Passage 43

In English

Some people say that they are too weak to scale spiritual heights. But you have the strength to commit sins and do wrong actions. The strength required for good or bad actions is the same. In fact, it is more difficult to commit sin than to be good and meritorious. To utter an untruth is difficult. To speak the truth is easy. Speaking the truth calls for no effort. But to declare what is not true as true calls for considerable ingenuity. Uttering an untruth is therefore more difficult. Equally, cheating is more arduous than being honest. Many devotees tell that they are caught up in the coils of (family and worldly life) and are unable to break away from it. But what is the truth? Is it you who are clinging to or is it that is holding you in its grip? Has any hands to hold you? You have hands and you are holding on to worldly life. is not holding you. It is a paradox for you to say that is holding you in its grip when the truth is otherwise. It is excessive attachment that is the cause of man's troubles. Do everything as an act of offering to the Divine. Without faith in God man ceases to be human.