The Fifth Blind Man
The Fifth Blind Man
Everyone remembers the parable of the four blind men and the elephant. Each approached the beast from a different direction and conclude that it was a wall, leaf, tree or snake, depending on whether the elephant’s side, ear, leg or trunk was touched. Extending the parable to making the symbol of God, the Fifth Blind Man missed the object completely, whereby eventually his conception of God infinitely surpassed the others.