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.
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.