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Three good Sufi quips for pondering and contemplation.
The Meaning
A man who had spent many years trying to puzzle out the meaning of Truth went to a Sufi and told him about his search.
The Sufi said: "Go away and ponder this - IHMN."
The man went away. When he came back, the Sufi was dead. "Now I shall never know the Truth!" moaned the puzzler.
At that moment the Sufi's chief disciple appeared.
"If," he said, "You are worrying about the secret meaning of IHMN, I will tell you. It is the initials of Persian phrase 'In huruf maani nadarand' - These letters have no meaning.'"
"But why should I have been given such a task?" cried the puzzling man.
"Because, when a donkey comes to you, you give him cabbages. That is his nutrition, no matter what he calls it. Donkeys probably think that they are doing something far more significant than eating cabbages."
Point of View
A man met another, who was handsome, intelligent and elegant. He asked him who he was. The other said: 'I am the Devil.'
'But you cannot be,' said the first man, 'for the devil is evil and ugly.'
'My friend,' said Satan, 'you have been listening to my detractors.'
Key to Happiness
Once, a very rich man was searching for real happiness and bliss. He had much money and he was ready to offer any amount of this money to anybody who could give him a key.
He went from one teacher to another, but nobody could supply him with happiness. He was ready to pay any price; that was not a problem at all.
He was carrying a big load of diamonds in a bag and he would put the bag before a Master and he would say, "Now take this, but tell me the secret of bliss."
Then he came to a Sufi teacher. The Sufi was sitting under a tree. The rich man came on his horse with his famous bag – it had become famous all over the country – and he put the bag before the Master and said, "I am in search of happiness and I am ready to pay anything. Here are many diamonds. You can take them, but give me happiness."
And the Sufi Master did something. Sufis are the people who do. Rather than answering, they create a situation. The Master simply jumped upon the bag and ran away!
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