Mind is Like a Parachute

“Will be replaced free if failed to open,” was the offer made by a Parachute Company! Who will be there to claim the free parachute, if your parachute did not open after you jumped from a plane flying so high? Human mind is like a parachute. It functions best when fully open. Closed minds like closed parachutes cause sure disasters. The more open one's mind, the more understanding and helpful one becomes in life. Most of the problems in the world today are caused by people with narrow minds and limited world views. The broader our minds and world views, the more effective instruments of peace and happiness we become. It was Swami Ranganathananda of the Ramakrishna Mission who taught me this 'parachute spirituality'. He was my third guru. I could understand the 'parachute spirituality' well and fast because I had been in a flying profession for long. It inspired me to think of an 'Unbound Christ' and 'Open Christianity' which are central to my mission and message today.