Passage 11

In English

All the dualities are part of Nature

Many people come to Me wailing, "! We are in great grief; we are suffering from deep anxiety." When I hear these words I know what is happening to them. I never had the experience of either grief or anxiety. I know that these are but dream experiences. They are not real. Some persons may praise you, others may blame you: both are in fact unreal. When a well is sunk, the soil that is dug out becomes a mound by its side. Some pay attention to the pit, others to the mound. I consider both with indifference. The soil that was the well has now become the soil that is the mound. This is the eternal see-saw. The Sun sets in West when the Moon rises in the East. These dualities are part of Nature. So long as you are here, try to practise equanimity.