Passage 5

In English

Nature has no beginning and no end

One of the stages of development of beings into Divinity is (Humanness), being endowed with (mind), which is an instrument for bondage to, as well as for liberation from, physical shackles. Some people define '' (the objective world) as a mere fancy of the mind. But, it 'is as valid, as real, as the Lord Himself. God has no beginning and no end. Nature or too has no beginning and no end. is a stream that flows from beyond time into the timeless future. The individual is the , the person who resides in this (Body or Castle or Fort). There are two - the , and the . The is bound up with material life and so is subject to change. He is entangled with the five (Sheaths), the five (Vital Airs) the five (senses of perception). The is the (Witness). There is another over-all , the , who is beyond the three segments of time, the three Universes and is everywhere at the same moment and all moments. His Glory is evident in all things and beings. You should strive to escape from the identification with the body and feel that you are only the residents of the Body - the . Then, by you are able to cognise the , the Witness of even the , the . By practising the unbroken presence of the (Suprme person) who is resplendent in all creation, you can ultimately merge in Him, as the consummation of all the lives you have spent here below.