102. Three men and the garden
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Three friends were walking near a garden that had a big wall around it. One of the friends climbed the wall and peeped inside. He saw that it was a beautiful garden with many trees and varieties of flowers and fruits. He cried out, 'Oh, such a beautiful garden!' He jumped into the garden and started enjoying the fruits. The second man also climbed the wall and saw the garden. He too felt it was beautiful, but he had a little bit of courtesy. He turned and said to the third man who was below, 'Dear friend, there is a beautiful garden here. Come, join me, I am going in.' Saying this, he jumped over the wall and started enjoying the fruits. The third man also climbed the wall and saw the garden. He saw his two friends and understood the joy and bliss that they were enjoying. Then he said to himself, 'Let me go into the village and tell all the people about this beautiful paradise! I will bring them all here to enjoy this garden.'
An Incarnation is someone who comes down to tell his fellow men about the blissful space that he has experienced. The man who descends from the Divine onto planet Earth to make you realize what he has experienced is an Incarnation.