Passage 1

In English

Observance of right conducts has declined; has been endangered; Morality has nowhere to abide; What can I say about human existence? Morality and ethics are confined to books; The heart has become a foul dust-bin. EMBODIMENTS of the Divine ! Wetness is the natural trait of water. Hardness is the attribute of stone. Sweetness is natural to sugar. Heat is the quality of fire. These are the (natural behaviour) of substances. For the individual, (desire) is natural. Because man is sustained by desire, it is considered a (natural trait)of man. "" ( is that which sustains). Man is sustained by desire. Man's primary duty is to offer all his desires to God. This means that the practice of calls for the offering of all worldly desires to God and developing the inward vision. "" - Renouncing all , take refuge in Me alone - says in the . This implies that man must make it his primary aim to offer to God all external sensory, physical desires and cultivate spiritual thoughts centred on the eternal.