Fill Full

Recently, an Ivy League professor studying the world religions traveled the world interviewing enlightened teachers. In Japan, a renowned Buddhist priest greeted the professor as well as all visitors with a tea ceremony. Graciously, the professor sat down as the master placed a cup and saucer on a small stool before the guest and began to pour. The cup soon filled with tea and began to overflow. The tea soon filled the saucer and began to flow onto the stool and then the floor. The professor, who had been patient and respectful, jumped up and shouted “its full, can’t you see it can’t hold anymore?” The Zen master replied “You are like the cup. How can I teach you if you have no place to put it?”