In English
Man knows so little of what is worth knowing
If there were a vacancy in Heaven, man would surely apply for the position of God, for he believes that he has all the necessary attributes! He forgets that the real attribute for superiority is unshaken faith in one's Athmic Reality. Of what use is it to only know one's puny self? It is like a so-called learned band of doctors knowing a bit here and a bit there but being ignorant of the treatment of maladies like cancer and the common cold. Science must make man humble by revealing that he knows so little of what is worth knowing. The Divine aspect of your personality will encourage humility, adherence to truth, love and eagerness to serve, fortitude and detachment. Cherish the first; manifestation of these qualities in your life and practise them whenever you get a chance. The innate brotherhood that sanctifies the human race is destroyed by the weeds of envy that grow in the mind. These weeds ruin one's personality. They grow so rank that they strangle the individual himself. Sorrow is the shadow that haunts the ego. When a neighbour of yours grieves over the loss of a loved one you console him by saying that it is not wise to weep over worldly losses, that weeping cannot bring the departed one back. But when death visits your own family, you grieve so much that the same neighbour has to repeat the same argument to console you. All this happens because neither has developed faith in the , and neither has (name) on the tongue and (Love) in the heart. A man builds a nice house for himself and feels proud of the garden surrounding it, of the colour effect of the interior painting, etc. If during an election campaign, some urchins scribble slogans on the walls enclosing his garden, he flares up against them and threatens to thrash the young villains for having damaged" the immaculate whiteness of the walls. But once he sells the house and it no longer belongs to him, he is not affected in the least even if the house is reduced to a heap of bricks! Such is the insidious effect of listening to the ego. Before you were born you had no kith and kin; when you die they leave you alone. Why, then, develop this bond with them just for a short intervening life, and for its sake forget the very purpose for which this life has been granted? Always be conscious of the flimsiness of worldly achievements while ever using your talents, skills and everything else to the best possible advantage in the service of Go in man.