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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