{"id":295,"date":"2010-10-14T09:10:55","date_gmt":"2010-10-14T14:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/?p=295"},"modified":"2010-10-14T09:10:55","modified_gmt":"2010-10-14T14:10:55","slug":"the-answer-is-in-the-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/the-answer-is-in-the-question\/","title":{"rendered":"The answer is in the question"},"content":{"rendered":"

“When an ordinary man attains knowledge he is a sage; when a sage attains understanding he is an ordinary man.”
\n\u2013Zen Buddhism
\n<\/em>
\nKabir – The couplet<\/strong>
\n????? ???? ??????, ?? ?? ??? ???? |
\n????? ??????? ?? ?? ???, ???? ???? ? ??? ||<\/p>\n

transliterated:<\/strong>
\nSahib teri saahibi, sab ghat rahi samai |
\nJyon mehendi ke pat me, lali lakhi na jai||<\/p>\n

Translation:<\/strong>
\nO Lord, your Greatness exists and manifests everywhere|
\nJust as the dye in the Mehendi leaves, though red \u2013 shows not in the leaves that are green evne when ground to paste ||<\/p>\n

My understanding:<\/strong>
\nWe often tend to ask questions, and then expect the answer to find its way back to us. More often than not, the answer is right there, and the question is only a step in the path to the answer (goal).<\/p>\n

Our concept and structure of God uses a construct that says He is all powerful, and holds all powers and answers.<\/p>\n

In reality, man is a representative of that same construct \u2013 The Supreme Being. We have all of the solutions, all of the methods, all of the inventions locked away deep inside the folds of the brain. Every invention known to us, realized by us, every benefit, every glory, every achievement, came from the work of man.<\/p>\n

And yet we lament that God has not given us what we need? He has bestowed us with the ability, it is now our duty to visualize and realize the wealth that is inside of us.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the undoing of this quandary is in our current definition of God. If we were look on Him as the Supreme Teacher, instead of the Supreme Being, perhaps we would look to learn from him, instead of just waiting for his Blessings to shower on us (in reality, the showers never ceased \u2013 we are still able to read this letter and comprehend \u2013 right? If I can do this, then all my faculties are intact, which means God is right here with me, now and for ever.).<\/p>\n

All of this is is my own learning from the ocean of knowledge, at whose edge I sip \u2013 perhaps I do not comprehend this right? If so, all elders and teachers who are reading this, please correct my thinking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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