Washerman

'The toenails of the Master's feet are lustrous and concentrating on them opens up one's inner vision.' When the nails of the Master's holy feet begin to shine within the devotee's heart, he achieves divine insight, and there no more darkness for him. However, only an extremely fortunate devotee achieves such a vision, and he then begins to understand all facets of the Lord, both hidden and manifested. In other words, by meditation on Guru, his eyes are opened. This is the greatest of all benefits and there are no bad effects. A piece of cloth which is only a little dirty can be easily cleaned, but a cleaning rag which has not been washed for many days takes a long time to come clean again and a lot of effort is needed to clean it, too. Likewise, a devotee who immediately throws himself into satsang, service and meditation is quickly cleaned. Otherwise it takes a long time and who can say for sure how clean he'll be? That is why it is said that `Guru is the washerman and the devotee is the cloth.' A washerman soaps up the clothes and pounds them on a stone slab to clean them, and Guru Maharaj Ji uses the soap of Holy Name on his disciple. The washerman uses a stone slab, while Guru uses the washing stone of meditation. The cloth becomes clean and shines with dazzling brightness.
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