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Video Information: 31st Advait Learning Camp, 1.5.17, Jim Corbett National Park, Uttrakhand, India
Context:
~ What is invisibility?
~ What are sufi powers?
~ What is love?
~ How do we recognise people?
~ If we don't act on patterns then can we be loyal
Sufi Story: The Sufi powers of invisibility
It happened that a well known Sufi was asked, ‘What is invisibility?’
And he said, ‘I shall answer that when an opportunity for a demonstration occurs.’
Some time later, the man and the one who had asked him the question were stopped by a band of soldiers. And the soldiers said, ‘We have orders to take all dervishes into custody — for the king of this country says that they will not obey his commands and that they say things which are not welcome to the tranquility of the thought of the populace.’
And the Sufi said, ‘And so you should, for you must do your duty.’
‘But are you not Sufis?’ said the soldiers.
‘Test us,’ said the Sufi.
The officer took out a Sufi book….
– a book that is tremendously respected by the Sufis. It is called THE BOOK OF THE BOOKS. It has only a few sentences written in it, otherwise it is empty.
‘What is this?’ the Sufi Master said.
– as if he had not even recognized the book. The soldiers had brought the book which will be a sign of a Sufi — the moment the Sufi sees THE BOOK OF THE BOOKS he will bow down. It is a great treasure.
The Sufi Master said, ‘What is this?’
– as if he did not recognize the book.
The Sufi looked at the title page. ‘It is something which I will burn in front of you,’ said the Master, ‘since you have not already done so.’ He set light to the book and the soldiers rode away satisfied.
The Sufi’s companion asked, ‘What was the purpose of that action?’
‘To make us invisible,’ said the sufi. ‘For to the man of the world, visibility means that you look like something or someone he expects you to resemble. If you look different your true nature becomes invisible to him.’
The Sufi Master is saying, ‘I have become invisible to these soldiers because they could not believe that a Sufi could burn THE BOOK. They have a certain expectation — that the Sufis revere THE BOOK. The moment I burned THE BOOK we were no longer Sufis. I had become invisible to him. ‘
And that’s how Sufis become invisible to people.
Music Credits: Milind Date
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Video Information: 31st Advait Learning Camp, 1.5.17, Jim Corbett National Park, Uttrakhand, India
Context:
~ What is invisibility?
~ What are sufi powers?
~ What is love?
~ How do we recognise people?
~ If we don't act on patterns then can we be loyal
Sufi Story: The Sufi powers of invisibility
It happened that a well known Sufi was asked, ‘What is invisibility?’
And he said, ‘I shall answer that when an opportunity for a demonstration occurs.’
Some time later, the man and the one who had asked him the question were stopped by a band of soldiers. And the soldiers said, ‘We have orders to take all dervishes into custody — for the king of this country says that they will not obey his commands and that they say things which are not welcome to the tranquility of the thought of the populace.’
And the Sufi said, ‘And so you should, for you must do your duty.’
‘But are you not Sufis?’ said the soldiers.
‘Test us,’ said the Sufi.
The officer took out a Sufi book….
– a book that is tremendously respected by the Sufis. It is called THE BOOK OF THE BOOKS. It has only a few sentences written in it, otherwise it is empty.
‘What is this?’ the Sufi Master said.
– as if he had not even recognized the book. The soldiers had brought the book which will be a sign of a Sufi — the moment the Sufi sees THE BOOK OF THE BOOKS he will bow down. It is a great treasure.
The Sufi Master said, ‘What is this?’
– as if he did not recognize the book.
The Sufi looked at the title page. ‘It is something which I will burn in front of you,’ said the Master, ‘since you have not already done so.’ He set light to the book and the soldiers rode away satisfied.
The Sufi’s companion asked, ‘What was the purpose of that action?’
‘To make us invisible,’ said the sufi. ‘For to the man of the world, visibility means that you look like something or someone he expects you to resemble. If you look different your true nature becomes invisible to him.’
The Sufi Master is saying, ‘I have become invisible to these soldiers because they could not believe that a Sufi could burn THE BOOK. They have a certain expectation — that the Sufis revere THE BOOK. The moment I burned THE BOOK we were no longer Sufis. I had become invisible to him. ‘
And that’s how Sufis become invisible to people.
Music Credits: Milind Date
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00:00 It happened that a well-known Sufi was asked, "What is invisibility?" and he said, "I
00:07 shall answer that when an opportunity for a demonstration occurs."
