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33 2 THE NATURE OF THE JIVA.
wife, a father his children, and so on? Is it because of these things
themselves that we love them and ought to love them? When
we do, our bharjdam is assured ;
we begin to gather precious
stones, lovely objects and beautiful women all round us and
strive hard to gather more and more. But when we recog
nize that it is not for these that we love them but for the
Lord imbedded in them fQaabrijaftcrfter ^-iLujsipp Q&n$uj<tesr)
who gives them their life and light and love, then will our
thoughts be turned away from them, be fixed in the Light
Adorable, and our Moksha will be realized.* It has also to ,be
noted how this attachment of dirt to the crystal or the man
is not one that goes to its core. If so, this dirt or defect could
nature unintelli
never be removed. It is not that man is
by
gent and impure, and he grows more intelligent and better
by education and evolution. But all the purit}^ and perfection,
all his powers are in him to the full only they are veiled and
:
covered by dirt, and once the veil is removed, he regains
himself and sees his true form (Atma DarSan) just for a
moment when he feels in his Vibhutitvam (expanded nature)
he is all that, and then merges himself in the Feet of the Lord.
This distinction is important, as this marks the fundamental
difference between Indian Philosophy and Western philosophy.
This is why the Western philosophy of Evolution has been
found to fail. The superstructure
is all right but the founda
tion is all wrong. According to the theory of evolution, (
everything, every power of man is acquired by evolution,
adaptation and survival of the fittest. But according to us,
* Few understand that this is the real meaning of the famous passage
in the Bvihadaranyaka Upanishat II (iv. 5),
Verily, a husband is not dear that you may love the husband ;
but
that you may love God. the husband is dear.
a wife "Verily, is not dear that you may love the wife ;
but that jou
may love God, therefore a wife is dear.
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Verily, sons are not dear, that you may love the sons ;
but that you
may love God, therefore sons are dear.
Verily, wealth is not dear that you may love wealth ;
but that you
may love God, therefore wealth is dear."