Passage 4

In English

World must be charming when it moves away

(wealth) and (poverty), Her elder sister quarrelled as to who was superior in status; they approached the three Gods–, and –to decide it for them; but they could not assume the responsibility for the decision! They excused themselves with the plea that they had no time. When was approached next, he recommended that they should abide by the judgement of a certain famous merchant of . They proceeded to his presence; he was caught in a dilemma, for if the Goddess of Wealth was displeased by his pronouncement, he would suffer; nor did he want to be blessed by Her elder sister, for she was the Goddess of Poverty! So he pleased both by his reply. The elder sister is welcome, charming and beneficent, when she moves away; the younger is welcome, charming and beneficent, when she moves towards. Both were satisfied that they were declared equally charming, beneficent and welcome. The world must be charming to the seeker, when it moves away from him; that is all that there is in it. We now consider the atom as all-important and the as insignificant. This is a tragic reversal of values. That sense of real value must influence every choice that you make. The (goal) is Godrealisation, the realisation of the reality over which all this is but appearance. That should not be allowed to fade. So long as you act with an eye to benefit by it for yourself, you will have to undergo the consequence and suffer either joy or grief, being born to bear them both. A person being transferred from one jail to another will have two constables who will escort him; the and papa (good consequences and bad conseoquences of actions) are the constables who lead man from one birth to another. If you must escape from their attention and avoid migration from one jail to another, act-but do not calculate the consequences. That is to say, do not worry about the consequences; leave it to God who prompted the act and made it possible. Dedicate the act, the will, the wish, all to God.