In English
The is celebrated in commemoration of the victory of (Divinity) over (Satanity) through the intercession of the as , and ; this day is , commemorating the victory of heavenly over hellish influences, of virtue over vice, as symbolised by the victory of - over , of the upward pull into Heaven and the drag down into Hell. Man’s career in this world is a perpetual struggle with the down-dragging impulses and the raising impulses. It is , where the battle is being waged, from birth to death. Life is a game with fire; one has to derive the warmth without getting burnt. One has to use the senses and the intellect wisely, for liberation rather than get entangled in their wiles. The joy one has lost has to be recovered from the inner consciousness which has been covered by the darkness of ignorance. How can the bangle, lost in the field where (lentil) was grown, be recovered from the vessel in which the is being boiled? Search for the joy in the inner vision; set it right and you can discover it there. The in man can be destroyed by the constant dwelling of the mind on who slew him, as the relates. The has to be constant. If you rub a bit of iron on a hard surface, it develops heat; continue to rub it vigorously; then it can be made red-hot: If you do so with long intervals, the iron bit will become cold and all the effort up till then is a waste. The work has to be repeated over again. There are some who set a limit of ten thousand or twenty thousand repetitions of the everyday and when that number is reached, they are content; they resume the (remembrance of God’s name) only when another day dawns. The mind, meanwhile, like a sheet of water from the top of which floating moss has been pushed aside with great care, resumes its cover of moss very soon. The task has to be repeated.