MAN WITH A TUB OF DYE

NATURALLY the doubt arises in the mind: if

God is formless, how then can He have form?

Further, if He has a form, why does He have so

many forms?

These things do not become clear until one has

realized God. He assumes different forms and

reveals Himself in different ways for the sake of

His devotees.

A man kept a solution of dye in a tub. Many people

came to him to have their clothes dyed. He would

ask a customer, "What colour should you like to

have your cloth dyed?" If the customer wanted red,

then the man would dip the cloth in the tub and

say, "Here is your cloth dyed red." ff another

customer wanted his cloth dyed yellow, the man

would dip his cloth in the same tub and say, "Here

is your cloth dyed yellow." If a customer wanted

his cloth dyed blue, the man would dip it in the

same tub and say, "Here is your cloth dyed blue."

Thus he would dye the clothes of his customers

different colours, dipping them all in the same

solution. One of the customers watched all this

with amazement. The man asked him, "Well! What

colour do you want for your cloth?" The customer

said, "Brother, dye my cloth the colour of the dye

in your tub."