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 KEY OF KNOWLEDGE.
brought under proper, magnetic arrangement, and a real, living magnet of tremendous power is the result. The act of one-pointed concentration causes these mindparticles to re-arrange themselves on the magnetic principle.
In its natural purity Life is like an immense magnet with all its constituents arranged in the proper order, so that the moment one arranges one's mind on the magnetic principle, one comes into harmony with the Whole, and may claim the full benefit of the entire magnet. But the ordinary mortal is like any one of the particles of the unmagnetized bar, running counter to the lines of magnetic force. A mere drop in the river, in so far as the body is concerned, he tries to swim against the current of the whole stream, and in doing so receives knocks and kicks and cudgelling from his neighbours, and suffers all sorts of pain and misery. His unhappiness is the result of his own ignorance and desires. The former deprives him of the knowledge of his real Self, and the latter lead him to the pursuit of objects not always in the straight course, and necessitate his turning round against the current. But in this simple act lies all the mischief. So long as you swim with the current you have the support of the whole stream, but the moment you reverse your movement, or change your direction, the whole tide turns against you and mercilessly destroys you. All the ills. of the mind and body are the result of your endeavour to swim against the current' of Life. You must give up the pursuit of the shining objects. which has brought you all the ills and unhappiness