There was a wonderful fakir in Egypt, Junnun. A young man came and asked him, "I too aspire to satsang. Give me a place at your feet." Junnun looked at him—he must have seen the ladle—and he said, "Do one thing. Take a stone from your pocket and say, 'Go to the market, the vegetable market, and ask the shopkeepers how much you can get for it.'
He ran away. He went and asked the vegetable sellers. Many said, 'We don't need it, so what's the question? Price depends on need. Put away your stone.' But someone said, 'Okay, it will be useful for weighing vegetables. So take two paise, four paise, the stone is colored.'
But Junnun had said, 'Don't sell it, just ask the price and come back. What's the most you can get?' He asked everywhere, but no one was willing to pay more than four paise.
He came back and said, 'No one is willing to pay more than four paise.' Many were reluctant to take it. They scolded him, saying, "Get out of here, it's morning! Let's talk to customers, and you brought this stone! Come back in the evening." Some even showed interest, believing it might be useful for weighing vegetables. One man met him and said, "It's useless, but the children will play with it. Now that you've brought it, take four paise." He graciously offered to pay four paise. Should I sell it?
The guru said, "Now do this: go to the gold and silver market and ask there. But you're not going to sell it, you're just going to find out the price." He went there and returned astonished. The gold and silver shopkeepers were willing to pay a thousand rupees. He couldn't believe it. It was a huge difference. He felt compelled to sell it. The man was offering a thousand rupees; whether he gave it or not could change tomorrow. But the guru had forbidden it. He returned, saying, "It's not right to hold back." He found a man willing to offer a thousand rupees. No one asked for less than five hundred rupees.
The Guru said, "Now do this: don't sell it. Go and take it to where diamonds and jewels are sold, to jewelers and connoisseurs; but you must not sell it. No matter how much anyone offers, no matter how much enthusiasm you feel, you must not sell it."
When I went there, I was astonished. People were willing to pay up to ten lakh rupees for that stone. He went crazy. Two paise is better than ten lakh rupees! Many times I felt like selling it and taking the money. And this man may or may not pay back. But the Guru had forbidden it.
He returned. The Guru took the stone. He said, "Don't sell it. I gave you the stone only to show you that you are an aspirant of truth; truth cannot be attained with just this much; are you an expert or not? If not, then we will give you the truth, and you will quote two paise as the price. You will be foolish even for two paise. Come back as an expert. The truth is there, and we are ready to give it." But simply saying you're an aspirant isn't enough. Because I see your arrogance is heavy. You even touched the feet by bending. Your body bent, but you didn't. You touched them out of healing, because you should touch them. And people are also touching them because you don't know how to bend. So, the diamonds discussed here can only be recognized through bending. So, first learn to bend.
Satsang is a different world. And if you go and see someone from the outside, having satsang with a Sadguru, you won't understand anything. Because this is a different language. This isn't just about pebbles and stones. You live in a vegetable market; or at best, you run a gold and silver shop. But these are matters of a different world. And for these, it's necessary to bend so much that you almost disappear.
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