The severely puritanic and monastic life is as inimical to the spiritual progress of mankind as a sensuous and libidinous one. Those who, therefore, raise their finger at one who acknowledges the frailty and weakness of flesh in his excursion into the mystical province or in the quest of the Supreme Light make fools of themselves before the unfathomable mysteries of nature and try to limit the whole gigantic scheme of human evolution to the size of their own puny intellect. A humanity with inhibited appetites and repressed desires can neither propagate nor survive. There can then exist no possibility of evolution for a totally inhibited and emasculated race. In spite of the teaching of sundry prophets and saints, the human multitudes continued to live their normal lives, trusting in the grace of God and, sometimes, even the intercession of their spiritual heroes. This was nature working to preserve the race, because the other extreme would have been worse and even suicidal. Man must learn to strive for perfection, to live a most fruitful and noble life, But he must desist from uprooting, distorting, or completely and drastically suppressing any basic urge, planted by nature, for in that lies danger to himself and the race. Gopi Krishna
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 12:00:00 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015