Cosmic Humor!

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There was once a holy man who died and went to heaven. He approached the Pearly

Gates and knocked. God came out and asked, "What do you want?" The holy man

replied, "I am your servant. I have come." God said, "Sorry, there is no room

for you here. You can't come in. Goodbye."

 

The holy man sat down and started to gaze in silence to ponder this. "Why won't

God let me in? I've been good. I've practiced the scriptures." He pondered

this for six months. Finally, he said to himself, "I've got the answer." He

knocked on the door and God came to the gate. He said, "Let me in. I'm your

humble servant. The one who has chanted Your name for centuries, who has bowed

to You, who has prayed to You." God said, "I'm sorry, there is no room for you

here." Again, he closed the door. This time the holy man became completely

upset. He didn't know what the problem was. He had been a good person, a holy

person. Why won't that guy let me in? He said to himself, "I'm going to sit

here forever if I have to, until I come up with the right answer."

 

Centuries passed and he pondered. [Remember, he was dead anyway, so it didn't

matter.] After this long period of pondering why he hadn't been let in, he

paused and asked himself, "Wait a minute, who is this "I" who wants to get into

heaven" Who is the "I" that chanted God's name? Who practiced the scriptures?

Who am I?"

 

All of sudden, he started laughing. The answer came. He got up and knocked on

the door of heaven. God came to the door and said, "Who is this?" The holy

man said, "It is Thou." God opened the gate and said, "Come in, my son. There

never was enough room in here for both Me and you."

 

[so it is with us. We claim we want to be Self-realized. We don't realize we are

already Self-realized. We just have to let go of the belief that "I am the

doer".]

 

Taken from book, "Silence of the Heart" by Robert Adams