he said, "Okay, I will try." And after 15 minutes, he was snoring... In the morning, he told me, "I will keep this secret. It can work in all situations."
Om Namah Shivay.
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