Passage 7

In English

is a state of union with

What does mean? Is it a state of trance? No. Is it a state of emotional utterance? No. Is it absorption in one's self?. No. When people refer to a man in trance or in unconscious state as one experiencing , they are thoroughly mistaken. It may be a case of hysteria or of epilepsy. It may be the result of some strong emotion, or one caused by excitement. The true meaning of is: it is a state of union with . (equal) + (mind), equal mindedness is . The proper term is , not . To treat alike pleasure and pain, heat and cold, darkness and light is true . This is the quality of . It has no pleasure or pain. It is all-pervading. ( recited a poem in which the describe as the Unknowable Infinite Divine, who is inscrutable and whose ways are baffling). The question is often asked: "Where is God?" And the usual answer is that "He is in or in (Heaven), or in ." Not at all. The Lord has nothing to do in these places. The Lord is in (Hell). As the denizens of Hell are perpetually suffering and calling out to God, the Lord remains there. It is among those who seek peace that the Lord dwells. A hospital is needed to tend the sick. Where there is no ailment there is no need for a hospital. Likewise, the Divine doctor goes to those who are in pain and distress. "" ( or is the doctor). Therefore, where there is humanity there is the Divine.