Passage 9

In English

Man rejoices at sunrise and sunset. This only reveals the foolishness of man. He rejoices at the beauty of sunrise and sunset oblivious of the fact that with each sunrise and sunset a part of his life span is sliced away. Living in the ‘,’ he desires to see ‘’ (The Lord) unaware of the truth that ‘’ is there everywhere in ‘.’ The entire universe is suffused with Divinity. Since your mind is steeped in ‘’ you are not able to see ‘.’ Just as when you focus your attention at a necklace, you shut your eyes to what it is made of, similarly as long as you look at the world with a materialistic attitude, Divinity shuts itself off from us. Once you gaze at the world with Divine attitude you see only Divinity. The saint said, “Oh ! Can I ever hope to find you, for you are the smallest of the small and the biggest of the big, the Master thief of thieves. Who are the thieves that steal into man and steal away his peace and joy? They are the thieves of Desire, Pride, Greed, Infatuation, Anger and Jealousy, who rob man of his riches. But the worst of all thieves who inflicts the worst damage is ‘’ (envy). That is why it is said, “You can befriend an angry man, you can sleep beside a serpent, but you should not befriend an envious one.” Saint addressed as the worst thief, because, he considered the Lord to be the embodiment of the entire creation. We must turn our gaze at Divinity which pervades the universe.