Oct. 2, 2002
Wisdom That Explains World Events
v By knowledge, we mean
integral knowledge.
v Integral knowledge is that
which explains each item in terms of every other item or aspect.
v It presupposes a belief that
all are interrelated.
v The equilibrium of that
interrelation is harmony.
v The employer finding the candidate
interviewed for editorship sees from the way he salts his steak that he has no
balance or rationality. His act of salting and his editorial judgement are
related in his character.
v Character of life combines
various aspects of life.
v One must be able to see any
event in terms of every event, and in terms of the center of life's
personality.
v It means that what happens
at a given time all over the world is collectively determined and individually
expressed.
v As Time coordinates, Space
does too.
v The individual's past and
present as well as his future are thus on a single strand.
v Each such relation is
governed by a law.
v What happens to one man is
true about another man.
v Man and animal may differ in
capacities but blood and nerve are the same. We expect human nerve to react as
animal nerves.
v In the plane of life, laws
are the same for animal, man or god. God who is born as man is bound by human
laws.
v Laws are the same in a plane
irrespective of the points at which they express.
v One can study the history of
Europe or Asia in this sense.
v One may study major events
of history or his own life.
v The cardinal beliefs of the
world are worth inquiring into. They are -- Be good, Be helpful, Love thy neighbour,
Do your duty, Democracy is good, Wealth is evil, Life is evil, etc. Exhaust
this list and spend your thought on them from the point of view of Sri
Aurobindo. Original inquiry is the best if one can.