Beyond Doubt

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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Khe asked a young man to explain to him, what the light was like.-1
The man tried to explain to him that the light is as white as milk and is also as white as the crane. The blind man then asked, "What is the crane like?" The man folded his hands and said that "One whose neck is bent like my folded hand is called crane." The blind man thanked the man, saying that he understood that the light is a crooked little thing. All the efforts of the man were in vain. The blind man finally got his eyes treated and his sight restored. The former blind man then saw the light with his own eyes and all his doubts regarding the nature of the light were cleared.
Just as you get to know the light only with the help of light, so also you can know the soul, only with the help of the soul. Only by experience you get to know the one who experiences and by "Guna" i.e. quality or virtue you know the one who possesses these qualities. One can never give the exact description of the soul however powerful language one may use. As it is also said :
"PIGUICI HERCURI fara HUT RUTA IL "
i.e. The verbocity is like a dense forest where the aspirant and listeners easily lose their path to perfection. For one who is desirous of self realization it is better that he does not get entangled in it. No one can explain to anyone the taste of ghee. One has to taste it in order to know the taste of ghee, so also the aspirant can experience the knowledge and infinite bliss of the soul only when he adheres to practice - Sadhana'
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