Passage 1

In English

The support of all beings, the Supreme Peace; Known by all Names, the Supreme Good; The One without a second; the Being-Awareness-Bliss Truth, Prosperity, Beauty. RICHES melt away only when you spend them, but the span of years you can live on earth is shortened every moment whether you like it or not, whether you are conscious of it or not. Therefore, you must feel an urgency in the great tasks of life. (intellect) is a special gift that has been offered to man. This has been given him so that he might know himself but unfortunately it is now used by him to know others. When man has been given a mirror to look at his own face and set right its blemishes, he is foolishly holding it before other people's faces!