Key of Knowledge

SR No.: 006702
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1919
Total Pages: 1204
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
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hood, while the ruled cannot do better than to advance the cause of the ideal with selfless, intelligent co-operation with their rulers. When both, the rulers and the ruled, work harmoniously together for an amelioration of the condition of the whole of the human race, the misunderstandings that so often form the causes of deeds of bloodshed, iniquity and oppression, which have disfigured the pages of the history of almost all nations in the past, and which are, after all, due to a simple ignorance of the laws of nature, will cease to exist, and mutual goodwill and trust and fellow-feeling will take their place. The idea of fear has no room bere, for fear requires the maintenance of prestige, power and favouritism and cannot do without them, while love abolishes differences, turns enemies into friends, and unites the several sections and classes of society into one harmonious whole.
The idea or feeling of superiority is also a form of the emotion of hatred, and a piece of hateful falsehood, whether it be of one's physical, mental, or moral attainments. If we are superior to some, in some respects, sure enough there are others who are superior to us in others. Real superiority lies in the development of one's spiritual nature, but in that case it takes the form of humility, not of arrogance, or hauteur. Jesus was one of the meekest of men of his age. He used to squat down on the ground, eat with his hands, and dress just as the poor people do to-day, in the East, but many a preacher of his gospel now looks down upon this simple mode of life, and considers those who live in the way the great Master did as socially and men