Meditation and Enlightenment

Author(s): Chandraprabh
Publisher: Jityasha Foundation

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48/ Meditation and Enlightenment : Chandr Prabh
Dream is consolation, and every consolation is a lie. A man goes on pulling life forward, holding the rope of falsehood. Falsehood has become so intimate with man that he can not live without falsehood.
It is said that an emperor purchased some ordinary cloth at an expensive rate. The minister did not like it. He said, I can weave such a cloth as would be admired by every sensible person, but it would take months of time and excessive money. The emperor curiously permitted the minister to weave that kind of cloth.
It was the day of Holi (the Indian festival of colour). The minister said : “Your Majesty ! The dress is ready. The emperor thought it fit to wear such an expensive garment in presence of the courtiers. The minister began to dress him up with the new garment. The minister was making such gestures with his hands as if he was attiring the emperor.
But the courtiers were aghast, astonished too. Neither was there any garment, nor cloth. There was only acting. The minister inquired of the courtiers : "How did you like this dress ?"
None dared to speak out the truth. Would any one like to be called a fool ? Because, only 'sensible persons' were supposed to appreciate it.
Everybody said : "Excellent ! Extremely beautiful !! A novelty, indeed !!!"
The emperor said : “Since all of you are admiring, this dress has been decidedly made the finest. I must award the minister." But when the emperor looked at himself in the mirror........? The emperor said: “What is this?”
This
The minister said, "I pray your pardon for the mischief. is the truth. There is no dress better than nudity."
The light of life rests on truth, not on falsehood. It depends not on hope, but on existence. Existence is the truth; to accept existence is to believe the existence of God. Dream is atheism.