Passage 17

In English

We prepare , , , and so on. While we have prepared so many different sweets and we enjoy them in different forms and tastes, yet we know that what is contained in all these different forms is only sugar. That is the spiritual aspect. Because of taste, you say that you want such and such a sweet and you eat it. The sugar in all the sweets is one and the same. It is only the form that differs. In the same manner, although God is present everywhere yet in some circumstances, at a certain time, in a certain place, in a certain person, He gives a particular experience. In a human body, we have a hand, a cheek, a tongue, and a nose. Through the nose, the hand, the cheek and the tongue, it is the same blood that is flowing. Although the same blood is flowing through all these limbs, if you take a and put it in your hand, will the hand be able to taste the ? No. While it is the same blood everywhere, it is the same heart that is pumping the blood, yet depending upon the place, each component of the body experiences the same thing in a different manner. In the same manner, although in all human beings there is the same , the same divinity that is present, yet depending upon that individual’s , he will experience it in his own way. To enjoy such experience, one should make an effort, one should do . It is not right to feel jealous when we look at someone experiencing some joy in life. Such bad qualities will cause harm only to ourselves. No good comes out of feeling jealous. The tongue eats , and various other types of food. If the eye feels jealous and tells itself that it is also an organ of the body, and that it should also enjoy the and and if you put and into the eyes, there will result a great deal of harm. The eye has the right to see, but it should not attempt to eat. On the contrary, thinking that the eyes have the great capacity to see, if the mouth wants to see and begins to see, it obviously cannot do so.