Passage 17

In English

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Students, the entire universe is encased in you. Never give room to the thoughts that you are the body. You are neither the body nor the mind. The body is transitory like a bubble, and the mind is crazy like a mad monkey. Hence, never set faith on the mind and the body, but pin your faith on the conscience within you. The human body, though decked with the finest of ornaments and dressed elegantly, carries no value, once the breath of life ceases. For man, faith is his life breath. ‘’ (Faith) is his ‘’ (breath). All the attainments achieved by the body carry no value if he lacks faith. The key is the life of the lock, similarly the self is the key of our life. It is the Atmic Consciousness which promotes the functions of the body. The Atmic Consciousness manifests as “” in man. ‘’ means “I am God“; ‘So’ is ‘That’ (God) and ‘’ means ‘I.’ ‘’ is know as ‘.’ ‘’ signifies the power of discrimination which enables man to be established in the faith that he is different from the body. The word ‘’ signifies the mastery over ‘Senses.’ The second name of ‘’ is ‘.’ ‘’ signifies mastery over life. The third name of ‘’ is ‘.’ ‘’ signifies mastery over speech. Hence chanting of enables man to acquire the mastery over senses, life and speech. speaks of the world of ‘,’ ‘’ and ‘.’ ‘’ signifies body, ‘,’ life and ‘’ stands for (constant integrated awareness). These three also stand for materialisation, vibration and radiation respectively. The three worlds of , and are in fact contained in man himself. Man is the embodiment of the three worlds and also the three times. Man is the embodiment of Cosmic Divine.