Once upon a time there was a puppet made of salt who had traveled a long time through dry and desert places until one evening he came upon a sea which he had never before seen and didn’t know what it was.
The puppet asked the sea: “What are you?”
“I am the sea” it replied.
“But” the puppet insisted “What is the sea”.
“I am”.
“I don’t understand” said the puppet made of salt.
“I want very much to understand what I can do to know you!”
The sea replied “That’s easy, touch me!”
The salt puppet timidly touched the sea with the tip of his toes. At that moment he realized that the sea began to make itself perceptible, but at the same time he noticed the tips of his toes had disappeared.
“What have you done to me?” he cried to the sea.
”You have given a little yourself to understand me” the sea replied.
Slowly the salt puppet began to walk into the sea with great solemnity as though he were about to perform the most important act of his life. The further he moved along, the more he dissolved but at the same time he had the impression that he knew more and more about the sea.
Again and again the puppet asked “What is the sea?” until the wave covered him completely. Finally, when he got completely dissolved and got one with the water, he exclaimed, “The sea is me” THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS WHEN YOU KNOW GOD , YOU AUTOMATICALLY SAY : “THE GOD IS ME”
The puppet asked the sea: “What are you?”
“I am the sea” it replied.
“But” the puppet insisted “What is the sea”.
“I am”.
“I don’t understand” said the puppet made of salt.
“I want very much to understand what I can do to know you!”
The sea replied “That’s easy, touch me!”
The salt puppet timidly touched the sea with the tip of his toes. At that moment he realized that the sea began to make itself perceptible, but at the same time he noticed the tips of his toes had disappeared.
“What have you done to me?” he cried to the sea.
”You have given a little yourself to understand me” the sea replied.
Slowly the salt puppet began to walk into the sea with great solemnity as though he were about to perform the most important act of his life. The further he moved along, the more he dissolved but at the same time he had the impression that he knew more and more about the sea.
Again and again the puppet asked “What is the sea?” until the wave covered him completely. Finally, when he got completely dissolved and got one with the water, he exclaimed, “The sea is me” THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS WHEN YOU KNOW GOD , YOU AUTOMATICALLY SAY : “THE GOD IS ME”
Practicing the Presence of God
God is approachable. Talking of Him and listening to His words in the scriptures, thinking of Him, feeling His presence in meditation, you will see that gradually the Unreal becomes real, and this world which you think is real will be seen as unreal. There is no joy like that realization.
—Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda, “Man’s Eternal Quest”
—Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda, “Man’s Eternal Quest”
From: Vishal - a pure soul like You.
