Passage 13

In English

There is an example for this. The sun’s rays fall on an ocean and convert the water into vapour. If we directly take ocean water, it will taste salty. But, when the ocean water is converted into vapour, because of sun’s rays, and if this vapour turns into clouds and rain, this rain water will taste very sweet. Here we should ask how and wherefrom does the rain water get its sweet taste while the water from the ocean tastes saltish? The water of the oceans can be compared to knowledge obtained from books while the water from rains can be compared to knowledge obtained from experience. When the sun’s rays fall on ocean water, it gets converted into the clouds which may be compared with truth. From these clouds, which we have called truth, will come the rain drops in the form of love. The drops of love gather together and form a river of bliss. The river of bliss, which is made up of drops of love, will go and merge in the ocean again There is no other alternative for this water. That is why it is said that all rivers must merge in the ocean. The water that has fallen on the earth has ultimately to merge with the ocean.