Most of us know the story .
Five blind men went to see an elephant.
One touched the leg of the elephant and said, “The elephant is like a pole.”
The second touched the trunk and said, “The elephant is like a thick club.”
The third touched the belly and said, “The elephant is like a big jar.”
The fourth touched the ear and said, “The elephant is like a big hand fan.”
The fifth touched the tail & said its like a rope.
Thus they began to quarrel amongst themselves as to the shape of the elephant.
A passer-by, seeing them thus quarrelling, said, “Why are you all quarrelling?” They told him the problem and asked him to be the judge.
The man said: “None of you has seen the elephant. The elephant is not like a pole; its legs are like poles. It is not like a thick club; its trunk is like a thick club. It is not like a big jar; its belly is like a big jar. It is not like a fan; its ear is like a fan. The elephant is all these --- legs, trunk, belly, ears, tail and much more.”
In the same way, those who argue about the nature of God have known only a small part of His Reality. In spirituality, the divine is as we experience it.
Trying to understand God or Self for with our senses of perception, we only learn that much.
Trying to understand God or Self for with our senses of perception, we only learn that much.
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