10. The Inquisitive and Doubting Man

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10. The Inquisitive and Doubting Man



Once an inquisitive and doubting man went to 
Bayazid the Perfect Master and said, 'You, being 
Perfect, ought to know the thoughts of others. 
What am I thinking of just now?' Bayazid 
replied, 'You are thinking that which you ought 
not to have thought of, and asking that which 
you ought not to have asked. Had you come with 
an open mind and curbed tongue you would
 have received that which you ought to have 
received, instead of this well deserved rebuke.'

 

 

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