 The Parable of Good or Bad There is a story of a Chinese farmer whose horse ran off. When his neighbor came to console him, the farmer said, Who knows what's good or bad? When his horse returned the next day with a herd of horses following her, the foolish neighbor came to congratulate him on his good fortune. Who knows what's good or bad? said the farmer. Then when the farmer's son broke his leg trying to ride one of the new horses, the foolish neighbor came to console him again. Who knows what's good or bad? said the wise farmer. When the army passed through, conscripting men for war, they passed over the farmer's son because of his broken leg. When the foolish man came to congratulate the farmer that his son would be spared, again the wise farmer said, Who knows what's good or bad? What is good and what is bad? Both of these things are merely perceptions, viewpoints from the mind, as neither good nor bad truly exists. They are duality, but when you step back and look at everything from a complete whole perspective, you realize that there is no good or bad. There just is. Everything just is, regardless of how you feel about it. The villains in movies don't necessarily always think that they're bad guys. They think that what they're doing is right for them. So just as you go about your own lives, try not to judge the events that befall you as good or bad. But try and see them just as they are, events, and go with the flow, trusting that you are guiding yourself exactly as you need to because that's how you're guiding yourself. In Le Cache.