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Keep The Candle Lit
Swamiji's reply was largely a story:
I have received your letter. Just forget all about it; such things happen now and then. Don't take anything to heart. You will regain your place in time. Now you listen to this story: .
"Once
a
blind
swami
was
visiting
another
swami
in
his
kutiya
in
Uttarkashi.
While
they
were
talking,
night
slowly
descended
in
the
valley,
but
both
were
unaware
of
it
"By
and
by
the
guest
got
up
to
leave,
but
before
he
parted,
the
host
swami
gave
him
a
coconut
shell
with
a
lighted
candle
in
it
"Naturally,
the
departing
guest
protested,
,
What's
the
matter
with
you,
Swamiji?
You
know
I'm
blind.
To
me
night
and
day,
darkness
and
light
are
the
same.
So
why
have
you
given
me
this
lighted
candle
?
"No,no"
explained
the
host
:
"This
light
is
not
for
you,
Maharaj.
It
is
for
others
-
that
they
may
not
crash
into
you"
Satisfied,
the
sadhu
left,
carrying
the
light.
As the blind swami proceeded in the light of his prodding stick, cautiously moving forward, suddenly someone coming from the opposite direction bumped into him. 'Haven't you eyes, my man? Can't you see the candle light? How careless you are! cried the blind swami. The man merely said, "Your candle has gone out in the breeze. There is no light in your shell" And he walked away.
"Brahmachari, now you retire to a quiet place nearby and live for three weeks in study, japa, meditation, and one meal a day. Keep mauna. Learn again to smile within. The candle has no light now. It is only a shell that cannot help others.
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