A fable
Someone sent me this following story. I'm not exactly sure what the meaning is, and yet the story had an impact. I showed it to a friend, and it seemed, anyway, that it made no special impression on her. It is kind of a mystical joke, I guess. Maybe it is one of those stories that can't quite be explained, or maybe it is a story with many meanings:
Long ago in India a mighty Monarch was to be honored in the great banquet hall. The Ministers were seated on the right, the provincial Kings on the left. The Noblemen, Generals and other titled dignitaries were assembled in their ceremonial robes according to rank. All was in readiness--only the central seat was vacant--everyone waited for the Monarch's entrance.
At that time, the door opened and a wandering ascetic came in off the street. He was dark and dusty. His hair was long and matted, and his clothes were in tatters. But his eyes were bright and he walked up the red carpet with such an air of authority that no-one dared challenge him. Who was he?
The stranger walked right up to the Monarch's vacant seat and sat down!
By this time, the Chief Minister came to his senses and leaned over to inquire.
"Sir, I do not recognize you--are you a nobleman?"
"No," said the ascetic, "I am more than that."
"Are you perhaps a King from the out-lying districts?"
"No, I am more than that."
"Are you the Monarch himself?"
"No, I am more than that."
The Chief Minister was getting annoyed. "Do you think you are Almighty God!?"
"No, I am more than that."
The Chief Minister was red in the face, "What! Nothing is greater than God!"
"Yes," said the ascetic, "I am that nothing."
Comments
This is just wonderful! God in His pure essence appearing to the expressions of Himself.
before there was God there was nothing. the ineffable, indescribable no thing from which all has been created. God was created and the original interpretation says that God was created and then created but God alone was still no thing as 1 is not a number 1x1=1 1divided by 1 = 1 and there is nothing else to compare yourself to. life began when God created another 0ne and man, animals and plants are 1+2+3+4 = 10 and the meaning of the number ten is that from the no thing or zero came the One and why that number is so important in our lives from commandments to fingers.
Beautiful story. I never heard it before.