Waves In An Ocean

[rose]

A little wave was bobbing along in the ocean, having a grand old time. He's enjoying the wind and the fresh air—until he notices the other waves in front of him, crashing against the shore.

"My God, this is terrible," the wave says. "Look what's going to happen to me!"

Then along comes another wave. It sees the first wave, looking grim, and it says to him, "Why do you look so sad?"

The first wave says, "You don't understand! We're all going to crash! All of us waves are going to be nothing! Isn't this terrible?"

The second wave says, "No, YOU don't understand. You're not a wave, you're part of the ocean."

What is the main message of this story?
Do you usually feel more like the first wave or the second? Why?
What are some ways you feel more like the first wave?
If you were a third wave, what might you say to the first two waves?

[Ashok]

Having knowledge and having realisation of the same are two different things. And for me, i may have the knowledge that i am no different from others, i share more similarities with people than dissimilarities, yet i retain a strong sense of individuality. There are moments when i feel one with everything around me and i have feeling that i am part of a big plan which includes everything and everybody in this world. But those moments are few and far between.

I do feel like that wave, inside me; i would like to dissolve ego and be none and nobody, yet i fear that idea in some sense. I am not sure if i want that hundred percent. I still seek personal identity, my ego looks for every opportunity to assert itself, my self wants to express itself in its own unique ways.

And honestly, if i were to advise someone, i would admit that i speak with knowledge and not with realisations, i speak from the stand point of being someone who would like to practice and achieve those ideals and i am far from reaching any significant milestone  on the way.