Passage 4

In English

Just as clouds cover the sun, ash covers fire, and moss covers water, the principle of is unrecognisable as consciousness is covered by passion and hatred. The principle of is beyond all measures and comparisons, most mysterious of all mysteries, and is incomprehensible. Scientists have been striving hard to know its form and features. They want to know in what form the exists. It should be realised that anything or any object that has a form or shape will have the quality of decaying and perishing. The has no definite form or a particular shape. It has to be recognised within one’s own being, not outside. Each and every individual refers to himself or herself by the word ‘I’. A young man refers to himself in terms of I. An old man also uses I. Even though the body is undergoing changes, the ‘I’ does not change. This changeless nature connotes the . I is not confined to any particular individual. It is present in everyone.