Passage 18

In English

Having stated that for the whole of the , and are responsible, we have to recognise that these two are not just individuals. signifies desires with attachment. signifies anger with vengeance. These two represent and . and or lust and anger are responsible for all kinds of difficult experiences which we have in our lives. But how are we to conquer these desires? How are we to get the upper hand over these desires? So long as we live in this world there are bound to be desires, but we should not really become so despondent that we give up the attempt to conquer these desires. You may desire many things. You may experience many things you had desired; but if you are able to treat your desires as well as your experiences to be such as arising in the name of God, then there will be some amount of happiness. When we only worship nature and when we want to enjoy all that we see around us in the world and do not think of God and forget about the existence of the Divine, we are not going to be happy at all.