Ignorance is the state of man

A man cut down a tree one day.

A Sufi who saw this taking place said: Look at this fresh branch which is full of sap and happy because it does not know yet that it has been cut off.

But his companion said: Yes, ignorant of the damage it has suffered it may be, but it will know in due time.

Hearing this the Sufi laughed and said: Meanwhile you cannot reason with it.

This reverence is the state of man. This ignorance is the state of man - and meanwhile you cannot reason with him!

Man is unaware of himself. He does not know what is happening to him, nor does he know the state of his being.


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