The illusions of the ego in the disciple and in the teacher [IB9-1]

Fable of the holy man
One day Krsna was sitting in the middle of a meadow, and with a peacock feather he played with the ants that passed among the flowers, while he listened with amusement to the laughter, and the games, and the songs of the devas who surrounded him in celebration; but in the midst of that cheering multitude Krsna felt a silence.

Listening intently, he found that his favorite deva was in a corner, detached from the others, thoughtful; she then she approached him and asked him: "My son, what is it that troubles you, why are you silent like this?".

«My father, it's been a long time since io I am here in your presence and I observe you, it is a long time since I adored you, I love you, that I serve you with passion, with affection; in spite of all this, in spite of the love I feel for you, I have been wondering for some time if you are really what I think you are or if there is, instead, some other being who is more than you, that he is holier than you are, that he is more God than you appear ... and this evil thought, my Father, torments me constantly ».

Krsna, always playing with the peacock feather, smiled between sé amused by the doubts of his beloved son; he then said to him: "Do you have any idea, perhaps, that makes you think what you are saying?" Have you perhaps met, in your wandering in my service, someone who appeared to you as much and perhaps more than what I am and perhaps this thought of yours, this doubt of yours was born from this encounter? ».

Blushing a little shamefully, the deva replied: "I must confess to you, Father, that on one of the last trips I made within the physical world I met, in a small remote country, a man whose holiness was known by all for kilometers and kilometers; this man lives in strict asceticism inside a cave, he has nothing, he has no wealth, he has no money, he is not tempted by the pleasures of the flesh, he does not love frivolity, and he always and only feeds on the bowl of water and the bowl of rice his devotees bring him. Around him there is a sweet, serene, peaceful atmosphere; I do not say, Father, that this man can really be as you are, however, comparing at times your almost childish behavior, your sometimes cruel jokes, your desire to laugh, to play, with serenity and calmness of this man, I feel the doubt that I have just told you arise in me ».

Krsna put the peacock feather in his hair and then said, “My son, if you have this doubt, it is right that I try to help you in some way. Let's go together, then, to meet this person so holy ».

And with a simple snap of their fingers, they both found themselves, invisible, in this holy man's cave.

The man sat in a meditative position, motionless, with his knees crossed and his hands relaxed on his thighs; in front of him a bowl of water and a bowl of rice and silent people, gathered in prayer and meditation.

The deva turned to his lord with a silent but eloquent look that said: "You see, you too see what a holy man this is!" but in Krsna's eyes there was neither devotion nor amazement, only irony and malice; he took off the peacock feather from his hair and waved it for a moment in the air, then snapped his fingers and walked away, leaving the deva in his place.

The latter was disconcerted for a moment, but, knowing the sometimes incomprehensible behavior of his lord, he thought of remaining next to that holy man for a while longer.

As time passed, however, something strange was happening: here the holy man began to turn red in the face, drops of sweat began to descend down his forehead and cheeks, his hands contracted more and more often as if a sudden restlessness had entered him.

The hours passed and the devotees who were meditating next to the old man all went away except one who continued with his faith to pray; all of a sudden even this one faithful remaining had a moment of weariness and closed his eyes.

Quickly the holy man slipped a hand into her lap and brought it to his mouth, then returned to the starting position before the faithful opened his eyes, the redness disappeared from his cheeks, the sweat stopped running from his forehead and his hands remained still, motionless, as always.

The deva then thought of returning to Krsna to ask him what he had done to that holy man.
Krsna was still waiting for him sitting in the meadow, indifferently playing with his peacock feather.

«My father, forgive my impertinence, but I have had the impression that you have somehow amused yourself with that old man, and this does not seem to me a right or beautiful thing to do; I would say, on the contrary, that your behavior justifies the thoughts I manifested to you, while you said you would try to dispel my doubt. Therefore, I would like you to explain to me if, eventually, I have not understood something ».

Krsna stopped playing with the peacock feather, looked his deva in the eye and said, “My dear, I have done nothing so strange, nothing you can think against that man; my small gesture only served to make a small walnut of betel».

The servant, surprised, remained silent for a moment, then understood the teaching that Krsna had given him, bowed his head to his lap and wept for forgiveness.

A doubt should have assailed you from the very first words of that fable; one question, he should have been nagging you: why the "favorite deva"? He didn't pester you, I guess. Let's hear, why? Scifo

D - It seems to me that we had said that he was not entirely convinced; hence the most needy among the devas of Krsna, the one who still had some doubts.

Yes, let's say that up to a certain point even such an explanation may be fine, even if, however, it was not so much the fact that he was not completely convinced of the nature of his Teacher what made him the "favorite deva," as well as the fact that this deva clearly manifests that he has not yet come to the end of his evolution.

