The Sun and the Cave

Carry Your Heaven Within You – A Beautiful Sufi Story

The Sun and the Cave

By : Dr Munish Saroch

PALAMPUR

One day the sun and a cave struck up a conversation. The sun had trouble understanding what *“Dark”* meant and the cave didn’t quite get the hang of *“light and clear”* so they decided to change places.

The cave went up to the sun and said, *“Ah, I see, this is beyond wonderful. Now come down and see where I have been living.”*

The sun went down to the cave and said, *“Gee, I don’t see any difference.”*
When the sun went down, it took its light along and even the darkest corners were illuminated. That’s why the sun couldn’t see any difference.

One of the quotes says *“The enlightened ones can never be sent to hell or pushed into darkness. They carry their heaven on their shoulders all the time”*.

We were under the impression that heaven is a place where we should go, now we realize it is our state of mind which imagines heaven or hell.

If you are full of darkness, full of negativity, fear and doubt, you become a cave unknowingly. It’s a hell within and no matter how much you accumulate, you still remain hollow.

On the other hand If you are illuminated like the sun, then the darkness of the cave wouldn’t matter. You could be in the worst of circumstances, yet you will still be able to find a blessing somewhere.

*Carry your heaven within you!!*
Dr Munich Saroch: Cover this story on my name in your news paper . Gupha and Suraj