Page 348 - Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 1

BODHAYANTI PARASPARAM
But when a person has transcended the realm of values we find him giving us a new meaning of life itself. He lives entirely for the sake of others and there appears to be nothing which he would personally like to have in order to be happy. That is because he is in a condition which does not differentiate between happiness and unpleasantness (not that he is a stone) between misery and pleasure, so far as he is concerned. While all others try to see a meaning for their individual lives only, he gets a peep into the meaning of Life itself. Such a participation consciously in the working of Nature which is striving to perfect the forms of life that have so far evolved to the condition in which they exist is the only duty that a person who attained such a state has. It is a condition where he works one with the principle of Life itself which we may call Nature. Because of his identification with Nature which is perfect due to annihilation of his personal identity he may be said to be Nature itself, and Nature therefore behaves according to his wishes which come from Nothingness.
Such a meaning for our life probably would be disliked by most of the people because of the fear of loss of personal identity. Yet some of us have such an
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