The Story Of Swami Rama - Holybook

The Story Of Swami Rama
take this fact as it is and account for it. Physics tells us
the reality of the phenomenon of colour. Red is not red,
green is not green, black is not black, and all is not
what seems. The red rose gets its lovely colour by
reflecting or throwing back that colour. The other
colours in the Sun's rays were entirely absorbed by the
rose and nobody attributes those colours to the rose.
The green leaf absorbs all other colours in light and
appears fresh and green by the very colour which it
denies to itself and throws back. Black objects have the
property of absorbing all and reflecting no light. They
have no spirit of sacrifice in them and no charity. They
do not renounce even a single ray. They do not throw
back even an iota of what they receive. Nature tells you
that black, black like coat, shall he appear who refuses
to give unto his neighbours what he receives. The way
to receive is to give. The secret of appearing white is
total renunciation—to throw back instantaneously on
your neighbours all that you receive. Acquire this
virtue of white objects and you must be successful. What
do I mean by white? European? Not Europeans alone,
the white mirror, the white pearl, the white dove, the
white snow, all the emblems of purity and
righteousness stand as your great teachers. Imbibe,
therefore, the spirit of sacrifice and reflect unto others all
that you receive. Have no recourse to selfish
absorption and you must be white. A seed in order that
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