Passage 4

In English

is an occasion to develop inward vision

Man's vision should not be confined solely to the external objects and worldly things which are transient and perishable. Man has been given this vision so that he may see the pure, sacred Divine consciousness abiding in his heart. The northward motion of the Sun - - is the appropriate occasion for developing this inward vision. This is the royal road for the spiritual aspirant to realise the Supreme. It is not enough, therefore, merely to recognise the northward movement of the Sun in this period. Every effort should be made to direct the vision inwards towards the pure, sacred Indwelling Self. This is the period for cherishing sacred thoughts and performing holy deeds. The sages and seers of ancient times used to wait for the arrival of the to embark on their sacred tasks. The great warrior, , lay on a bed of arrows for 56 days on the battlefield, awaiting the arrival of as the right time for giving up the ghost. The scriptures have declared that those who pass on during the have no rebirth. This does not mean that one should hang himself in in the hope of securing freedom from rebirth! The right way to give up one's life is to fill one's mind with holy thoughts and let the end come in the natural course. Sage wished to distribute the composition of hundred verses on the to the denizens of the three worlds in equal measure. After this was done, only two letters remained, which were offered to people in all the worlds for recitation. The two letters spell the names of , , , and .