The short film “Inner Visions and Running Trains” is about our lack of understanding of anything beyond our physical realm. We just don't know what happens after death or what there is beyond our universe. This is an important concept to understand. Regardless of what people claim they know, or of what they put their faith in, the truth of the matter is that they know nothing. People have a tendency to misconstrue illusion with truth, of fiction with fact. People want there to be something more than what they can see, but wishing for it to be true is not going to change the truth of the matter. There either is more or there isn't and no one knows for sure.
“Who knows what may happen to me at the time of death? I may enter the state of unconsciousness, enter the state of dreams and see railway trains. . . How can I make a claim about my attainment of the Ultimate? The truth is that I know nothing.”
A very wise quote from a very wise man. He doesn't claim to know anything which is what makes him truly wise. Despite his apparent divine message on the battlefield, Baba Faqir Chand still questioned the “truth” of these metaphysical appearances. When others had witnessed a divine message that had apparently been delivered by him he knew that it must have been a mistake. He had not delivered any spiritual message, so the truth of the whole matter was still a mystery. To Baba Faqir Chand, God is only what any person makes of him. That's a wise way of looking at things, indeed. He was a guru's guru, a man who deconstructs the illusions brought about by those who believe they know the truth.
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