Passage 20

In English

The inner meaning of this is that, so long as felt that was there in an ordinary human manner, he had all the strength; but as soon as he felt that He was no longer there, he had lost all the strength and the will to fight. Just because ’s gross body had left, thought that had left him. Because he was under the illusion of identifying ’s gross body with himself, he lost all his strength. To think that one is full of weakness is not correct. The correct attitude is to regard God as formless, without attributes. We should take it that God is present in us. That should be the right attitude. So long as one has a form, it is quite natural that he thinks of that form; but since that form has to be forgotten some day or the other, it is good to concentrate on the formless supreme and give up attachment to a form. Our has taught us the philosophy of , or detachment, to help in this process of concentrating on the formless supreme power which is behind every form.