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can dispel it, I shall accept that I am the doer, and do all this." How
can one carry darkness to the sun? Because the sun exists, darkness keeps off. In the light of the sun,
one man may read a good book, and another, an obscene one; one may set fire to his neighbor's
house, another help a neighbor. But the sun is not responsible for the
good or the evil to these acts. The sun says, "Light is my nature. What
else but light could there be in me?
I am not aware that I am shedding light. For me, to be is to shine. I am
not aware of the strain of giving light. I do not feel that I am doing
anything." The giving of light (prakash-dan) is natural to the sun. The saints too are like that. Their
very life is gift of light. If you tell a jnani "Sir you are a great man, you
speak the truth," he would answer, "If I do not follow truth, what else
could I do? I am doing nothing special." There is no room for untruth near the jnani.
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