A dear friend and I recently exchanged messages about a Sufi parable. A Sufi fakir, Junaid was very attached to his son and lost him suddenly in an accident. Everyone thought he would be devastated. So, when his wife and others wondered why he was not grieving and asked Junaid, he responded, “For a moment …
Let it be
“Mann re tu kaahe naa dheer dhare O nirmohi moh naa jaane, jinkaa moh kare Iss jeevan ki chadhti dhalti dhoop ko kisne baandhaa Rang pe kisne pehre daale roop ko kisne baandhaa, kaahe ye jatan kare Utnaa hi upkaar samajh koi jitnaa saath nibhaa de Janam maran kaa mel hai sapnaa yeh sapnaa bisraa …
