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always different. They are not always similar nor are they always dissimilar. That which we think is alike and similar has points of differences as well as dissimilarities. That which we think is different is similar also. We announce our conclusion of similarity and dissimilarity, likeness and otherwise, difference or otherwise on the basis of gross appearances. But when we enter the world of the subtle, consider and practice the rules of knowing the subtle, we realize our thinking is not all true. All our rules change there. Our thinking is based on the gross manifested properties of the object. When the world of the avyakt or the unmanifested modes opens before us, when the world of the unknown becomes known to us, then we begin to understand the rules governing the world of the subtle and all our thoughts based on the gross world begin to change.
All three are one
Take light, word and colour... these are three. We believe light to be different, word to be different and colour to be different. But no scientist thinks of them so. Word is sound and colour is the hue'. Both are waves or vibrations of light which are formed at
Acharya Mahaprajna
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