The Human Body
As translated by sevadaar – Aajaaz:
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This body is Harima[n]dhar (the temple of God). The Truth resides within it. Kudhrat (nature) has engraved itself into the body. The whole Brahma[n]d (Brahma’s egg/creation) pervades through this body. Its basic framework has no beginning and the reason and the force behind its function is marvelous.
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Who can say this beautiful body has been created to ruin it by living in caves? Who can say the creator’s beginningless creation deserves to decay living in the mountains? Who is to say this mysterious body is meant to undergo extreme fire penance that burns it to ashes? Who is to say the aim of nature is to turn this powerful body into something feeble through various fasts such as the Cha[n]dhrayan fast.
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When something is made with a purpose, it is alongside certain rules and regulations. To follow these rules and regulations fully, one must only do what meets their Creator’s hopes and become a vessel for the Creator’s happiness. But it is not acceptable to the Creator when the created vessel does something outside of this. To use the created vessel for something else other than the original purpose is improper and thus adhharamee.
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Among all life forms, human life is considered the highest. This beautiful and tender existence can be seen just by looking at the structure of the body. This is not seen in anything else. The purpose and responsibility of the human is also higher and unique than other life forms.
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Paramatama’s happiness is within the view that the human uses his rational intellect and strength towards worldly and occupational works. But at the same time the human must not be so engrossed in the world where he loses his true identity. He must understand the place of oneself and others, to see Haree in all hearts, to treat all equally, to work honestly, to feed himself and then the needy, to show empathy at another’s pain, and for the river of love to exist in all hearts, whereas flood of love break come from everywhere.
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One day, a wealthy man gives one hundred thousand rupees each to two individuals. One individual takes the money and buries it. The way he thinks and acts, there is no benefit from that sum of money. He hides it in secrecy and doesn’t even let the wings of a fly murmur about it. The second individual uses the money in moderation for his own sustenance. Once doing that, he feeds the hungry, thirsty, naked, the needy, and the diseased. Among the two, who has used their awarded money in the best way? Which one will receive the happiness of the wealthy man? The one who buried his money and thus turned his sum into dirt or the one who used the money for his own needs and helped others alongside?
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This point must be understood without debate that the right use of the money was the one who used it on his own needs with moderation and helped others. In this way, individuals who go sit on mountainous cliffs, aren't serving the world with their intellect nor are their strength to protect the weak. These recluses are to be understood like the man who buried his money thus turning money into dirt. On the other hand, the one who lives among humanity, survives off of his own honest work, and uplifts the needy and pained, and never forgets the Creator… his life is considered to be successful.
