A man rode his horse to a place where there was a waterwheel. In ancient times, the waterwheel needed to be kept going so that there was water to drink. The man rode his horse there because he wanted his horse to have a drink of water. However, when the horse went inside and heard the sound of "ku-lon, ku-lon" coming from the waterwheel, it got frightened and ran out not wanting to drink! Then the owner of horse asked the man who looked after the waterwheel to stop the waterwheel for a while, because his horse could only drink water when it didn't hear the noise. After drinking water he and his horse would continue down the road.

However, what happened was once the waterwheel stopped, there was no water so his horse could not have a drink. The owner said, "Okay, you let the waterwheel turn again."

But as soon as it began rotating, the horse ran away.

The waterwheel operator then said, "You should force your horse to drink water now, because when the waterwheel stops although there is no noise there is also no water. Do you want your horse to have a drink or not? This is the way it is."

Sometimes when we have no time to meditate, that is when we love to meditate most. If we live a very comfortable life, like in heaven -- it is very hard to practice in heaven -- there will be no goals, no motivation to stimulate us to practice spirituality. Therefore, in a situation with longing and hunger, our food will be very tasty. Yet if we have too much, we will have the problems of a rich man who has no appetite to eat anything.

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