00:14 Sometime later, the man and the one who had asked him the question were stopped by a band
00:21 of soldiers.
00:22 And the soldiers said, "We have orders to take all the dervishes into custody.
00:28 For the king of this country says that they will not obey his command and that they say
00:34 things which are not welcome to the tranquility of the thought of the populace."
00:39 And the Sufi said, "And so you should, for you must do your duty."
00:45 "But are you not Sufis?" said the soldier.
00:48 "Test us," said the Sufi.
00:51 The officer took out a Sufi book, a book that is tremendously respected by the Sufis.
00:57 It is called the Book of the Books.
01:00 It has only a few sentences written in it, otherwise it is empty.
01:05 "What is this?" the Sufi master said, as if he had not even recognized the book.
01:13 The soldiers had brought the book which will be a sign of a Sufi.
01:17 The moment the Sufi sees the Book of the Books, he will bow down.
01:21 It is a great treasure.
01:23 The Sufi master said, "What is this?" as if he did not recognize the book.
01:28 The Sufi looked at the title page.
01:30 "It is something which I will burn in front of you," said the master.
01:34 "Since you have not already done so," he said light to the book and the soldiers rode away satisfied.
01:42 The Sufi's companion asked, "What was the purpose of that action?"
01:46 "To make us invisible," said the Sufi, "for to the man of the world, invisibility means that you look into something or someone he expects you to resemble.
01:58 If you look different, your true nature becomes invisible to him."
02:03 The Sufi master is saying, "I have become invisible to these soldiers because they could not believe that a Sufi could burn the book.
02:14 They have a certain expectation that the Sufis revered the book.
02:19 The moment I burned the book, we were no longer Sufis.
02:24 I had become invisible to them."
02:27 And that's how Sufis became invisible to people.
02:30 We recognize people only based on patterns.
02:41 So the best way not to recognize is to not to follow the pattern.
02:52 That's a simple thing.
02:59 But a more important thing that comes from here is the issue of loyalty, commitment, worship, respect, surrender.
03:14 These are not things of display.
03:21 Your faith cannot be so shallow that you cannot even burn your sacred book.
03:40 Your faith must be so deep that you don't mind burning your most worshipped book.
03:50 Your faith must be so deep that you have no problems in smashing your most respected idol.
04:00 Your loyalty to the truth must be so deep that you must have no problems in being disloyal to anybody or anything.
04:19 After all, the book is just a proxy for the truth.
04:26 If you are surrendered to the truth, then you should have no problems burning the book.
04:33 I already have that which the book is pointing towards.
04:39 Now of what use is the book to me?
04:42 I can easily burn the book.
04:45 But the people of the world do not have that which the book points towards.
04:51 So for them, the book remains very precious and hence they cannot burn the book.
04:57 Are you getting this?
05:00 You are using your mobile phone, the GPS to reach a particular place.
05:11 You do not know that place.
05:13 And the battery is getting discharged.
05:17 It troubles you so much.
05:21 You are steadfastly holding on to your phone because your phone will guide you to that place.
05:29 Once you have reached that place, do you bother whether or not the phone is still charged?
05:36 Or whether or not the GPS is still working?
05:39 Books are like GPS.
05:42 Real Sufi is the one who is already at the destination.
05:47 What will he do with the GPS?
05:49 The signs of fidelity, loyalty that the world expects from a really spiritual man will never be found.
06:07 In fact, the life of the really spiritual man will always be the life of an infidel.
06:14 You look at him superficially and all that you will find is disloyalty.
06:21 He will never be committed.
06:23 He will never belong.
06:25 Once you are committed to the truth, how can you be committed to anything else?
06:31 So superficially it will look as if he is a rolling stone.
06:37 Going from this place to that place, never settling anywhere, never really belonging, never really getting owned.
06:49 You are getting this?
07:01 So the Sufis did what they did.
07:03 They burnt down their own holy book.
07:08 If a newcomer, a novice looks at them, he will say these are real apostates.
07:18 Such highly religious people.
07:22 They deserve to be stoned to death.
07:27 They are burning down the holy book.
07:30 But they are not committed to the book.
07:36 I repeat, they are committed to the truth.
07:40 That is the hook point, sir.
07:44 You getting it?
07:48 You know what, we remain caught because we do not have the guts in us to become disloyal.
08:00 Our first mistake is that we commit and sell ourselves at the wrong place to the wrong person.