Unlike the other devas who are now in harmony with Reality and, therefore, they play happily in their state of blissful existence, this deva still needs to find God, he still needs, therefore, a Master and, as always, the true Master is the one who does not surround himself with those who gratify him, who praise him, who exalt him, who blindly believe in him, but particular his attention to those people who are instead tormented by doubts, problems.

Q - I wanted to ask: why "a" favorite?

Because the favorite deva - who, in fact, is always called, in the various fables in which he presents himself, "favorite deva" without a name - it represents all humanity that needs the Master, of God; he is not "a" deva. In reality it is a symbol to represent humanity in need, a humanity that has yet to understand, incarnate, live, and drag its existence, life after life, until it reaches the Truth.

We come to these blessed illusions. You have rightly said that there are, in this fable, two creatures who delude themselves: the holy man and the favorite deva. In reality there are not only these two figures who delude themselves, but there are many others ... or not?

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D - Yes, the disciples.

Certainly, which are no less important in the discussion of the illusions of the ego!
If, in fact, it is true that the deva is still driven by his own non-understanding of Reality, and therefore he is still somehow seeking this Reality, this Truth, and is trying to make the right choices, in the right way (in what at least he believes it may be right), and tries to understand, to get to the bottom of the reality of things to facilitate his own path, his own possibility of choosing in the best way;

and if it is equally true that the holy man demonstrates with the facts that he is not a holy man and that he too is subject to the games of the ego, it is equally (if not more) true that they are subject even more to this illusion of the ego all those who approach the presumed ("presumed", in this case) Master, and who therefore try to take from him all that, according to them, emanates.

Let's see this for a moment first holy man: it represents, in the context of the cycle that we have just begun, not so much the researcher as the people to whom the researcher, in the spiritualistic field, turns.
In fact, your magazines, your books and, often, your speeches, are full of holy men: there are those who materialize things, there are those who heal, there are those who make great speeches, and on and on and on … It would seem, to hear about in certain circles, that in reality there is nothing to worry about the situation of humanity, as there are so many holy men! Were it so, creatures!

Instead, precisely in the field of spirituality, due to that ambivalence of everything that, as you know, is so dear to me, there is a mass of people, of individuals, who are subjected to the illusions of their own ego in a way, many times, tacky: they pose, they behave, they want to be holy men, be considered holy men and so, like the holy man in the fable, then they talk about spirituality, they say they know, they say they are mystics, that they are in contact with God , to be able to do this, to be able to do that other; but then a little gem is enough for their holiness to come to manifest itself in its fullness precisely through their behavior!

But why does an individual tend to behave in such a way? Certainly to satisfy their needs, their desires; hence for a right movement towards understanding.

Of course, everything always refers to the famous one "intentionWe have been talking about for a long time and, in order to be able to make a profound discussion, we should examine everything that happens, individual by individual, case by case.
This, of course, is not possible; we can only say that the holy man, to be truly a holy man, must not be, he cannot be a holy man in front of others: he must be and can be a holy man only and mainly in front of himself same.

Do not let yourselves be deceived (as many researchers do) by what the self-styled holy man waves under your nose: they could only be fans of illusions; instead try to observe him when he is alone, when he is withdrawn, when he is perhaps going through a painful experience, and so on.
It is in that moment that the holy man will truly reveal whether his holiness exists or not, the moment he will not feel observed, the moment he will let out what he truly is.

We guarantee you, creatures, that he - as we said once - who truly understood that one should not steal because he "feels" that one should not steal, will not steal even if he is in a room with mountains of diamonds, from which he could steal. go out without being seen taking everything away: all the diamonds will remain in the room when he goes away.
For my part, 99% of the gurus acclaimed by researchers would not even let them come near the room!
And what are the illusions of the disciples, creatures? What illusions do you have towards us?

D - That you can solve our problems, while in reality we have to solve the problems.
D - May you be better than us.

Certainly. In some cases it may be true, in others it may not.
However, usually, the position of one who finds himself in front of a "holy man" is that of the individual who tries to take from the other. Quite right: it is certainly better to try to take from who is (or is believed to be) better, rather than trying to take from who is considered worse.

However this can be a dangerous position because you run the risk of getting there liabilities that we so often condemn. In fact, how many disciples of some guru say or think: "It is useless for me to do something, so my guru will make it happen ...", "My guru will help solve my karma", "My guru will show me the way to improve "," My guru will make me meet the great experiences ", centering all his hopes and illusions within this figure who, in reality, in the end, is placed there on their way precisely to get to them understand this: it is useless to try to hope to be able to evolve, improve and understand supported by an external figure.
The only way to improve and change is to find your true self within, as you said during the meeting. Scifo

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