Passage 22

In English

If we take a ball and hit it on a hard ground, it will rebound to the extent determined by how hard we hit the ball on the ground. If we hit this ball on a soft muddy ground instead of hard ground, it will not be able to recoil, and in fact it will even get entangled in the muddy ground. In a similar manner, if the pure aspect of divinity goes and hits a sacred heart, it will rebound. If, on the other hand, we have a muddy and impure heart, when divinity impinges on such a heart it will get stuck and entangled. Therefore, purity of one’s mind, and an exemplary life are essential. Truth and honesty are to be regarded as two eyes for us. For these two eyes, we have a disease of selfishness; and because our eyes are inflicted by this disease, we are not able to have a pure and clean heart. Young people should have purity of mind. They should take great care to protect truth and honesty. This was the ideal taught and demonstrated by .