{"id":825,"date":"2025-06-26T10:19:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T15:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/?p=825"},"modified":"2025-06-26T10:19:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T15:19:32","slug":"not-every-pearl-lies-in-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/not-every-pearl-lies-in-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Every Pearl Lies in the Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><em>\u201cGenuine people are rare, and that's what makes them valuable.\u201d<br \/>\u2014 Unknown<\/em><br \/><br \/><strong>Kabir \u2013 The couplet<\/strong><br \/>\u0938\u092c \u092c\u0928 \u0924\u094b \u091a\u0902\u0926\u0928 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902, \u0938\u0942\u0930\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u0932 \u0928\u093e\u0939\u0940\u0902\u0964<br \/>\u0938\u092c \u0938\u092e\u0941\u0902\u0926\u0930 \u092e\u094b\u0924\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902, \u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u093e\u0927\u0941 \u091c\u0917 \u092e\u093e\u0939\u0940\u0902\u0965<br \/><br \/><strong>Transliterated:<\/strong><br \/>Sab ban to chandan nahi, shooran ke dal nahi |<br \/>Sab samundra moti nahi, yun sadhu jag mahi ||<br \/><br \/><strong>Translation:<\/strong><br \/>\u201cNot every forest is made of sandalwood, nor is every group full of heroes.<br \/>Not every ocean holds pearls \u2014 likewise, true saints are rare in the world.\u201d<br \/><br \/><strong>My understanding:<\/strong><br \/>Kabir reminds us: True wisdom is rare. Not everyone who speaks well is a guide. Not everyone who shines is gold. And often, the most convincing voices \u2014 the best-dressed, smoothest-talking, most persuasive \u2014 are the most dangerous.<br \/><br \/>They promise everything for nothing.<br \/><br \/>They offer shortcuts, sell instant truth, or guarantee salvation without effort.<br \/><br \/>But what they really sell is illusion \u2014 and when it shatters, all that remains is grief.<br \/><br \/>True Gurus don\u2019t promise the world \u2014<br \/>They guide you to see it clearly.<br \/>True Sadhus don\u2019t dazzle \u2014<br \/>They dissolve the ego and walk with silence and substance.<br \/><br \/>Discernment is the armor of the seeker.<br \/>Not every speaker is a statesman.<br \/>Not every robe hides a saint.<br \/><br \/>Look deeper. Choose wisely.<br \/><br \/>Because the cost of following the false is your very self.<br \/><br \/><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cGenuine people are rare, and that&#8217;s what makes them valuable.\u201d\u2014 UnknownKabir \u2013 The couplet\u0938\u092c \u092c\u0928 \u0924\u094b \u091a\u0902\u0926\u0928 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902, \u0938\u0942\u0930\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u0932 \u0928\u093e\u0939\u0940\u0902\u0964\u0938\u092c \u0938\u092e\u0941\u0902\u0926\u0930 \u092e\u094b\u0924\u0940 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902, \u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u093e\u0927\u0941 \u091c\u0917 \u092e\u093e\u0939\u0940\u0902\u0965Transliterated:Sab ban to chandan nahi, shooran ke dal nahi |Sab samundra moti nahi, yun sadhu jag mahi ||Translation:\u201cNot every forest is made of sandalwood, nor is every&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kabir","category-philosophy","category-philosophy-and-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":826,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions\/826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.akella.org\/mani\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}