The devil was talking to his friends when they noticed a man walking along a road. They watched him pass and saw that he bent down to pick something up.
“What did he find?” asked one of the friends.
“A piece of Truth,” answered the devil.
The friends were very concerned. After all, a piece of Truth might save that man’s soul – one less in Hell.
But the devil remained unmoved, gazing at the…
“Some disciples are always asking where the truth is,” said Maal-El. “So one day I decided to point in one direction, trying to show them how important it is to follow a path, and not just to think about it.
“Instead of looking in the direction I had pointed, the man who had asked the question started examining my finger, trying to…
A man died far from his home, and in the portion of his will which he had available for bequest, he left in these words:
“Let the community where the land is situated take what they wish for themselvs, and let them give that which they wish to Arif the Humble.”
Now Arif was a young man at the time, who had far less apparent authority than anyone in the community. Therefore the elders took possession of whatever they wanted…
The disciple of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov went to him:
“I cannot talk to God.”
“This often happens,” said Nachman. “We feel that our lips are sealed, or that the words do not come. However, the simple fact that…
One day Mara, who is the ancient Buddhist god of ignorance and evil, was travelling through the villages of India with his attendants. Along the way, he noticed a man doing a walking meditation. The man’s face was lit up in wonder. Apparently, the man had just discovered something on the ground in front of him.
Mara’s attendants, noticing the glow emanating from the man, asked Mara what it was the man had discovered. Mara replied…
A great master was sitting on the seashore, on the beach, and a man who was seeking for truth came to him, touched his feet and asked, “If I am not disturbing you, I would like to do anything you suggest which can help me to find the truth.”
The master simply closed his eyes and remained silent. The man shook his head. He said in his own mind…
There once there was a thief whose job was to steal others’ belongings and valuable properties from their home and houses. His faith was strong and he believed that, in his entire life, he would never hear words of wisdom from any religious or spiritual preacher. He believed that by hearing even one word of knowledge, his business of robbery would become very weak and damaged.
One day, while he was going through a temple area…
A man dressed as a Sufi was walking along one day when he saw a dog on the road, which he struck hard with his staff. The dog, yelping with pain, ran to the great sage Abu-Said. Throwing himself at his feet and holding up his injured paw, he called for justice against the Sufi who had maltreated him so cruelly.
The wise one called them together. To the Sufi, he said…
There are some temples where God is worshipped as Mother. In one of these, in the state of Bengal, She is represented by a large stone image. The sculptor has carved in stone his idea of the Mother of the Universe, and many pious people, finding it attractive and inspiring, go there to pay their respects or make offerings.
One day an old monk who used a cane came into the temple. Approaching the altar he said, speaking aloud to God…
It was a sober atmosphere in the boardroom at Gnuchi and Gnichi. All around the large, oval, glass, table sat the directors and senior managers, each looking as glum as the next. “OK. We all know why we’re here” the chairman opened the crisis meeting “accounts 20% down, no new campaigns in the offering, the whole food sector gone soft and the first 6 months loss since this company started.
Come on, I’m paying you lot a fortune, what are we going to do about it?”
