Passage 16

In English

On the one hand, you have tendencies like desire, anger, greed, delusion, pride and jealousy ( , , , , , and ). On the other, you have virtues like truth, righteousness, peace, love, and nonviolence ( , , , , and ). Life is like a football field, where the ball gets kicked in both directions. We should kick the ball into the goal post. Where should the ball go to attain victory? The ball should go between two poles, the worldly education and the spiritual edu cation. That is victory. If the ball goes outside these two poles, it is not a goal. People should have the right perspective of both the path of action ( ) and the path of righteousness ( ). People say that God is a composite form of and ( ). He has both male and female characteristics. In fact, every human being has these characteristics. A person is the combination of matter and energy. What is matter and what is energy? Human body is matter and the inherent in it is energy. Body is the female principle ( ) and is the male principle ( ). A person is a combination of both. The world itself is a combination of matter and energy. God permeates the entire nature.