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Humanism holds nature in existence but not creation of nature. There is no reality outside or beyond nature No disembodied souls or god & no governance of universe & there is no place for miracles. No supernatural agency to work miracles in natural world. Humanism holds man is not created by God, but it is product of nature evolved from animal world. Man is good but becomes bad due to unfavourable condition. The evidence for transmigration of soul is market place of evidence, unreliable gossip. There is no evidence under controlled condition i.e. scientific verification. Whatever belief is not verified under controlled condition & is not worthy of acceptance as true. Buddha rejects eternal soul, transmigration of soul, resulting in death. Everything subject to change & decay. Man hates death so invented myth of immortality or eternity of soul. Nothing stay parmanant most loved things has no preservatives against change & decay. in strength & health. Memory gets weak, enthusiasm gets cool, creativity wanes with time. Energies exhausts & it is foolishness to love fast flow of Waves or clinging to , life which will be caught one day in whirl pool of suffering.
It was belief that spirit world 'affects human life & bring forest fire, diseases, storms, floods etc. & spirit world comes in contact with human through dreams, visions, & special rituals. Australian aborigines, people in rural south America, African tribes inhabitant of specific islands Adivasis in Assam live traditional life style in isolated parts of globe & believe to communicate with spirit world.
Mystical experiences resemble sense experiences but really they are supersensuous The infusion of God in the mind of man leads to supersensuous experiences to which the world is entirely blind. It is not. by our eye that we are able to see God that is what is meant by supersensuous God-vision. . :
It is not the eye of imagination but the actual eye of internal spiritual vision. When we shut all sensory organs to outer perception then internal senses open & vast panorama of super sensuous experiences is revealed.
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