A Deep Lake Is Clear and Still
As a deep lake is clear, unclouded, and still, so the wise, hearing good teachings, grow serene.
Do I muddy at the smallest thing like a shallow puddle, or stay still like a deep lake?
📝Reflection
A shallow puddle clouds over entirely at a single pebble. But a deep lake, struck by the same stone, ripples briefly and soon clears again. The depth of the mind is the same. A shallow mind is wholly muddied by one small word, one trivial event. A deep mind, meeting the same thing, wavers a moment and returns to its own clarity. That depth is not inborn but cultivated. Good teachings, deep reflection, quiet time dig the mind's floor a little deeper each day. A deepened mind does not block external stimuli — it simply does not stay clouded by them for long. The speed of recovery: that is the depth of the mind.
🌱Apply It Today
When a small thing clouds your mind today, don't strain to clear it — trust that "it will settle soon" and wait one beat. The waiting deepens the lake.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
