Once an aspiring spiritual man brought his 6 year old son to see Guru Nanak. After bowing to the guru, the man asked, "Guru ji, in your teachings you mention an infinite number of universes - perhaps it is asking for too much but would it be possible for me to see those with my own eyes?"
The guru smiled, "My dear friend, your subtle eyes that can see such subtle realms are not open yet. But your son’s spiritual eyes haven’t closed yet".
Saying that the guru placed his hand on the boy’s head; the boys’ eyes closed by themselves and he kept them shut for a few moments. When he opened them again, his father eagerly asked him what he saw and the boy replied, "I saw our world being a part of a circle of heavenly bodies, and that circle was inside another circle of even more heavenly bodies, and that circle too was inside another circle. It kept on going and on”, he blinked for a bit as if in a daze and added, “I never saw the last circle; … papa, I don't think there is one!"
God’s play is so vast that recording it in writing would be impossible; the mortal writer would perish before the recording can ever be complete.
----- Guru Nanak, Jap Ji, 22nd pauri
The guru smiled, "My dear friend, your subtle eyes that can see such subtle realms are not open yet. But your son’s spiritual eyes haven’t closed yet".
Saying that the guru placed his hand on the boy’s head; the boys’ eyes closed by themselves and he kept them shut for a few moments. When he opened them again, his father eagerly asked him what he saw and the boy replied, "I saw our world being a part of a circle of heavenly bodies, and that circle was inside another circle of even more heavenly bodies, and that circle too was inside another circle. It kept on going and on”, he blinked for a bit as if in a daze and added, “I never saw the last circle; … papa, I don't think there is one!"
God’s play is so vast that recording it in writing would be impossible; the mortal writer would perish before the recording can ever be complete.
----- Guru Nanak, Jap Ji, 22nd pauri
No comments:
Post a Comment