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absolute motion nor absolute rest. Both exist together. Where the rule of motion and rest does not come into play that is the anti-world. Where the sentient and the insentient exist, that is the world. Where there is no union of the sentient and the insentient, where the insentient rests alone where there is only the cosmos* and no other substance attached to it, there you find the anti-world.
Thesis and anti-thesis
Every object is connected to its opposite object. In the quest for anti-particles, scientists have used micro-instruments as tools. A micro-instrument was invented which could measure the subtle changes taking place in the 15th billion part of one second. Then the anti-particle was found. Today it is more than established that without the anti-particle, the particle would have no existence. It is mandatory for both to exist. The basic principle of anekanta is the acceptance of the existence of opposites, the acceptance of opposition. Anekanta is built on this. Anekanta says, do not look at truth from one angle only. If you look at truth from the perspective of existence, then look at it from the perspective of non
Anekanta: The Third Eye
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