Passage 13

In English

With the exception of these two alternatives, if you want to reach freedom and if you want to get out of the chain, there is no way of doing it. These two can be described as , or the devotional path, and , or the path of knowledge. or devotion means you recognise that there is a master, that you have to put yourself in a humble position and be subservient to the master. You also recognise that your conduct should be such that you please Him and get His grace. This is the procedure for . This is referred to as an attitude of , or behaviour that, by implication, proclaims, “I am your servant.” When you are bound by a chain, within that chain if you can tell yourself , , that means you are humble, you are developing humility, your ego is becoming less and less. It shrinks you so much as your humility grows that you can slip and get out of the chain. The other path, which is the path of , is the way of getting out of the chain by telling yourself , ; I am , I am - that means you are expanding, becoming bigger, finally you become so big that you can break the chain and get out. So, to break the chain and free yourself, one is the path of and the other is the path of .