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I am the Soul He said, “Sit down, Brother!"
Kabir was weaving cloth on the handloom. The work continued; it was midday and the Sun was at the hottest. Kabir suddenly asked his wife to bring along a lamp. When the wife came with a lamp he asked her to look for his shirt all around the house. The wife went all around the house with the lamp, but did not find the shirt. Kabir also made his son and daughter go through the same effort, but there was no shirt.
The youth thought, “This saint is wonderful! First of all he orders a search with a lamp in broad daylight, and his wife and children sincerely go through the search. Secondly, the poor saint has but one shirt, which he is wearing. Yet he makes them look for it and they do so tirelessly and without a trace of grumble. It seenis difficult to say who is the fool -- Kabir or his wife and children'. Later as it turned towards evening Kabir took the young man to a hillock on the outskirts of the village.
From the foothill he called, “Sir! Please come down!” After a couple of shouts the door to a hut on the hill opened and out stepped a very old fakir who seemed to be in his nineties. His body shivered, yet, just because Kabir had called, he slowly started climbing down using a stick for support. The hilly track was uneven and full of pebbles and thorns. Yet the old man came down slowly. After reaching the foothill, he saluted Kabir and asked, “Oh Mahatma! What can I do for you?”
“Ah nothing, nothing really, Sir! Please go back! There is nothing to do." And the old man turned about immediately. It was just when he had reached the hilltop and entered his hut and before he could take any rest, Kabir called him again. And he came down the same way as before. This happened thrice and the old man climbed down and was sent back as there was nothing to do. The old man went away. Now the youth watched this with surprise. He was unable to understand Kabir's behaviour. He
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