Passage 11

In English

Taking the one truth that God is present in all the living things in the entire world, if we examine it, we will find an ocean of difference between one and another in our experience and in their external appearance. Take the case of an ant. If an ant comes near you, you just push it away. If a snake comes near you, you get terribly afraid and you run away from it. The fact that you behave so differently towards these two living things shows that you are not able to experience the feeling that God is present and is the same in all living beings. How can we expound what we do not practise in our daily life? You should therefore not be merely content with using words and quotations to understand and explain or nondualism. You must make an attempt to experience this feeling. Otherwise there will be danger, too. It may land us in a situation that is totally contrary to what we are understanding by the term .