Passage 7

In English

THE STATES OF MAN:

The world presents a motley spectacle of people undergoing varying experiences. There are some men who appear to be ever peaceful and there are also men who appear to be ever sorrowful. There are also men who appear to be experiencing joy as well as sorrow; and there are also men, lost in Divine intoxication, totally blissful. What is the cause for these different states of man? Mind is the cause for all this. The presence of the demon, the beast, the human and the Divine in man is the cause; and but for all this, the mind is the main cause. It is only in man that we have the ‘Human-divine,’ the ‘Human-human,’ the Human-demon’ and ‘Human-animal.’ All these are deeply rooted in the mind of man.