Passage 4

In English

What is meant by life? What is its goal? What is its secret? What is its aim? We must ruminate on these aspects. “What for did we come to this world? What is liberation? Really what is freedom?” Liberation is “to reach.” One joining the other. One mingling with the other. This is known as liberation. Take the case of a river. It flows incessantly finding its way unmindful of any obstructions on the path. When obstructed by a rock it breaks itself into two streams around it, and merges subsequently into the sea. The river never forgets its goal. Our life is like the flow of a river. What is the goal of the river called life? Definitely, the goal is not wasting life and forgetting our duties. Therefore, our life should flow towards its goal of grace of God with perseverance of practice. This is what all religions teach. The aim of all religions is the same. All religions are sacred indeed. They talk of idealistic life. It is human nature to consider one religion as good and others as bad. The Bible, the , and the are all teaching the same thing. You will find in the Bible the words, ‘I am the messenger of God.’ What is its inner meaning? God is separate from the messenger. The messenger brings down the message of the master. The master need not come directly to teach. These two are considered as separate. In the Vedantic parlance, the same thing is called ‘.’ In the Zoroastrian and Muslim texts, it is referred to as ‘I am in the Light.’ This implies you are not the light.