Passage 9

In English

Those who are close to God gets His grace

In order to prevent a war between the and , played the role of an envoy. felt that the were successful because of the support of and hatched a number of plans to get hold of and do away with him when he came to . was aware of these plans. entered the Assembly of the along with . The blind king addressed and said: "The and the are cousins. When they are children of two brothers, you should have the same attitude towards them. Why are you prejudiced against the ? Why do you love the ?" replied: "! You are not merely suffering from physical blindness, mentally also you are blind. I shower my grace on those who take refuge in Me. The one who is close to a fire gets both warmth and light. The have been close to the fire. They are getting the wisdom and the grace in the form of light and fire. The are staying far from the fire." Here fire refers to , the fire of wisdom. The were near and dear to . To whom can you compare them? In our body the head is very important. Next the shoulder, the stomach, and the legs. The body consists of these four parts, but it is useless without the heart. told : "Oh blind king, I am giving the analogy of a body with reference to the . In this body, may be compared to the head, to the shoulders, to the stomach and and to the legs.. In it, is the heart. Without , there are no . Without the them is no . That is the kind of mutual relationship between them. They are mutually interdependent."