There was this man.
 
 
Even the angels rejoiced at the sight of him, 
 
such was the quality of the holiness 
 
of the milieu of his beingness.
 
 
 
 
 
And he never had a clue about his milieu.
 
 
 
 
 
 
He went about his humdrum tasks, 
 
diffusing goodness 
 
as a flower unselfconsciously diffuses it's fragrance.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Over the years, people noticed something peculiar about the man.
 
 
 
He would immediately forget each person's past 
 
and looked at them as if they were just now manifested, ....
 
innocent and blameless 
 
and too ignorant to know what they were doing.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Anybody entering this man's milieu would always feel benedicted, 
 
blessed, supported, ..
 
..unconditionally loved, 
 
for there was no cognition 
 
of any conditions in the first place.
 
 
 
 
 
 
One day an angel appeared and said to him " I have been sent to you by God.
 
 
Ask for anything you wish and it will be given to you.
 
 
 
Would you wish to have the gift of healing?
 
 
 
 
"No" replied the man, "I'd rather God did the healing himself."
 
 
 
 
 
 
"Would you want to bring sinners back to the path?"
 
 
"No" replied the man, "it is not for me to touch human hearts".
 
 
 
 
"Would you like to be such a model of virtue 
that people from all over,
 will revere you as the Messiah?"
 
 
 
 
 
"No" replied the man, 
"for that would make me the center of attention".
 
 
 
 
 
 
"What then, you have to ask for one boon at least"
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
"Well" replied the man, "in that case, 
I ask for this, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
let  good be done,
 without my being aware of it".
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
So it was decreed that the man's shadow 
would be endowed with healing properties,
 wherever it fell,
 
 
 
 
 
 and that,............. it would always fall behind him.
 
 
 
 
 
 
So wherever his shadow fell, 
 
 
the sick were healed, 
 
 
the land became fertile, 
 
 
fountains sprang to life, 
 
 
color returned to the faces of those 
 
who were weighed down by life's sorrows.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
And the man remained unaware of all this,
for his shadow always fell behind him.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
And because the attention of the people 
were so centered on the shadow, 
 
 
that they forgot all about the man.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
So his wish that good be done through him 
 
and he be forgotten, 
 
was fulfilled.
 
 
 
 
 
 
The man.
 

 

 

 

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