This is a problem that reputedly emerged in India many centuries ago, but could just as easily have been encountered anywhere else in the world.In order to meditate in solitude & silence, a hermit & his acolyte used one room of a small dwelling where they lived. in those days, with no electricity, one depended entirely on natural daylight. Unfortunately, this room had only one window, & very little light seemed to enter through it. The acolyte decided to measure the window opening & reported back to his master that it was only 1 metre by 1 metre.
Unperturbed, the master said he would fix the problem very shortly. He took his tools & worked on the window so that now twice as much light entered the room.
However, when the acolyte went back & measured the window opening, he found that it was still 1 metre by 1 metre!
How could this have been possible?
[A vital clue from Say Keng: The master reads Edward de bono's books. In other words, he is a lateral thinker.]
[from 'Braindancing: Brain-blazing Practical Techniques in Creativity for Immediate Application', by Dilip Mukerjea. All images in this post are the intellectual property of Dilip Mukerjea.]
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