Only A Visitor – A Jewish Spiritual Story by Anthony de Mello

In the last century, a tourist from the States visited the famous Polish rabbi Hafez Hayyim. He was astonished to see that the rabbi's home was only a simple room filled with books. The only furniture was a table and a bench.

“Rabbi, where is your furniture?” asked the tourist.

“Where is yours?” replied Hafez.

“Mine? But I'm only a visitor here.”

“So am I,” said the rabbi.

This is from The Song of The Bird, a book of spiritual stories by Anthony de Mello