The blind and the handycapped.

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One more story was told by Swami in one of His discourses. There was a blind man and a physically handicapped man. Both were friends. They used to travel together trying to earn a little to satisfy the hunger. The blind man used to carry the handycapped friend on his shoulder and he used to direct the blind man along the road. Once they came across a garden with cucumber. The handycapped friend told his friend, that there is a cucumber garden. Immediately the blind man asked whether it has got a fence. The friend on his shoulder replied in the negative. Whether any animals are seen near. Again he replied "No". The blind man told his friend, 'not to go there since the cucumber will be of bitter variety". He was right. Though he was blind, he had the discrimination and intelligent. The handicapped man had eyes but he was not intelligent enough to surmise any situation. The handycapped represents the mind. The blind represents wisdom. The handycapped can not act on his own. Likewise the mind depends upon the sense organs to function. The other man though blind to the world, is really intelligent. Likewise wisdom never depends on sensory perceptions. It depends upon the discriminatory intelligence. Sairam.