Passage 2

In English

Man is many animals in one

Man has passed through many animal lives before he has come to earth in human form. Strains of animal nature such as cruelty, anger, greed and hatred still persist in him. Man is many animals in one. He has the jackal, the buffalo, the tiger, the elephant - all in him. He must east off these traits from his composition. When he Indulges in needless and useless controversy on matters beyond his understanding, he is announcing himself as a sheep; when he jumps from one idea to another, from one ideal to another, from one project to another, without fully involving himself in any, he is exhibiting the nature of the monkey. The nature of the Inner can best be understood if we examine the story of Emperor Ball. He was the grandson of , the celebrated devotee of the Lord. braved a succession of inhuman tortures inflicted on him by his father to force him to retract his faith. placed at the Feet of the Lord, as an offering to Him, all the lands he ruled over, as well as Heaven Itself, which he could claim as a reward for his piety. decided to perform the unique named . One feature of this is that it can be undertaken only by an emperor, signifying victory over his enemies and sovereign power over their peoples. The emperor announces by this that he is the unquestioned master of the empire that he has enlarged, and immediately after this announcement he rids himself of the vast treasures he has earned and accumulated by force of arms, in lavish charity among all sections of his people. was a ruler who placed the welfare and prosperity of his subjects foremost in his consideration. He was the symbol of discriminating talent, . And the Lord who came to him as , is the symbol of the Divinity latent in every one. ,When that Divinity manifests Its Omnipresence. It takes on the (the trifold aspect), covering earth, sky and the heavens.