There once was a scholar of Chinese thought who came to visit a village which was suffering from a most unusual prolonged drought. All the people were very worried, since everything had been done to try and end it. Every kind of prayer, charm and magic had been used, but all to no avail. So the elders of the village told the old scholar that the only thing left was to send for the rainmaker.
The old scholar was very interested in this idea, since he had never seen a rainmaker before, The rainmaker arrived in a covered car. He was a small and wizened old man. He stepped out of the car and smelled the air in disgust. He then asked for a house on the outskirts of the village. He insisted that no one should disturb him and that his food should be placed outside his door.
No one heard or saw him for three days, when everyone was awakened by a heavy downpour of rain. It was even at times snowing, which was unusual for that time of year. The old scholar was deeply impressed and went to see him.
The scholar asked, “So, you can make rain?” The rainmaker scoffed at the idea
and said, “Of course I can't”. The scholar continued, “But there was the most persistent drought until you came, and within a few days it rains.”
“Oh,” replied the rainmaker, “that was something quite different. You see, I came from a region where everything was in order. It rains when it should and is dry when it is needed, and the people are also in order and in harmony with themselves. But that was not the case with the people here. They were all out of harmony with themselves. I was at once ill when I arrived, so I had to he totally alone until I was once more in harmony with myself and then of course, quite naturally, it rained!”
Lesson of the story: When you are in harmony with yourself, the whole world begins to orchestrate with you. It’s one of the great secrets of life, being in harmony with yourself, and thus with the world. To do this you must first know how to relax. If you are truly relaxed everything begins to change. There is no need for deep penetrating thoughts, only the bliss of relaxation.
