Passage 9

In English

Man must worship God in human form

As long as he thinks of his body and has human form, man cannot think of something which transcends form and body That is the reason why God incarnates in human form. To man He must appear as human. Only then relationships can be established between the Divine and human beings. If God comes in any other form, man cannot fix his thoughts on Him. Hence, you have to conceive of God in human form and worship Him. , who was the embodiment of , incarnated in human form. Because the (Divine advents) come in human form, human beings could have intimate relationships with them and adore them. The declared that the (The Supreme Divine, with the effulgence of the sun, dwells beyond darkness). God is beyond (darkness). He is not outside. He is within you. You are He. While He is himself the Divine, man seeks the Divine in a forest or through meditation. What folly is this? The deride man for failing to see God even while seeing Him. "" (The fool fails to see even while he is seeing). When God comes in human form, moves freely amongst you, talks with you, jokes with you, eats with you and drinks with you, even then you fail to recognise God. You pursue your own types of devotion. This is not correct. You must worship the living Divinity, not the lifeless. Honour every human being who is in human form. See the Divine in every man.