Passage 4

In English

Every human being will understand this truth if he takes such a path of reasoning. We should ask if we existed before the body was born and if we would exist after the body dies. It is only in the interval between birth and death, that the human body exists. What we have said applies to all that we see in creation, including the hills, trees, animals and so on. These will all get merged with eternity in due course of time. The entire creation which is the result of our own imagination will merge with time. All matter that we see around us is subject to decadence with time. For us to recognise the divinity in human beings, each individual should recognise his nature and true form. Before you are born, who are your parents, friends, relatives and enemies? To whom does this wealth, gardens, homes and fields belong? Wherefrom have we come and where are we going? Where will we go after the body dies? Wherefrom has this body come? We do not know the address from which we have come and the address to which we go. We will be thrown into a wastepaper basket. We should realise that we have come from and that we will ultimately go to . Truly, we should make an attempt to understand the extent of ignorance in human beings. Today, it is as if we are giving up trees and flowers that give sweetness and are running after bushy shrubs in a forest. We are giving up the original object, and are running after imitations. Without enjoying the sweetness that is contained in the grapes on a grapevine, we are going after the thorns like a camel in a bush. We are becoming animals, because of such behaviour. We should make an attempt to recognise the divinity that is contained in all human beings and reconcile this aspect with our past and future.