Passage 7

In English

The next stage is called the stage of . The aspects of are indescribable in ordinary words by any one. This state of , in its totality, reflects the spirit of . As we cannot see our own eyes, so also cannot see itself. There is a small example here: if we take a doll made of salt and ask that doll to go and experience the taste of the ocean, how is that going to be possible? This salt doll will go into the ocean and will get lost by dissolution and merger. As in that analogy, if the is looking for the , he will completely merge into when he gets close to it. Thereafter it will not be possible for the to separate himself from the . That aspect is described as omnipresence. This is also another feature of and it is able to be present in all the living beings. This state has been described as . It has also been described as “” or thou art that. It is also “” or is . This is the same as saying “” or I am . These are the four which constitute the spirit of the .