Passage 1

In English

THE responsibilities of the are of a high order. It has to lead the members, and through them all mankind, along the path of , (spiritual effort), which takes the individual from the position 'I' to the position 'We.' This has given the the importance it deserves. One can realise it only when one delves deep into its significance. You have to sublimate all work as worship and try to fill every moment of your lives with that outlook. Only then can you justify your membership in this Organisation. Through activity man attains purity of consciousness. In fact man has to welcome activity with this end in view. And why strive for a pure consciousness? Imagine a well with polluted and muddy water so that the bottom of the well cannot be seen. Similarly within man's heart, deep down in his consciousness, we have the (Divine Spirit). But it can be cognised only when the consciousness is clarified. Your imaginings, your Inferences, your judgements and prejudices, your passions, emotions and egoistic desires, muddy the con- sciousness and make it opaque. How, then, can you become aware of the that is at the very base? Through (service)rendered without any desire to placate one's ego and with only the well being of others in view is it possible to cleanse the consciousness and have the revealed.