The Village of Delusion and the Secret of the Vessel of Truth

In a dense valley where even the sun's rays struggled to penetrate, there lay a peculiar village named 'Bhramakpur' (Village of Delusion). All the inhabitants of this village were born blind and deaf, but their greatest irony was not just that. Their senses worked in such an inverted way that what wasn't there, they saw, and what wasn't spoken, they heard. A simple sound would become the roar of battle for them, and a sweet fruit would taste bitter. In this topsy-turvy world, they tried to connect with each other, but every interaction was shrouded in deep illusion. There was always a strange clamor in the village, where people made random noises, gestured oddly, and bumped into each other. In their world, what wasn't, was the truth, and what was true, was non-existent for them. This caused them constant hardship, every step a challenge, and every day a new crisis. According to Bible Hub, spiritual blindness is the inability or unwillingness to perceive spiritual truths, and the Bible often uses the metaphor of physical blindness to represent this condition.

One day, a realized sage, named 'Gyana Prakash' (Light of Knowledge), was immersed in his meditation. Through his yogic powers, he came to know of a village amidst the dense forest where people were suffering from such deceptive misery. His heart filled with compassion, and he set out towards that village.

Upon entering the village, the sage collided with a man who had gone for his morning stroll but, due to his deluded senses, first hit a pillar and then the sage. The sage offered him shelter in his hermitage, which he had established just outside the village. The man's name was 'Jagat' (World), and he was considered the most foolish in the village, as the illusion of his senses was even deeper than others'.

The sage took a special vessel, in which he mixed some rare herbs to prepare a drink. He would give this medicine to Jagat daily from that same vessel. He named that vessel 'Satyapatra' (Vessel of Truth). Slowly, Jagat's senses began to normalize. He could now see the truth and hear the truth. Both strength and wisdom grew within him.

Meanwhile, in the village, people with great difficulty realized that one person among them, Jagat, had disappeared. For them, finding someone was an impossible task, but they all set out towards the forest together. Upon entering the forest, they were attacked by wild animals. Even the roar of the animals and their attacking figures were illusory for them, but the danger was real. According to Quora, metaphors and analogies are often used to describe the process of enlightenment. In the Old Testament, there are warnings against mistreating people with disabilities, including the blind and deaf, suggesting their vulnerability.

Just then, Jagat, who had become quite wise and strong by now, arrived. He used his new sight and strength to save the villagers from the wild animals and brought them to the sage's hermitage. There, he gave them a portion of the remaining medicine from the Satyapatra. For a short while, the villagers' senses also corrected themselves. They saw that the man who had left their midst, who was considered the most foolish among them, had become so wise and strong. It was a shocking experience for them.

Then the sage came out of his hermitage and gave Jagat medicine from the Satyapatra. This continued daily. The villagers observed this sequence of events and drew a strange conclusion: "This vessel is miraculous!" They believed that the vessel itself held some magic that healed a person.

One day, Sage Gyana Prakash attained Mahasamadhi (the great meditation). Jagat no longer saw any reason to stay in that village, for he understood that in Bhramakpur, he would only experience downfall. Following the path shown by the sage, he chose another, more arduous path from that hermitage and went to Amarapur (Village of Immortality) forever, where the light of truth and knowledge resided.

The villagers, due to their deluded understanding, brought the Satyapatra back to the village. They began to worship the vessel, celebrating it as a sacred object. They would put anything into that vessel and eat it, believing that they were getting better and stronger, while in reality, they were becoming even more foolish. Whenever anyone tried to explain this to them, they would dismiss it as an attack on their centuries-old tradition and consider that person their enemy. They were content in their illusory world, and their ability to accept the truth had completely vanished. Bhramakpur remained forever lost in the world of illusion, and in Amarapur, Jagat began his new life, filled with truth.