Reply #93: Sounds like a spiritual teaching story. I can't remember [View All]

[anamandujano]

which discipline, could be Sufi.

Paraphrasing--a young follower was always hanging around his teacher, always depressed and looking for the meaning of life.

One day the teacher just cut off the follower's hand and said, "Spend more time with your sweetheart." And he did.

edit to add: Obviously the gun was the modern version.