In English
has emphasised the value of the company of the good to persons on the spiritual path, for it leads man to immortality. From Good company to No-company, From No-Company to No-Desire, From No-Desire to Un-moving Truth, From Un-moving Truth to Eternal Liberation. Evil company is easily secured; good company has to be sought and struggled for. To fall is quite easy; to climb requires strength of will. Therefore, man is tempted to choose the easier path. The objective world is an image, a reflection. When you take a shave standing before a mirror, you do not apply the razor to the image. You apply it to the actual face. God is reflected in the mirror (the objective world). You can see His image in man and beast and bird, in plant and tree and grass, in every cell and atom. But man is enamoured of the mirror and of the reflections, not knowing the original which is imaged therein. How can God shine in a heart that is darkened by bad thoughts and intentions?