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."