Gurdjieff Brazil
The Dog and the Shadow
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It happened that a Dog had got
a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in
peace. Now on his way home he had to cross a plank lying across a
running brook. As he crossed, he looked down and saw his own shadow
reflected in the water beneath. Thinking it was another dog with
another piece of meat, he made up his mind to have that also. So he
made a snap at the shadow in the water, but as he opened his mouth the
piece of meat fell out, dropped into the water and was never seen
more.
Beware lest you lose the substance |
Aesop’s Fable