According to Oyasama, the divine voice within Her once said:<\/p>\n
\u201cYou cannot save others if you live in a mansion with a stately gate.\u201d
\nAnecdotes of Oyasama<\/em>, no. 5<\/p><\/blockquote>\nIn Aesop\u2019s Fables, there is a story that goes something like this: One day, a shepherd caught a pig, which squealed loudly and struggled to get free. At this, a sheep said to the pig: \u201cYou don\u2019t have to squeal. The shepherd regularly catches us and drags us off, but we don\u2019t make any fuss.\u201d The pig replied indignantly: \u201cYour situation and mine are totally different. The shepherd only wants your wool, but he is after my bacon. He is going to kill me!\u201d<\/p>\n
We often say to people faced with a problem, \u201cI know how you feel.\u201d However, how much do we really know? This \u201cI know how you feel\u201d attitude could be not only unhelpful but even annoying to them. People in prominent positions probably cannot imagine how aggrieved people feel about the high-handed attitude of the authorities. Wealthy people cannot actually experience the struggle and pain of living in penury. If a rich man tells a poor man, \u201cYour problem is just a lack of money, so try not to complain,\u201d chances are that the latter will simply retort, \u201cWhat do you know!\u201d It is like trying to pour beer into someone\u2019s upside-down glass, saying: \u201cThis is really good. Drink it.\u201d Obviously, no beer will go into the glass. The more one tries to pour, the more beer will be spilt, resulting in an ever greater mess.<\/p>\n
Oyasama chose to live in the depths of poverty in accord with the divine words \u201cUnless you fall to the depths of poverty, you cannot understand what sufferers feel.\u201d People had a deep and indescribable adoration for Her because they felt, \u201cShe knows exactly what it is like to suffer the way we do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
According to Oyasama, the divine voice within Her once said: \u201cYou cannot save others if you live in a mansion with a stately gate.\u201d Anecdotes of Oyasama, no. 5 In Aesop\u2019s Fables, there is a story that goes something like this: One day, a shepherd caught a pig, which squealed\u2026<\/p>\n