Who has not heard of Jonathan Livingston Seagull !

Who has not heard of Jonathan Livingston Seagull !

Here is another very small book that made a great impact on me and thousands of others ! Richard Bach , the author was travelling and had no idea that his small , little book had made him a rich man and also very successful !

I have read this small book many times . It is so liberating and fresh to know how we can spread our wings and just fly ! We are all capable of doing what Jonathan did with her/his life ! I take great joy and pride to say that this simple book is one of my great teachers ! I too had a rebellion streak in me . To rebel is not to be rowdy or arrogant , no , it was just a deep sense of wanting to go beyond what others were fearing to go or do !

Just as Jonathan , I could not understand all the limitedness that was constantly being placed around me and us all the time ! I just wanted to challenge the limits and boundaries around . I wanted to know for the sake of knowing ! Knowing is so much fun ! I know that water is made from two gases ! Take Oxygen and Hydrogen and at the right time , we actually get water ! Wow ! 

Jonathan was always being restricted by the elders . They had their own fears and limitedness . Seagulls cannot fly at night ! Seagulls cannot dive or try new ways of flying ! Seagulls are only suppose to stay within the narrow confirms of just being that , Seagulls .

The inner call or awakening was just too over powering for Jonathan ! Jonathan did what it felt like doing . That was going against the moral/standard of seagull code of conduct . Jonathan was punished by the elders to be banished far away from the ordinary colony of the average seagulls . The elders were fearful that other gulls may get influenced and start following Jonathan . The same old problem and solution to an age old issue ! Our brightest humans all went through the same passage ! 

Jonathan was left to her/his own devices and life . Initially felt lonely and sad , but , once it got into the real work , it soon forgot its misery. It was now enjoying and exploring the real potential that was within ! 

One day , Jonathan was pleasantly surprised to see two other seagulls flying along side Jonathan . They were just as capable of doing what Jonathan could do ! Than , Jonathan was to learn that there are seagulls that also live on a higher plain or level ! That is when Jonathan is taken to meet the great Chang ! This great master seagull than teaches Jonathan the real teachings of the beyond the mind/body stuff ! 

What a wonderful and beautiful story that has so many hidden and secret teachings all within a simple book ! That is the hallmark of an enlightened master !

I will always thank Richard Bach for the great book .

Please , my dear friends , if you have not read this book , than do it .

I have come to the realisation , that it is not the size or pages of writings or the size of books that matter .  Some of this simple books are hidden gems that we must find and keep .

Take care . Til we meet again .

Amar.