Passage 8

In English

is eternally auspicious

is known also as , the 'repository of all the resources essential for Prosperity. The most important resource is (Spiritual Wisdom). Three kinds of are demarcated: (concerning the individualised Divine), (concerning the Cosmic- Manifestation of the Divine) and the (Concerning the Universal Absolute of which the individual is the temporary-particular). This is also mentioned in some other texts as , and , but, the meaning of the words is the same as in the other list. confers the of . He is also known as , and sages have experienced as conferring or auspiciousness of all kinds, Happiness in all ways. is eternally auspicious; He does not come embodied in other forms, with other names, as often as . So, He is not described as or or . is inherent in His very Person and so it is superfluous to add to His Name. When you realise (I am ), then, you have all the happiness, all the auspiciousness that there is. is not to be sought on the peak of a distant range of mountains, or in some other special place. You must have heard that sin and merit are inherent in the acts that men do; so too, is inherent in every thought, word and deed, for He is the Energy, the Power, the Intelligence that is behind each of them. All energy, power and intelligence are in you; you need not search for them outside yourselves. God who is manifesting as time, space and causation is in you; why then do you feel weak and helpless? Man is tossed about by his ambitions and the craving to fulfil them. But, he must first know where he stands and where he should decide to reach. Now, his efforts are wanton and wasteful. He is an expert in mathematics, but, unable to do a small sum in arithmetic. He has mastered algebra, but unable to measure the area of his home. He knows botany, with all its Latin names; but, ask him about the uses to which the common plant and its leaves can be put; he has no answer. He has mastered all the physical exercises taught to him; but, he is helpless when asked to sit in . He can talk loud and long on and of its being the final goal; but, he does not know that he 'is already free; he imagines himself as bound and.behaves as such.