battle-cry, more, much more... Islam, an attitude towards live both exquisite and durable, where his body and his thoughts found their home. (p. 38)India ("Islam") is not just a tactile country of earth and city, but an intangible entity connected directly to his spirituality. This description suggests a definite spirituality of the Indian people, however divided, but a spirituality within, unrecognized by the English. The English Christians have a more apparent, outward appearance of faith while the Indians have a more inward belief. The Marabar Caves are a distinct representation of this inward spirituality. While India is rugged and rotting on the outside, the caves are beautiful;... the walls of the circular chamber have been most marvellously polished... here at last is their skin, finer than any covering acquired by the animals, smoother, smoother than windless water, more voluptuous than love... Only the wall of the circular chamber has been polished thus. The sides of the tunnel are left rough, they impinge as an afterthought upon the internal perfection. (p. 126)The Indians, then are perfect on the inside, which the English do not recognize. In comparison to Christianity, which is imposed, the Indians' religion is a personal, inward quest. The description of the caves imply that faith cannot be found unless it is sought. Faith will exist, but will not be recognized unless there is an eye to see it;They are dark caves... There is little to see, and no eye to see it, until the visitor arrives... and strikes a match. Immediately another flame rises in the depths of the rock and moves towards the surface like an imprisoned spirit... (p. 126)The discovery of faith, as understood by this description, leads to new truths and frees the human spirit. This difference of imposed faith versus discovered faith is the dividing line between the English and the Indian.Mrs. Moore appears to exist between the lines that separate the English fro...
