May 1868:
Truth = nirvana =night
Music = brahman = twilight
Poetry = samsara=day.
New world structure: out of dhyana and into the world again descend beings who, for former virtuous service, have received their reward in proper and now full measure, in order now to re-enter the cycle of births for the achievement of still greater perfection. From the earth gushes sweet juice; with this, longing refreshes itself until it has imbibed fresh love of life: then the juice runs dry; rice sprouts forth unsown, satiety to abundance; then it comes to an end. Now one has to do one’s own planting. ploughing and sowing. Life’s torment begins. Paradise is lost. The music of the brahman world recalls it to the memory: it leads to truth. Who understands it? The milk that has flowed from no ‘cow? —
Brahman becomes desire, as music; the music which is turned towards samsara, poetry; which is the other, the side which is turned away from samsara? Nirvana — untroubled, pure harmony? —