Guest guest Posted June 15, 2000 Report Share Posted June 15, 2000 NATURE OF GOD Once a man entered a wood and saw a small animal on a tree. He came back and told another man that he had seen a creature of a beautiful red color on a certain tree. The second man replied : " When I went into the wood, I also saw that animal. But why do you call it red? It is green. " Another man who was present contradicted them both and insisted that it was yellow. Presently, others arrived and contended that it was grey, violet, blue and so forth and so on. Atlast they started quarreling among themselves. To settle the dispute they all went to the tree. They saw a man sitting under it. On being asked, he replied: " Yes, I live under this tree and I know the animal very well. All your descriptions are true. Sometimes, it appears red, sometimes yellow and at other times blue, violet, grey and so forth. It is a Chameleon. And sometimes it has no colour at all. Now it has a colour and now it has none. Similarly, one who constantly thinks of God can know His real nature; he alone knows that God reveals Himself to seekers in various forms and aspects. God has attributes; then He has none. Only the man who lives under the tree knows that the Chameleon can appear in various colours, and he knows further that the animal at times has no colour at all. It is the others who suffers from the agony of futile argument. -Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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