A Tailor Fox

Once, there lived a fox in a forest in the state of Farland. She had learned to work as a tailor. Whenever an animal died in the forest, she took off its skin, cut it to size, and stitched her clothes. The disguises she created through her tailoring work facilitated her entry into the parties and functions of various other animals. She was very proud of her skills in this regard.

Sometimes her conscience admonished her to not engage in those kinds of practices. It reminded her that she was a fox in her original nature, so there was no use impersonating other personalities.

The fox however did not pay attention to the voice of her conscience. She continued tailoring costumes with the skins of other animals and made it her business to deceive herself and others.

One day, it so happened that the fox got ill. Her illness became severe with the passage of time. While in sickness she remembered all those impersonations which were not part of her original personality. In this sickness she felt severe depression and deep loneliness.

She repented a lot remembering the fact that she had spent her whole life impersonating others and had never tried to find and improve her own true personality.

Hints:

True personality: The personality that should survive the biological death.

Impersonate: To relate oneself with material things and worldly ranks with such intensity that one’s own true original self is forgotten.

Improve oneself: To realize one’s potential to move individual consciousness toward the higher-self/cosmic consciousness.

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