Passage 11

In English

The easiest way to deal with desires is to offer all our desires to God. God’s compassion is like an ocean. All the stream of desires must flow towards the ocean of God. Therefore, you must relieve yourself by surrendering to God. Man is incessantly troubled by three kinds of botherations. These three kinds pertain to wealth, wife, and children. People are subjecting themselves to various troubles for the sake of the above three. But like , we must be prepared to face any kind of hardships for the sake of truth, even if it involves great sacrifices. Relatives and friends honor you only as long as you are hale, healthy, and wealthy. At best they will accompany you up to the burial or cremation ground. Truth is your eternal companion. Truth is God. God is our real friend. Other friends are like frogs in a tank. When the water in the tank dries up, all frogs will leave the tank. Therefore, it is not proper to have deep commitments with friends. Of course, you must be ready to help anyone who is in need. But you must live for God, near to God, and within God. Also, you must see God in everybody. Education is necessary so that you live in full freedom (). means heart, whereas is the body and is the breath. Therefore, independence means a life filled in God. Also (another name for freedom) is which means Desire for . Knowledge, self-restraint, and bliss is (freedom). You must develop such sacred thoughts, so that in the future your children will also grow in such an atmosphere of freedom. Wherever you go, you will find unrest and fear. You must drive away fear through firm faith in God. You can achieve anything with faith.