The Sweetness of the Naam

     Once a long time ago there was a Muslim child. Like most children he liked to eat sweets. His mother knew this about him. One day she asked him, "Son, The Lord created everything and is the Giver. Meditating on Him is the best." Farid said, "Mama, if I meditate on The Almightly, will I get something in return?" She explained, "Well my son, when we meditate, we look very sweet to the Merciful Lord. So God gives us sweets to eat" "Oh!!! I love sweets!!!!!" He said.

     So he started doing Simran. He started to feel his body. He slowed down his mind. He started to notice that inside there is a whole world to explore. His imagination would take his to many fun places. On the inside there is all the fun places he could imagine. The more he imagined, the more there was to imagine.

     While he was doing Simran his mother quietly got a bowl of sweets and put it in front of where he was sitting. When he opened his eyes he said, "Look mama, God gave me sweets to eat!" His mother just smiled as he enjoyed the sweet meal.

     He meditated like this every day. Every day there would be a bowl of sweets for him when he opened his eyes. Every day his mother would become more proud of her son for how he meditated.

     One time as he was doing Simran, his mind was totally calm. He could feel something through his whole body. It was like he could feel everything and it was all him. Everything was Divine. He began to feel warm inside. This gentle warmth started to radiate outwards. He started to get in touch with his soul. He felt the vibration of the Naam. He felt it inside and started to feel it outside, everywhere around him. Everything is God.God is pure sweet love.

      As he opened his eyes, he saw everything differently. He knew that love is everywhere. The Merciful Lord is in everything. There seemed to be a beautiful light around him as he sat there with a slight smile on his face.

     His mother thought, "He looks so beautiful, my little saint. He doesn't even care to eat the sweets today." She asked him, "My dear son, don't you want your sweets today?" 

     He said, "Ma, the Lord is the sweetest of all. Eating sweets only makes my mouth happy. The sweetness of the Naam makes my whole soul happy. Candy, sugar, honey, these are all sweet, but nothing is as sweet as the Lord." 

     Farid grew to be a saint of God. He is still famous for the stories of his devotion to the Lord. Blessed are the saints and blessed are the mothers of saints. The way of the saints is to sing a song like no other song. Walk a path higher than all paths. Taste sweetness beyond all other sweets. Love a One like no other one.