Two monks are on a pilgrimage traveling together. One monk is much older and the other much younger. They have dedicated their lives to obtaining as close to a level of purity as possible. To accomplish this the monks avert from talking to any woman and should never touch them as this leads to impure thoughts. Along the pilgrimage, the two monks come across an older woman lacking strength unable to cross a river; desperate for help.
The older monk picks up the woman and carries her across without hesitation while the younger monk watches in disbelief. Shocked by the vision of his elder touching a woman the two carried on with the younger monk trying to understand how his senior could have broken their sacred vows? Every step he ponders on how this could ok or is this all for naught?
After 5 miles the two monks arrive at their destination. By this point, the young monk fuming shouted "how could you break our sacred vows back there and give up on everything that we've done?" To which the older monk calmly responded, "while I carried this woman for all of 50 feet, you've chosen to carry her these 5 miles."
Whether you agree or not our minds can only do one thing at a time. Yes, we can use the term multi-task as we may be able to split our attention amongst multiple activities but you can not truly think about two things simultaneously. This fact makes "what" you think about invaluable, as we only have a finite amount of time on this planet. If you choose to fill your head with negative thoughts/entertainment and emotion; that is what your life will become.
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