Have you heard the story of the Golden Buddha?

In a nutshell, over 300 years ago, a Burmese army planned an invasion of Thailand (then called Siam)...

Siamese monks, who were in possession of an enormous treasure - a solid gold Buddha that today would be valued at around 300 million dollars - made a decision.

To protect the Buddha from being plundered, they covered it in 12 inches of clay.
The Burmese attackers, thinking it worthless, ignored it. But sadly, they didn't spare the monks, and so the hidden secret of the statue was lost.

For over 250 years, until the mid-1950s, this Buddha existed only as a clay Buddha.
Then, when the 5-ton statue was being moved to a new location by a crane, it began to crack.
They didn’t expect it to be so heavy!

The monks set it down, waiting for a bigger crane the next day, and covered it with a tarp to protect it from the rains.
In the middle of the night, one monk was checking on the tarps when he saw a reflection - a glimmer through the crack.

He carefully began to chisel away around the crack as the glimmer grew. And then, as the clay fell away...
A solid gold Buddha shone once again for the world to marvel at!

Isn't that an INCREDIBLE story?

So tell me... is there a Golden Buddha within YOU?

You see, I believe there is greatness within you, within all of us, but all too often it is masked and covered
by previous experiences, by old patterns, by pressure from society, by past failures and pains.

I believe that if we can just find that crack, that glimmer inside,
and connect to that part of us that knows we can love more, be more, live more, manifest more...

Then the rest of that old junk can fall away easily so that we can shine at our brightest!

(full story credit to Nick Ortner)

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And if you want to take a few minutes with a cup of tea, I invite you to watch the following TEDx talk (no, it’s not mine😉).

The contemplative question at the end is worth it's weight in gold to ponder!