Become Empty First! – From the book "Guaranteed Solutions" by Paramahamsa Nithyananda.

A learned professor from the West went to meet a Zen master in the East, in Japan.

The professor had done a lot of research in many areas of study.

He went to meet the master to get some spiritual knowledge, to understand spirituality in a better fashion. He arrived at the master's place and found the master brewing tea.

The master saw him and gestured to sit, and continued to brew tea.

The professor sat down and after a while, started talking of his background, of all his studies, his discoveries, his travels around the world, his experiences with different people, his conclusions on various subjects and what not. The master finished brewing the tea and placed two cups between them.

He began pouring tea into the professor's cup. He poured and poured and slowly the cup started overflowing. The tea spilt over the saucer and flowed onto the table.

The professor was watching what was happening.

He could not contain himself any more.

He screamed out, 'Master, what are you doing? Stop

pouring! The cup is overflowing!'

The master stopped and calmly said, 'So are you.'