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principle. Here take the money and chop of my nose. I am very keen to see the Lord.”
The barber cut off his nose.
He came running to the man without a nose and asked, “Now tell me where to look.” The man without a nose said, “Look above.” He looked above and said, “But... I am not able to see anything.” The man without a nose said, “Hush, keep quiet. Say you are able to behold the Lord. If you do not say that then you too will become inauspicious. Nobody will respect you. They will call you names. If, however, you say that you are able to see God then thousands of men will cut off their nose and fall within our category.” The second man understood the secret. He said aloud, “Wow! What a beautiful sight! The Lord Himself has appeared before me.” He started dancing. Now from one there were two men who did not have a nose. Even as they were dancing, their numbers multiplied to thousands.
The search for co-existence
This whole world works like that. Every person wishes that the other person speak the way he speaks. That other people walk as he does. That they wear
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