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________________ THE IDEAL OF THE KARMAYOGIN the basis of the world. Spirit as existence, Sat, is one ; as Intelligence it multiplies itself without ceasing to be one. We see that tree and say "Here is a material thing" ; but if we ask how the tree came into existence, we have to say, it grew or evolved out of the seed. But growth or evolution is only a term describing the sequence in a process. It does not explain the origin or account for the process itself. Why should the seed produce a tree and not some other form of existence! The answer is, because that is its nature. But why is that its nature ? Why should it not be its nature to produce some other form of existence, or some other kind of tree! That is the law, is the answer. But why is it the law ? The only answer is that it is so because it is so ; that it happens, why no man can say. In reality when we speak of Law, we speak of an idea, when we speak of the nature of a thing, we speak of an idea.. Nowhere can we lay our hands on an object, a visible 92
SR No.011100
Book TitleIdeal of Karmayogin
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorAurbindo Ghose
PublisherPrabartak Publishing House
Publication Year1921
Total Pages123
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size5 MB
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