The long awaited meeting takes place. Eman meets his enemy Rman , his rational counterpart.
Eman : But know this: rationality is not the new discovery of the science of the west, nor a new ethics for men and animals of the east, not a new medicine to vitalize discovery, not a new solution for anything. It is the only way known to the self to-be-in-the-world, it is the only way for all to be here. It has no beginning and no end. It is like this sky, you are nothing without it. I will teach you true rationality; I'll each you archery; I'll teach you seeking.
Rman: Tell me who is a free man?
Eman: First know this: The answer is not to be found in the books. For, do you find a single learned man who is free?
Rman: Surely you must refer to freedom in some measure , to some degree of freedom, freedom from sorrow, pain or hunger, this or that. Or say freedom to speak or act.
Eman: No. That is the relativity of the powers of the obstacles to freedom and the powers of overcoming them. Tell me which is a free country? A country no other country dares to attack or a country of free men?
Rman: I do not understand...
Eman: Know that the time has come when some men will venerate the book written by a known-name and the emotional man will wash his hands before opening the book written by a no-name. Know also that the words of the emotional man of today forms the feed of the rational man of tomorrow and the day after. And the silence of the emotional man lasts for an eternity of analysis.
Show me the artist who saw the whole flower?
Show me the artist who painted the whole of what he saw?
None! Indeed None!
Thus I know Suchness!
Thus I know Infinity!
Thus I know Yoga!
For, just as I discovered the power of artist-nature, and was blessed with the siddhi of artist-nature, oh! yes, the artist-nature itself, to explain to you the creations of the artist, its beauty, its style, its representation, its elegance, the oneness and connections of its elements, its quality of transporting you to the realm of that beauty, elegance and unity,
So, also, I discovered the power of god-nature, the siddhi of the seeker, oh! yes, the god-nature itself, to explain to you the creations of the soul-artist, to explain the beauty of the creations, choice and style of descriptions, its elegance, beauty and oneness, its quality of transporting you into the realm of that beauty.
And, just as I, when looking at the works of artists of different tribes, continents and ages find the artist-nature to be the same; so also, I find the works of the Emen, my brothers and sisters in different tribes, continents and ages to be the same.
And just as I know that the artist, having not pictured the whole flower, endeavors to seek the flower-nature to varying degrees of perfection; so also, I, having not found the whole of my self-nature, unable to describe to you the self-nature that I realized, strives to seek and find this god-nature to varying degrees of perfection.
And, ... just as the being possessing the man-nature, being endowed with the mind-nature of calm perception and reflection, seeing the artist's flower to a high measure struggles in vain to picture what he sees, so also, the being possessing mind-nature, on experiencing the supreme calmness anywhere at anytime, beholding its self-nature to a high measure, struggles in vain to render it into thought, speech or action.
And just as the wise men of every tribe and continent does not attribute the artist-nature to neither the flower nor the picture, so also, the wise one of every tribe and continent does not attribute the self-nature to neither the world nor experience.
And just as the soul which is born not identified with any, some or all aspects of its surroundings, not identified with any, some or all aspects of its self-nature, constantly tries to exeed its own limits, and having experienced this self-exceeding, grasps the dualities present in the objects, experience and its description as the essential nature of this self-exceeding calling it the path-nature or way-nature and knows them to be such; but does not mistake them for truth or self-nature.
And having thus known the identity of this self-exceeding, this seeking by the potential man, of any, some or all aspects of self-nature, and having known the dualities to be the path-nature, and having found all descriptions to be descriptions of the path-nature of any, some or all of his own kind, prepares the foundation for the path of his fraternity, his family, his tribe, his village, his country, his world of being.
Eman : But know this: rationality is not the new discovery of the science of the west, nor a new ethics for men and animals of the east, not a new medicine to vitalize discovery, not a new solution for anything. It is the only way known to the self to-be-in-the-world, it is the only way for all to be here. It has no beginning and no end. It is like this sky, you are nothing without it. I will teach you true rationality; I'll each you archery; I'll teach you seeking.
Rman: Tell me who is a free man?
Eman: First know this: The answer is not to be found in the books. For, do you find a single learned man who is free?
Rman: Surely you must refer to freedom in some measure , to some degree of freedom, freedom from sorrow, pain or hunger, this or that. Or say freedom to speak or act.
Eman: No. That is the relativity of the powers of the obstacles to freedom and the powers of overcoming them. Tell me which is a free country? A country no other country dares to attack or a country of free men?
Rman: I do not understand...
Eman: Know that the time has come when some men will venerate the book written by a known-name and the emotional man will wash his hands before opening the book written by a no-name. Know also that the words of the emotional man of today forms the feed of the rational man of tomorrow and the day after. And the silence of the emotional man lasts for an eternity of analysis.
Show me the artist who saw the whole flower?
Show me the artist who painted the whole of what he saw?
None! Indeed None!
Thus I know Suchness!
Thus I know Infinity!
Thus I know Yoga!
For, just as I discovered the power of artist-nature, and was blessed with the siddhi of artist-nature, oh! yes, the artist-nature itself, to explain to you the creations of the artist, its beauty, its style, its representation, its elegance, the oneness and connections of its elements, its quality of transporting you to the realm of that beauty, elegance and unity,
So, also, I discovered the power of god-nature, the siddhi of the seeker, oh! yes, the god-nature itself, to explain to you the creations of the soul-artist, to explain the beauty of the creations, choice and style of descriptions, its elegance, beauty and oneness, its quality of transporting you into the realm of that beauty.
And, just as I, when looking at the works of artists of different tribes, continents and ages find the artist-nature to be the same; so also, I find the works of the Emen, my brothers and sisters in different tribes, continents and ages to be the same.
And just as I know that the artist, having not pictured the whole flower, endeavors to seek the flower-nature to varying degrees of perfection; so also, I, having not found the whole of my self-nature, unable to describe to you the self-nature that I realized, strives to seek and find this god-nature to varying degrees of perfection.
And, ... just as the being possessing the man-nature, being endowed with the mind-nature of calm perception and reflection, seeing the artist's flower to a high measure struggles in vain to picture what he sees, so also, the being possessing mind-nature, on experiencing the supreme calmness anywhere at anytime, beholding its self-nature to a high measure, struggles in vain to render it into thought, speech or action.
And just as the wise men of every tribe and continent does not attribute the artist-nature to neither the flower nor the picture, so also, the wise one of every tribe and continent does not attribute the self-nature to neither the world nor experience.
And just as the soul which is born not identified with any, some or all aspects of its surroundings, not identified with any, some or all aspects of its self-nature, constantly tries to exeed its own limits, and having experienced this self-exceeding, grasps the dualities present in the objects, experience and its description as the essential nature of this self-exceeding calling it the path-nature or way-nature and knows them to be such; but does not mistake them for truth or self-nature.
And having thus known the identity of this self-exceeding, this seeking by the potential man, of any, some or all aspects of self-nature, and having known the dualities to be the path-nature, and having found all descriptions to be descriptions of the path-nature of any, some or all of his own kind, prepares the foundation for the path of his fraternity, his family, his tribe, his village, his country, his world of being.
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