The Tailor and the Cloth
Shri Nathji explained:
"Sorrow and suffering is a blessing in
disguise for it comes to increase the strength
of the soul and to purify it from sins. It is
like bitter quinine that breaks the fever, or
like the friendly knife of the surgeon who
heals you, and for which you are willing to
pay him."
"Suppose for a moment that you have
purchased a very expensive piece of cloth from
abroad and you take it to a tailor because you want a
suit to be made out of it. You have never
seen a tailor actually make a suit. You tell
the tailor that you want to see him make the
suit before your eyes.
“As you stand before him you discover to
your great horror that the tailor begins to cut
your expensive cloth into pieces. You watch in horror
and are about to protest, when you see him stitching
together the various pieces in such an artistic
manner that a beautiful suit is created from
the cloth. The realisation dawns upon you
that the tailor had cut the cloth, not to
destroy it, but rather to make a beautiful suit
out of it.
"A dhobi-washerman thrashes the clothes on
a rock not because he has any hostility
towards the clothes, but rather because he
wishes to remove the dirt from them."
Shri Nathji explained:
"Sorrow and suffering is a blessing in
disguise for it comes to increase the strength
of the soul and to purify it from sins. It is
like bitter quinine that breaks the fever, or
like the friendly knife of the surgeon who
heals you, and for which you are willing to
pay him."
"Suppose for a moment that you have
purchased a very expensive piece of cloth from
abroad and you take it to a tailor because you want a
suit to be made out of it. You have never
seen a tailor actually make a suit. You tell
the tailor that you want to see him make the
suit before your eyes.
“As you stand before him you discover to
your great horror that the tailor begins to cut
your expensive cloth into pieces. You watch in horror
and are about to protest, when you see him stitching
together the various pieces in such an artistic
manner that a beautiful suit is created from
the cloth. The realisation dawns upon you
that the tailor had cut the cloth, not to
destroy it, but rather to make a beautiful suit
out of it.
"A dhobi-washerman thrashes the clothes on
a rock not because he has any hostility
towards the clothes, but rather because he
wishes to remove the dirt from them."
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