Passage 16

In English

Embodiments of Divine ! Whatever may be the nature of the mind, even while performing our normal duties if we can develop a conviction that the entire world, nay, the entire universe is a manifestation of the cosmic person and all the that we perform are for the pleasure of God, it is possible that the mind can be dissolved. Let the mind run after any object or person, if we can develop a feeling that all are Embodiments of the Divine , our mind will become pure and sacred. When our mind is filled with pure love, a sort of divine and sacred nature develops in us. But when the mind is deluded, it makes the human being a beast. The delusion comes when the mind is associated with the desires of the senses. Identification with the senses and enjoying carnal pleasures is not something great. Even the animals, birds and beasts do that. Having obtained the sacred and invaluable human birth, if people behave in the same way the birds and beasts do, then what is their greatness? The animals, birds and beasts are completely under the control of the mind, whereas a human being is capable of bringing the mind under his control. Whoever has not done so, is a human being in form only. So far as behaviour is concerned, he can be equated to a beast.