Ibn Sina. Observance and Sensitivity
Ibn Sina. Parables
Observance and Sensitivity
Once, the great Teacher Abu Ali Ibn Sina was telling his students about the necessity of being observant and vigilant in life.
He said that the human senses can be trained just like thoughts and muscles.
– For example, you enter a room, and your sensitivity immediately registers the most important details…
He said that the human senses can be trained just like thoughts and muscles.
– For example, you enter a room, and your sensitivity immediately registers the most important details…
At that moment, the Teacher was informed that visitors had come to see him and were asking him to step out.
Ibn Sina told his students:
– Stay seated, I will be back shortly.
And he went out to meet the visitors.
The students decided to test their Teacher’s sensitivity.
By placing a clean sheet of paper under the mat on which he was sitting, they eagerly awaited his return: would he notice any change?
When Ibn Sina returned and sat in his place, he immediately read some conspiracy in the slyly squinting eyes of his students.
Carefully surveying his students, he said:
– Either I have grown, or the ceiling has become lower…