Once,
his highness * They
went near him and addressed to him but that person stood still like a statue
and gave no reply. When they called him again and again and he gave no feedback,
they requested his highness was
travelling in the eastern part of the desert Thal (of Thar) along with some
Seekers and Dervishes. On their journey, the Seeker
asked his highness
that 'O
highness Faqeer! What thing is called Akseer
of Nazar (gaze )?' That time, a
man was tying a bundle of jungle wood and was going to lift it up that his
highness threw a gaze
upon him and that person started looking at sky with eyes
open wide. His highness told the Seekers that 'when we will return from our
journey at the same place, this person will give you reply to your question by
his own tongue'. Hence, when they were on their way back and the same place
came, a Seeker
humbly reminded him that 'O Hazrat! We have arrived back the
same spot. Please! Give us answer of our question as we have arrived at the
same place'. His highness said 'let us ask the woodcutter'. The Seekers were
surprised to see that that woodcutter was still standing in same condition with
his eyes looking at sky and the bundle of wood lying in front of him. His
highness ordered the Seekers to go and ask the answer of their question from
that person.
to ask
that woodcutter. His highness
said that
'the day we passed by this place, in what condition you saw him?' They
respectfully replied that 'he was collecting wood and was going to lift that
bundle. However when yours highness gazed upon him, he started gazing upon the
heavens'. He explained that 'he is standing in the same condition since that
time'. He, then, gazed upon him again and he became conscious again and fell in
his blessed feet rubbing his eye and started weeping and crying aloud with
requests that he should be sent back to same condition for God's sake'. His
highness asked him to tell that which he wanted so that by his words, his
Seekers could get the reply of their question concerning the Akseer-of-gaze. He
humbly told that 'O highness
! When you
were passing by this place, I was just to lift the bundle of the wood that you
gazed upon with your Inwardly
Gaze
and I Drowned
into the Mushahida
of Allah
Almighty because of that one Gaze
at the same spot and I remained drowned
in
the same joy and bliss till yours highness brought me back to the previous
state. For God's sake send me back to same state as I cannot wait more'.