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is precisely why I place great importance on meditation for it helps transform this unilateral vision of thinking in absolute terms.
The man who meditates gets highly awakened towards himself. That is not a dangerous thing to happen. It is more dangerous to be highly awakened to others. There is no danger in knowing oneself, but to know others is not without dangers. Till today the one who knows himself has posed no problems but the one who gets to know others too well has posed problems. People who do not know themselves but know others have created all the major dangers that exist in the world today.
Making of weapons and circumstances
Why were weapons made? Only to get to know others! The reason is simple: the fear that some third person will attack, will enter, will kill, or loot. The main cause thus was security. As and when attention is diverted to others, then danger begins to loom. Man's nature itself has become such that he forgets the 'sva' or himself and concentrates more on 'par', that is others. He does not know the value of the word ‘sva'. He places far greater
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