Passage 6

In English

The Cosmos, as has been said before, is a manifestation of the Will of the Divine. To realise the Divine, however, it is not necessary to explore (creation). Everything in the universe is subject to change, impermanence and disappearance. How, then, does it acquire such importance of value? This is because of the (the human beings) without whom the universe will be valueless. Here is a small example. In cities like , , and there are millions of people. In these cities land costs hundreds of per square metre. But, for the same price one can buy many acres of land in a jungle. Why is land so costly in cities? It is because of the density of population in them. In a forest, remote from human aggregations, land has little value.