Parinama

 

  In the story of the Loaves and the Fishes, Jesus has just finished a long day of preaching to the thousands gathered to hear his message. The Disciples notice that the people have gotten hungry and are too far from homes and towns to procure food. There is only a few baskets of bread and fish to feed this multitude, and they are worried about what to do.   Jesus tells them to have some faith and instructs them to start handing out their meager holdings.   Miraculously, the entire crowd is fed with food left over. The deep message in this story isn’t about Jesus’ miraculous power to feed the multitudes although it can be read that way.   At a mystical level, this is a spiritual teaching about how we might learn to give love and care to the world even when we feel incapable, lack faith, are uncertain that the small thing we are capable of doing can make a difference.   How often do we feel overwhelmed by the struggles in our lives, the sorrow...