Apart from the well known parables that Shri Nathji used in his sermons, like the one on the ‘Musaafirkhaana’ and the ones with the Mother and the child, the father and the son, there were also the rarely used parables, which were also very meaningful. A few are given below:The GuttryThere was a man who was on his way to his home. He was carrying a guttry–a bundle- with him, which contained valuable clothes as well as his wife’s jewellery. As the sun was very hot and the man was thirsty he looked at the fields around him for a pond where he could satiate his thirst. His eyes fell upon a pond. He put his guttry down upon the lonely road and went to the pond. Once there, not only did he drink to his heart’s fill, but he also decided to take a bath.Two Bricks of GoldA King went to a certain village and announced that he wished to take a brick of gold with him from anyone who possessed it.Frogs in a Well There was a frog that had lived all its life inside a well. One day a new frog fell into the well from above. When the first frog asked it where it had come from, it spoke of the ocean outside and of its vastness. The frog in the well refused to believe the second frog from outside. “How big can it be?” he asked, “Look, my longest leap takes me from one corner of the well to the other! Surely the ocean could not be as big as that!” The frog from from outside tried his best to describe the ocean but failed to convince the frog in the well. You are reading a book. On one of the pages is written “sugar” and on the other is written “salt”. Suppose for a moment that you have never tasted either sugar or salt, and that you are hearing of these words for the first time in your life. You won’t understand what the author of the book is saying. Only he knows the taste of sugar as well as that of salt. For you these are mere words. However, one day you taste sugar as well as salt–and it is only then that you understand what the words had meant. This is faith, which is derived from experience–and which is the firmest faith of all!“If water has satiated your thirst, then a principle is established, that it can satiate the thirst of every thirsty person!”The Red Carpet You are sitting before a carpet, which is red in colour. Your eyes accept the colour as red. Thereafter, nothing in the world can shake your faith in the colour of the carpet. You cannot call it green or blue. If someone comes and tries to comvince you that it is not red, you will not believe him. Even if someone threatens you to say it is green, you will not say it. Even if out of fear you do agree to say that it is green, your heart will still be a witness to the fact that it is red.The Four Mahatmas There were four mahatmas who decided to compare notes and see what they had attained in life.“Jidhar dekhtaa hoon jahaan dekhtaa hoon“No matter where I look, no matter what I see,Indeed the fourth stage is the highest of all, and is akin to salvation.The Girl and the Lamp There was a girl who was lighting a lamp, a Deepak in her home, when she saw Lord Krishna in a vision. Her sight became so absorbed in Lord Krishna that she forgot all about the lamp. Very shortly the fire from the Deepak was on her hands. However, she was so lost in the divine vision of Lord Krishna that she felt no pain. Just then, her parents entered the room and saw that her hand was in the fire. They shouted loudly and broke the trance of the girl. All at once the girl screamed with pain–even as the vision of Lord Krishna disappeared.Gule-BekhaarShri Nathji had often spoken about the flower without a thorn, known as “There is no flower in the world which has a thorn inside it, i.e. there is no such thing as a “Phool se nazaron kaa phisal jaanaa hee kaantaa hai!”“For as long as your sight remains engrossed in God there is no sorrow in the world, but the moment it slips from God the world of sorrow comes before you!”Shri Nathji had amply illustrated this with his parable of the girl and the Deepak. For as long as her sight remained engrossed in Lord Krishna, there was no pain from the fire that was burning her hand. But the moment her sight slipped from Lord Krishna, the pain of burning hit her with great intensity.