Passage 6

In English

Expansive Love, purity of intention and an eagerness to sacrifice - these three are the criteria for the Sathwik quality. They are the chief limbs of the spiritual body which require attention. Mental health and spiritual well-being depend on these limbs. The assertion, "I take refuge in " must be based on an illumined intellect. "I take refuge in " must therefore urge the to utilise the intellect as an instrument for the service of (society). When the third statement, "I take refuge in (righteousness)" is made, it directs the to utilise it for strengthening and promoting righteousness, morality and virtue. The path of Love is the path of . Love results in enthusiastic service. Who deserves Love most? Nothing on earth deserves pure Love more than God, if one is aware of God in man, embodiment of Divinity. Everyone has .passed through numberless lives in the past, lives spent in utter selfishness. So, egoistic impulses enslave him very drastically even now, preventing unselfish Love from sprouting and spreading. God seeks in man Love and Law. Love has to be regulated by Law. Without Law, Love cannot expand. It will be narrow and crooked. They are the negative and the positive.