Passage 6

In English

The entire objective world merges into time and is bound by its influence. No living being can defy time. Time does not wait for anybody. The has to follow time, and it is not the other way. Time is like a perennial river that flows. All beings and all objects are swept away by this flow of time. A person who himself is being swept away in the current cannot rescue another person. Ultimately, both will be swept away by the current and get lost. It is like a blind man trying to take the help of another blind man. It is only when he makes an effort to swim to the shore that he can be protected. And that shore is God. He who seeks refuge in God will be protected from this swift current, from these pains and sorrows. Ultimately, he will be happily spending his time in His Divine Presence. “My son! You are a mere in this eternal flow of time. I am the shore, your only refuge. Only when you seek refuge in me, you will be redeemed from all your pains and sorrows. Therefore, seek refuge in me.” This is the teaching of about the (spirit of surrender). By following this teaching only, the surrenders himself to God, saying “” (Other than you refuge there is none, you alone are my refuge).