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At The Same Instant:
By Willie Gaffer:
April 3, 2006:
Al Kyahamm Jizarra, the master Sufi, decided to attend a spiritual
meeting of the Simpletons. He had learned about the Simpletons
from one of his many students. This student told of one Simpleton
who was gaining spiritual power. Jizarra had in his mind to show
this Simpleton the true way. It would not do to have misconceptions
propagated by a lucky amateur.
At the meeting the Simpleton was introduced and he began speaking
softly to the assembly of his understanding of the spiritual
nature of the universal life force. In a few sentences Jizarra
had heard enough and he rose to challenge the Simpleton.
"Hear me, Simpleton," he said. "I must bring to
your attention our wonderful Sufi tradition and point out how
it underlays this force of which you speak."
The Simpleton smiled confidently and answered him saying, "You
must be a disciple of Shaw. Reading Idieres Shaw, we are led
to believe the Sufi tradition preceded the big bang. Everything
that is came out of the Sufi tradition. There is no compelling
evidence to disprove this notion. Hence we must humbly acknowledge
that the entire universe, everything that has occurred, all wonderful
things, terrible things, and beautiful things are Sufi in origin.
The Sufi tradition precedes all things."
The Simpleton then grinned outright.
"Now please let us get on with those mundane ideas which
are within the range of our own miserable understanding,"
he chuckled.
Jizarra understood that he was being ridiculed.
He stood and pointed a finger at the speaker.
"That you ridicule me is of little consequence," he
whispered. "That you scoff at the great Sufi traditions
is of huge consequence."
"Now you shall see a true miracle. For your blaspheme you
are to be destroyed."
He stood and pointed a finger at the speaker.
He shuddered and shook. His face turned purple and he collapsed
on the spot.
A doctor in the audience knelt beside him and checked.
"He is dead," he said.
He turned to the Simpleton. "It seems he did not destroy
you but gave himself a stroke instead."
The Simpleton's eyes were large.
"You are mistaken," he whispered. "He did what
he threatened. He has destroyed us."
The doctor and many in the audience laughed. Others shook their
heads and grinned.
"We are still here and he is clearly dead," laughed
one.
"You dolts, I am dismayed. I have taught you nothing,"
said the Simpleton.
"Oh you poor fools," he chided. "Do you not see?
He has indeed preformed a miracle as he said."
The others just shook their heads and smiled, but a bit uncomfortably.
They looked at the Simpleton apprehensively and began edging
backward.
The Simpleton in turn shook his head and began walking slowly
off the stage.
"You poor miserable fools," he said. "You poor
lost souls. Like you, I did not understand. Yet it was right
there before me. Now I see. There are no secrets."
At the same instant, Jizarra stood alone looking about at
the room, but there was no room. Then he looked about at the
world, but there was no world. Then he looked about at the universe,
but there was no universe. The universe was a void.
"Now I see," he mused. "I have destroyed all of
the Simpletons and their universe. Now I am alone in the nothing,
nowhere. There were no true believers but myself."
Then he began to giggle. "The basic idea of Sufism is a
cosmic joke," he giggled. "The whole idea is a joke
on me."
Then he began gathering the stuff of the void and formed it into
a hard ball. He took his ball and squeezed it and squeezed it
in his massive hands. The ball grew hot with the pressure he
was exerting, then it exploded.
There was a very big bang!
And out of that bang came the life force, gravity...............
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