Buddhist's Floating
There is a Buddhist talk.
An ascetic monk said to a Buddhist high priest, "I cannot float in the water." Then the priest said, "So then, swim and then you can float." The monk replied, "But how can I swim because I cannot float?" The priest said, "A man can float if he swims."
Indeed, a man is born so that he can float; accordingly he can swim. But if he doesn't swim, he cannot float any more.
In any of these talks, including theories concocted by economists, there is a denial of difference in levels of meanings of a word depending on contexts where it is used. And also a lack of a time factor is observed as well as disregarding of basic condition.
Inherently a man is born with a physical condition enabling him to float, so that he has inherent ability to swim. But if a man gets afraid of being in the water and moves his legs and arms violently, he will destroy his inherent ability to float. His desperate movement of body in the water breaks the condition in which he can float. However he may still float for a short period of time no matter how adversely he behaves in the water against the natural ability to float.
Taking a pose for swimming adjusts his movement for floating easily and longer. Floating of the body can be sustained by man's taking movement necessary for swimming. Swimming is a level higher form of floating.
A man only floating might lose energy needed to maintain a posture suitable for floating in a longer period of time unless he does shift to swimming. And when a man starts swimming, he can float more easily and longer with less energy.
So, on the lowest level, a man is momentarily floating but soon he may lose his ability to float due to his inadequate posture. On the second level, a man is swimming so as not to be drowned. He is not enjoying swimming. A need not to get drowned makes him swim in any poor manner. On the third level a man is swimming as the most suitable manner of floating. He knows that he never gets drowned while enjoying floating and swimming.
And from the beginning a man has evolved from a creature in the sea. He can float or swim under the surface of the water.
A rich man usually tries to get more money as he is afraid of losing his assets. The more he gets money, the more he is afraid of losing money. It is as if a man who is afraid of getting drowned were swimming in a very violent manner. There is no peace and grace in his life.
But worse must be a very wealthy man who is enjoying his riches while knowing there are many poor people in the society. It is like a selfish swimmer who is swimming elegantly only for himself as he has mastered the way of swimming while many others are getting drowned around him.
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Anyway floating is the best and final style of swimming. Floating is the ultimate target for man's swimming. It is not easy. First, swim!
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Rev 2:5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.