Passage 5

In English

Every individual who is born on this earth should to some extent understand the nature and the meaning of this world. upholds this entire creation, and we should also follow or righteousness in our conduct. You have been told about the life story of in a very lucid way. What is life? What is it that we understand by it? We accept that man’s breath, what he breathes in and out is his life breath, and we regard that as his life. But what kind of sound does this air, which is being breathed in and out, make? What is the inner meaning that is contained in the subtle sound we hear? Although we are breathing in and breathing out many times every day, we are not stopping and trying to understand the meaning of this breathing in and breathing out nor even the significance of the number of times we breathe in and breathe out. - that is the way we take the breath in and we leave it out. “So” stands for the word “THAT”, meaning God or . “So” therefore stands for “GOD”. “Ham” means “I” or “Me”. Thus, when we breathe in and when we breathe out, the sound that comes out means “” - “I AM GOD.” “I AM GOD.” In this sound, the one that is all important is called . From this one single sound called all other sounds are emanating. This situation is referred to by saying “” - “Out of the ONE come many.” In our , we use a musical instrument called a harmonium. Sometimes other people also use other instruments like the piano. What do we do with the harmonium? We fill air into the harmonium, that is all. But when we press one reed, we get one sound. When we press another reed, we get another sound. So out of one substance, namely, air, by pressing different reeds, we get different sounds. The air that has been filled is only one. However, we are hearing a large number of different sounds. Wherefrom are all these different sounds coming? They are coming from one and the same air that has been filled into the instrument. The basis, or the origin, is air; and that basis is like the sound . Out of this basic sound , we get so many different sounds. Those sounds are mere transformations of the shape of . It is only in this context that the addressed by saying, “” - which means is the embodiment of or righteousness.