Passage 17

In English

The world is fouled and polluted by the distortions of hearing, speech and sight. It is the inner pollution of man which is reflected as the pollution outside. Everything is the reflection of the inner being. There is no redemption unless mind is redeemed. It is not possible to extinguish the mind; the solution lies in merging the mind into the Divine. The sandal-stick yields no fragrance as long as it is a stick; it yields fragrance only when it is rubbed hard on the ground. Similarly, ‘’ too has such fragrance. But it can be enjoyed only by merging into the ‘.’ Unless we grow from one mind to another - the natural mind, the Supermind, the Higher mind, the Illuminated mind and the Overmind, it is impossible to attain such a sublime stature. How can we travel up to the Supermind when we are not able to restrain even the natural mind? It is only by strong resolution that the impediments can be crossed and the objective attained.