Passage 3

In English

Tricks cannot deceive the all-knowing One

The mind fancies that it can get joy from the objects around, about which the senses give it information. The mind can be mastered by (Supreme knowledge), that all is or that all is His Play. To realise that the world is but the of God and that you are but a puppet in His hand, you must learn from the . They were so saturated with the attitude of surrender that they lost all body-consciousness and had only one Form before their eye, one thought in their mind, one song in their hearts, that of . Their was not a superficial pose, an escapist stratagem, or a temporary aberration. It was the very breath of their life; the very reason for their existence. A man heard the noise of a thief entering his house at dead of night; so he asked his wife to weep aloud, while he found fault with her in a loud voice for requiting him to get back from the pawnbroker's shop all her jewels, or at least her (marriage pendant), which he had pawned for three that very day. He pleaded direst poverty; he had not even a pie in the house; what could he do? Hearing this story, the thief chided himself for all the trouble he had taken to break into the house and quickly made his exit from it. Tricks may gain success in worldly affairs; but they cannot deceive the all-knowing One. Tricks will only recoil on the seeker. When thieves like egoism slyly try to rob you of the gem of that you have treasured in your (inner consciousness), seek His help to overcome them. And help will be rendered. The mind is the enchanter, the usurper who has established sovereignty over you. During a marriage festival in a certain town, there came into the house an elderly lady whom the bride's people revered because they believed her to be the kins-woman of the groom, and the groom's people honoured her because they took her to belong to the bride's party. She managed to enjoy the hospitality of both parties for weeks, until someone with a sense of curiosity started an enquiry into her bonafides. Each party disowned her and as soon as the enquiry started, the lady disappeared.