of them as the shadows of an obscure vision, which we cannot understand, and which will presently vanish. Husband, wife-these are but shadows in the vision. Parents, children,- these too, are but shadows. So are rank and fame, wealth and achievement. And we ourselves are but shadows moving through the vision in the midst of other shadows of similar hue, and knowing not when we shall vanish away. We are standing upon shadows, we know not when the shadows will shift and the vision be broken. " The laws governing motion and rest throughout the Universe are all phenomena significative of destruction and discontent." How can we help the feeling of loneliness, fear, and pain? " The three worlds[1] have no rest: they are like a burning house." And we are dwelling in the burning house of pain.
6. Yet, strange, to say, the majority of us forget that we dwell in a burning house, and give ourselves up to pleasure and enjoyment, as
- ↑ i.e. the material world, the world of form, and the absolute world which transcends human thought.
