Passage 3

In English

Creation is infinite. Creation has no origin. In this infinite and boundless universe, divinity is all pervading and is therefore extraordinarily interesting. In order to know what is and what his manifestations are, man has been making several attempts. Since ancient times, such investigations have been going on; and a ceaseless quest is being pursued. Some amongst them have gone through several types of and as a result, have succeeded in securing a vision of the . Some people had to stop this quest midway, but they came to the conclusion that there was a superior power, and they suspected the existence of the divine. Although such people did not secure a direct vision of the Lord, they strengthened their belief in the existence of the Lord. There is another group of people who keep on saying, without any search or experience, that God does not exist. They habitually deny the existence of God. These three categories have been entering into arguments from time immemorial and this continues even today. Even now, we come across people who have had direct divine experience, people who had only indirect divine experience and people who have not had any experience at all. Those who have had such an experience are being described as believers, those who have had indirect experience as and those who have had no experience at all as , or disbelievers. However, by the pressure of , there has come into existence a fourth category of people also. This category of people think of the Lord when they have troubles and problems and are in sorrow; but once their troubles and sorrows are overcome, they forget the Lord and even deny his existence. This category should be described as believing non-believers. One can tolerate even a non-believer but not the believing non-believer.