story telling the tales of sand
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A stream, from its source in far-off mountains, passing through every kind and description of countryside, at last reached the sands of the desert. Just as it had crossed every other barrier, the stream tried to cross this one, but it found that as fast as it ran into the sand, its waters disappeared.
It was convinced, however, that its destiny was to cross this desert, and yet there was no way. Now a hidden voice, coming from the desert itself, whispered: “The Wind crosses the desert, and so can the stream.”
The stream objected that it was dashing itself against the sand, and only getting absorbed: that the wind could fly, and this was why it could cross a desert.
“By hurtling in your own accustomed way you cannot get across. You will either disappear or become a marsh. You must allow the wind to carry you over, to your destination.”
“But how could this happen?”
“By allowing yourself to be absorbed in the wind.”
This idea was not acceptable to the stream. After all, it had never been absorbed before. It did not want to lose its individuality. And, once having lost it, how was one to know that it could ever be regained?
“The wind,” said the sand, “performs this function. It takes up water, carries it over the desert, and then lets it fall again. Falling as rain, the water again becomes a river.”
“How can I know that this is true?”
“It is so, and if you do not believe it, you cannot become more than a quagmire, and even that could take many, many years; and it certainly is not the same as a stream.”
“But can I not remain the same stream that I am today?”
“You cannot in either case remain so,” the whisper said. “Your essential part is carried away and forms a stream again. You are called what you are even today because you do not know which part of you is the essential one.”
This Sufi spiritual story is from the book Tales of the Dervishes by Idries Shah. It is a delightful book full of Sufi spiritual stories.
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Tales of Sand
The sun was blazing. Phatik was tired. His throat was parched. He drank the last gulp of water from his flask. He still had a long stretch of desert to cover before he could reach his village.
Earlier during the day, he had gone to his friend who lived in a distant village! While returning, a sandstorm blew very hard. He had lost his way and had wandered off in another direction. However, he soon realized he was off track. With much effort he had managed to find the right direction that led to his village. The sun in the desert can be very cruel; if you are without water, you may soon become unconscious. The flask Phatik had carried really saved him that day; but he could rely no longer on it as he had consumed all the water.
Thus trudging across the hot desert, he was still unable to find any sign of his village on the horizon. ‘I am going to faint soon if I don’t find any water’, thought he. As he was about to fall, he had a glimpse of greenery in the distant. He walked towards it. Soon he found, it was an oasis! He quenched his thirst with the cool refreshing water from the oasis and filled his flask too.
His village form that spot just was a few miles away. He began walking towards the village with high spirits. On the way he was overtaken by a man on camel. He was his uncle. His uncle made him sit behind on the camel and within a few minutes he reached his village. His parents were waiting for him anxiously and hugged him as soon as he climbed down the camel.
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