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thousand of years been drawn by the bullocks, it still is and will probably continue to be so in the future. It has made no progress because it has neither intellect nor logic. It continues to be where it was and will remain there. Man has, with his intellect and logic, crossed that stage of animal life. I do not mean to say the intellect and logic are totally useless. But one should not think they are everything. Even beyond this there is a world. That is the world of spirituality. There you will find the life of anekanta. Those problems that cannot be solved by the intellect and logic can now be solved with inner knowledge. The solutions to those problems can be found through the inner eye and the third eye, with the development of anekanta. When anekanta is awakened then neutrality sets into life. Then there is no prejudice against or for anything. There is a bias towards the intellect. There is a bias towards logic. The world of logic and intellect cannot be without bias. The intellectual and the logician take pleasure in proving his views and undermining the other person's views. We find fault saying a person is not fair or balanced. This is also our mistake. Within the limits of the intellect and logic such things will
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