Humility

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Recently on this list there was some mention of humility. I found a

very interesting anecdote on humiliation, that I will share here:

 

THE VISION WAS GRANTED

Dr. Abdul Ghani Munsiff

There lived a saint Syed Hasan Rasul-mema who was well-known as an adept

in giving spiritual aspirants a vision of the Prophet Mohammed. His wife

once requested him to give her, too, such a vision. The saint agreed and

asked her to prepare herself by bathing and adorning herself with

beautiful garments and jewelry as befitting a bridal occasion. The wife

was delighted and busied herself accordingly.

 

In the meanwhile, her brother came to the house and the saint said to

him: "Go and see what your sister is doing. Is it befitting her age that

she occupies herself thus? I have become old now and indifferent to such

enticements. Is she thinking of marrying again?"

 

The brother was shocked to find his sister in fact dressed like a bride

and taunted her: "Are you in your proper senses? What is the meaning of

making yourself up as a bride at your age? You must be surely mad. Or

perhaps your husband is right and you are thinking of a second

marriage."

 

The saint's wife crumpled up completely at being made to look such a

fool, and in a fit of anger and intense disappointment, she shattered

her bangles, tore her clothes and burst into uncontrollable tears and

wails. After a time, she became exhausted and fell into sleep; and in

that sleep she had a vision of the Prophet Mohammed.

 

She woke very cheerful and happy, and told her husband of the

experience. But she asked him why he had treated her as he did. He

replied: "You had pride in your heart. You never really believed that I

was capable of giving to anyone a vision of the Prophet. In the

situation I created, you were humiliated, and as soon as that occurred,

the vision was granted. In the same way the aspirant never achieves the

Goal as long as the ego is active within him in any form."

 

 

IT SO HAPPENED..., ed. William Le Page, pp. 96-97

Copyright 1978 Meher Baba Foundation

 

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