Once a mureed asked his teacher, "How I should like to see what it is like in heaven and what hell looks like!" "Close your eyes," said the teacher, "and you will see it." "Shall I see heaven first?" The teacher said, "Yes." He closed his eyes and went into meditation. "And now", said the teacher, "see hell also in meditation." And when the pupil opened his eyes the teacher asked, "What did you see?" He said: "I saw nothing in heaven of that paradise of which people speak, nor were there those beautiful plants and flowers and all the wonderful objects of comfort and luxury. There was nothing." "And what did you see in hell?" said the teacher. "I saw nothing. I had expected to see fire and brimstone and people in torture but it was empty. What is the reason? Did I see or did I not see it?" And the teacher answered, "Certainly you have seen heaven and hell; but the brimstone and fire, or the beautiful gems and jewels of paradise, you have to take there yourself. You do not get them there."