Hatred was like an all-pervading element in this region "burning the soul with its malignant rays". Even physical objects seemed to emanate these lower impulses. It was not that the beings on this plane were unconscious,—they were conscious but they were all perverse. Aswapati tried to understand and to know the heart of this Hell. He wanted to understand its root. He suffered all the sorrows of this hell and went through all the bitter experiences. He narrowly escaped the danger of losing his own Self, because "he treasured between his hands his flickering soul". While passing through this region, even though thought had ceased and sense had failed, "his soul still saw and knew". He sounded further the mystery of this dark and bottomless world and by an act of sheer identity with the very deepest spirit that was behind this Nescience he stood at the very entrance of the Subconscient and saw that the Being that was there though acting unconsciously, was in reality carrying out cosmic will. He saw that a secret divine Hand, an invisible hand of Light, was guiding it.

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