08:10 That is the first mistake we make.
08:13 And the second and the bigger mistake is once we have committed, we don't have the guts to uncommit ourselves.
08:24 We say now I have committed, it is for life, how can I now go back on my promise?
08:32 Will you continue to further the mistake that you once made in your ignorance?
08:42 The Sufis will not do that.
08:45 The Sufis do not commit.
08:49 And if they were once committed to the book, now they know that they are beyond the book.
08:54 So they have no problems burning it down.
08:57 We need a little infidelity.
09:08 We do not need more honesty from ourselves.
09:11 We need a little cheating.
09:17 Because being honest to dishonesty is worse than dishonesty.
09:26 Are you getting it?
09:29 If you are extremely honest to Hitler, what are you doing?
09:36 Being honest to dishonesty is worse than dishonesty.
09:42 If Hitler could wreak havoc on this world, it was because there were idiots who were very very honest to him and committed to him and loyal to him.
09:52 We need more people who can be dishonest.
10:00 Are you getting this?
10:07 We need more people who can cheat and lie and deceive.
10:22 By not cheating the cheat, what are you trying to do?
10:30 By being truthful to the liar, what are you trying to do?
10:53 Is commitment about continuing to commit the same mistake?
11:02 The same mistake that you have been committing since years.
11:06 That is our definition of commitment.
11:09 I will commit the same mistake again and again.
11:24 You are saying that I am teaching dishonesty.
11:39 I used to watch movies. There was a movie in which there was a man called Hamzat Khan.
11:54 He had arrested Vitab Bachchan.
11:59 He was beaten up.
12:02 He was told to tell the truth.
12:05 He was tortured.
12:07 There were movies where the police arrest someone and torture them.
12:13 He was not telling the truth and was being tortured.
12:16 I could not understand.
12:19 I used to think why he is not saying anything.
12:24 Say anything.
12:27 But here you are showing honesty.
12:32 How can I lie?
12:37 In front of whom are you showing honesty?
12:49 You are afraid to lie in front of liars.
12:54 You are saying that he is torturing you.
12:56 How can I lie to him?
12:58 I could not understand.
13:01 You can say anything and leave.
13:08 Sometimes he used to kill me.
13:11 He said that I will die and will not open my mouth.
13:15 Why?
13:19 Is truth so cheap that you will keep offering it to all the false people?
13:27 Truth must have some value.
13:29 Truth is for the true ones.
13:34 Or you will keep offering truth in front of everyone.
13:50 He did not lie in this story.
13:54 He asked who are you?
13:56 Are you Sufis?
13:57 Do you know this book?
13:58 He said no.
13:59 This is the biggest enemy of spirituality.
14:07 Morality.
14:08 I could not understand that too.
14:29 When he used to beat me a lot,
14:32 I used to say that he is telling the truth.
14:35 I said okay.
14:39 I surrendered.
14:43 But after that he used to tell the truth.
14:46 But why?
14:53 What is the logic behind it?
14:56 I have promised that I will tell the truth.
14:58 Who are you protecting your promise to?
15:02 The people who are beating you.
15:05 You have promised them and you are saying that you will keep your promise.
15:11 You are not understanding my sign.
15:14 You have promised the people who are beating you and you are still keeping your promise.
15:21 Why?
15:23 Am I saying this?
15:29 No, no.
15:40 The third chapter of Gita is the eleventh verse.
15:43 It is very beautiful.
15:48 I protect the one who protects me.
15:55 The one who sees only lies in the world, Krishna will come to him as a liar.
16:05 You serve the truth in front of the liars.
16:10 This shows that you do not value the truth.
16:14 You are disloyal to the truth.
16:22 There is only one loyalty, loyalty towards the truth.
16:26 There is no other loyalty.
16:29 (coughing)
16:57 It will be like this.
16:59 Your son has eaten aphim.
17:01 Your mother says, "I swear on my head, tell him."
17:04 He tells you.
17:06 Your aphim has not come down yet.
17:11 If it had come down, you would have told me.
17:15 (laughter)
17:25 What do you all do?
17:27 You say, "Even if we know the truth, what can we do?
17:31 We have committed to lying."
17:34 Yes or no?
17:37 This is your last compulsion.
17:41 You say, "Even if we know the truth, what can we do?
17:45 We have committed to lying."
17:48 What kind of commitment is this?
17:51 (dog barking)
18:01 (MultiCom Jingle)