And in the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If any person thirsts, let that one come to me and drink. That person trusting in me, as the sacred writings say, 'Out of such a one's belly shall flow rivers of living water.'"

*Gospel of John 7.37-38

Jesus said, "Whoever drinks from my mouth will become like me. I myself shall become that person, and the hidden things will be revealed to such a one."

*Gospel of Thomas 108

A family of mice lived in a piano. In the piano-world they heard music with sound and harmony. The music comforted and awed them. They contemplated a Someone who gave the music. They spoke respectfully of the Unseen Player invisible to them.

Then, something changed, for one of the mice climbed up part of the piano, against the rules of the mice family, and returned thoughtful. He said, "The secret to the music is wires." He saw how they had trembled and vibrated.

The mice family deliberated seriously on the challenge to its belief. They decided to send a committee up to verify or not the witness. The committee climbed up. They came back speaking of hammers dancing and leaping on the wires.

The mice family convened a council. They concluded that there was now proof that they existed in a mechanical and mathematical world. The official declaration given: "The Unseen Player is a myth."

What happened? The pianist continued to play, undaunted by the disbelief of the mice family he loved and entertained with joy.

True, spiritual faith is rooted in the fertile ground of personal experience within oneself.

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*Buddha, Paveldobrovsky, Flickr

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Namaste'

The Sacred in Me bows to the Sacred in You

OM Shanti Shanti Shanti OM

ŠArem Nahariim-Samadhi, 2012. To contact Arem for spiritual guidance, workshops, retreats, ... write at 77ahavah77@gmail.com .