Passage 6

In English

The external world is a reflection of the inner being

Men should understand the true relationship between the external phenomenal world and the world of the Spirit inside. The external world is a reflection of the inner being. All the happiness that he seeks from external objects is within himself. Take the example of the ocean. The water that turns into vapour from the ocean assumes a different form and quality It acquires purity and sweetness and returns to the ocean in another form. Look at the changes it goes through in this process. Going up as vapour, becoming a cloud, coming down as rain, flowing as rivulets, it joins the ocean as a river. The change into vapour is (Truth). The formation of the cloud is (Right Conduct). Coming down as raindrops corresponds to (drops of love). When the drops join to become a river, there is the flow of (Bliss). This stream of bliss merges in the ocean of Grace. Sometime or other what has come from the Divine has to merge in the Divine. This is the natural destiny of all living. beings. Taking birth as a man, leading a godly life, one ultimately merges in the Divine.