- I I I
Take some rain-water, in one porcelain cup.
Take some rain-water in a metal cup.
Rain water in both - it is the same.
I refer to myself as "I".
You refer to yourself as 'I".
He refers to himself as "I".
I I I - it is all the same.
Differences of caste, creed, race or religion are unreal.
- Guru
Black, cold charcoal glows as fire when thrown into fire.
It becomes fire - Guru becomes God.
lf you now want to warm yourself, you draw near the fire - what is that fire now?
The charcoal turned fire - ie., Guru.
- Caste
The caste system and the Karma theory seem to imply that all are not born equal.
But the choice and the qualification are offered to all.
The unclean man can and should elevate himself to a good man - and if he does, he is accepted in higher society - even as the fallen Brahmin will be shunned.
The native inequality is not unalterably rigid.
- Radio-waves
In the Infinite everything becomes infinite.
Only the man speaks or sings at one broadcasting station, but the waves do not just travel in one beam to be received in one receiver. Infinite receivers can receive the waves, which now have become many - infinite - each fully reflecting the original.
- Religion vs. Mysticism
In all religions there has always been the problem of presenting its basic tenets to the masses.
This had to be done through rituals. This satisfied them.
But it did not satisfy a few mystic-minded ones.
They broke away and became the Yogis, Sufis, or Mystics.
They are integral parts of their religion, not renegades.