Wisdom of the Sadhu - Plough

life should be peaceful. Instead, there is a mad rushand hustle and bustle after money and comfort andpleasure. In India, many Christians suffer bitter persecutionbut continue to find happiness in their new faith.Because it is so easy to have faith in America, peopledo not appreciate what a comfort there is in faith.Christian: What advice do you have, Sadhu-ji, forChristian churches in the West?178• • wisdom of the sadhuSadhu: A scientist had a bird in his hand. He wantedto find out in what part of the bird’s body its life wasand what the life itself was. So he began dissectingthe bird. The result was that the very life of which hewas in search mysteriously vanished. Those who tryto understand the inner life merely intellectually willmeet with a similar failure. The life they are lookingfor will only vanish.When I returned from Europe, I began reading thewritings of the German mystic Jakob Boehme andwas attracted to him as soon as I had read the firsttwo or three pages. This simple, uneducated shoemakerhad an experience of God that has influencedmillions of people. I may be wrong, but I am moreand more convinced that simple people like Boehme