Confluence of Opposites

SR No.: 006704
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: Champat Rai Jain
Publication Year: 1921
Total Pages: 422
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 15 MB

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CONFLUENCE OF OPPOSITES
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to be encouraged, though its elucidation is now necessary for reconciling us to one another, For the real aspirant who wishes to know the Truth the scientific path alone is indicated. He will find it much safer to keep away at a respectable distance from these winding by-paths and twists than to run the risk of losing himself in their labyrinthine mazes and unillumined crypts. In short, mythology is to be approached in the spirit of an explorer, never as a devotee; and the explorer's qualification-scientific knowledge of the department of Life whose various aspects lie petrified in the now-crumbling pantheons of the world-is as essential to successful work as is a spirit of sympathy for the views of the Architects whose hands were engaged in the shaping of the diverse gods and goddesses.
And now a word about the modern theories of evolution that proceed upon the assumption that mankind has evolved from a lower into a higher state, especially with respect to intellectualism and religion. Well, I have only to say as to this that you have seen for yourselves whether we are wiser today than the ancients at whose primitive "simplicity' it has become a fashion with the learned of our day to laugh in and out of season. Judge for yourselves whether you knew the truth or the ancients, and in case you come to the conclusion that your ideas about the wisdom and worth of the ancients were wrong, then modify your notions of evolution and other erroneous views accordingly. I have not much time at my disposal now, nor do I possess the necessary qualifications to