The Realisation of the Absolute :3-5-2.



Chapter 3: The Need for Integral Knowledge -5

5. THE REALISATION OF ONENESS IN THE SPIRIT -2.

The names and forms of the world are the effects of the piled up desire-impressions of all the manifested and the unmanifested individuals that inhabit it.

Since destruction of all desires brings about destruction of all forms in the state of Self-realisation, the forms are unreal, being dependent on the desire-impulses of the collective perceiving consciousness.

It is idle to be pleased with the business of life, however charming it may appear to the deluded individual.

The misery of humanity is rooted in the ignorance of Truth, and true civilisation, culture or renaissance of any kind meant for the betterment of man cannot lose sight of the fact that no perennial peace is going to reign over the earth as long as the minds of men are caught in the whirlpool of attraction to the multifarious and steeped in the ignorance of the Reality which is common to all.

There is no purpose in art or science, in cleverness of intellect or skill in any branch of knowledge, if its dance is only within the prison-house of the physical consciousness.

Swami Krishnananda
To be continued   .....



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