The moving waters of a river has the moon in its depths; the still water of a lake has also the moon underneath; the sky has the moon up above. The moon in the flowing river is broken and fragmentary; it flows fast, apparently, with the floods.

The moon in the lake is calm, un-moved, undistracted. These two are but reflections of the real Moon in the sky. The moon reflected in the flood is the Individual Soul, engaged in activity, embroiled in Maya, cause and effect. The moon reflected in the placid faces of the lake is the Yogi, the Saint, who has attained balance, equipoise, peace, dwelling in the One. The real moon in the sky is the Eternal Witness, the Absolute, the Primal Principle. Christ spoke of these three, when He made, one after the other, three statements. Referring to the active Individual Soul, the flickering moon, he said, ‘I am the Messenger of God’; referring to himself as the Yogi who has risen beyond dualities and attained balance, he said, ‘I am the Son of God’. Realising that these two are but reflections and that the real Moon is the witness in the sky, that he too is the Formless Nameless Attribute, he declared, towards the end of his life, ‘I and my Father are ONE’. (SSS Vol.8, pp. 139-140)