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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RE-INCARNATION.
849 succumb to it, being stricken with terror at its very sensing.
The whole of mankind, except those who are aware of and have realised the true nature of their will, pass their lives in a state of demoralizing terror, and so great is their sense of powerlessness that a slightly louder peal of thunder than what they are accustomed to is quite sufficient to make their hair stand on end, even when they are pefectly safe from it. This mental cowardice is a characteristic of the race, but, amongst the cowards, those who are a little more courageous are patted on the back and loudly praised for their bravery!
How can man, who looks upon himself as the noblest creaturo on earth, justify such eternal mental degeneration in him? Courage and cowardice furnish us with the key to the nature of will. The former is the result of fearlessness, and springs from self-reliance, implying a belief in the invincibility of one's self; but the latter is the outcome of dependence on reason, which, by relating one concept to another, gives rise to fear, thus paralyzing the system by terrifying the ego.
Will, as the Thing in itself, is invincible and recognizes no force or power to be greater than itself. But its chief limitation is that it does not reason, and is, thus, amenable to suggestion. Hence, the great importance of right beliefs, i.e., faith. Those men who give wrong suggestions to their will are necessarily the authors of their own undoing. This is the sin which cannot be forgiven, for it is one against the Holy Ghost, and death is the wages thereof.
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