Carrying God in Empty Hands — Baba Farid
Carrying God in Empty Hands — Baba Farid Most people try to carry God the way they carry possessions—tight grip, full hands, clenched certainty . Baba Farid taught the opposite. He said the Divine can only be carried in empty hands . Not because God is fragile—but because the ego is heavy. For Baba Farid , emptiness was not lack; it was capacity. Hands crowded with opinions, achievements, grievances, and identities cannot receive what is subtle. He observed that people lose the sacred not because it hides, but because they are already holding too much. This was his radical teaching: God is not seized by effort, accumulated by knowledge, or proven by argument. God is received —and only emptiness receives. In every age, this teaching feels uncomfortable. Gen Z is asked to build identity early. Millennials are taught to stack milestones. Gen X carries responsibility like armor. Everyone is told to hold on—to credentials, narratives, defenses. Baba Farid whispers across ce...
