Observe the water in a pond <br />Keep it still and particles will sediment to ground <br />Only then the surface becomes transparent and clear <br />Our reflections we can view without a blur <br /> <br />When wind blows and creates waves on the surface <br />Those sediments will be stirred up and make the water opaque <br />Then the water surface is no longer transparent and clear <br />And our reflections in it will become just blurs <br /> <br />Our mind is like water in that pond <br />Only when still and calm it can be clear and strong <br />If we let external forces disturb our still and calm mind <br />By those things we will be controlled and beguiled.<br /><br />Han Min Ohn<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/your-mind-is-like-water-in-a-pond/
