the oath

a man who was trouble in mind once swore that if his problems were solved he would sell his house and give all the money gained from it to the poor .the time came when he realized that he must redeem his oath. but he did not want to give away so much money.so he thought of a way out he put the house on sale at one silver piece included with the house however was a cat. the price asked for this animal was ten thousand pieces of silver another man bought the and cat the first man gave the single piece of silver to the poor and pocketed the ten thousand for himself many people's minds work like this they resolve to follow a teaching;but they interpet thier relationship with it to their own advantage until they learn to over come this they cannot learn at all