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Multi-dimentional Reflections on Anekantavāda
O Man knows but little than what he boasts. o Life does not change without conscious or unconscious choice. o Change springs from new insight.
Insight is knowing same things differently. Insight comes, when someone else points out. What we have not
pointed out previously. O Term exception proves that no law is absolute and no law is without
exception. O Reality cannot be framed into rules. Yet man generalises. That is
where man goes wrong. O Exceptions prove laws.
If you do not have uniqueness in your view, how you can have your
own individuality. o I am I, and you are You, You and I can become we, but I cannot
become You and You cannot become I. Though 'We, are same human being but “You' and 'l' are
different. No two men are alike in their viewpoints. 0 Things look similar, but they are never same. o What seems similar, by minute examination, they differ in many
ways. Examine the subject from relative aspects:
1 In context with situation 2. In reference of time 3. With relative aspect 4. At different stages of our knowledge 5. With all possible alternatives 6. In comparison with other similar objects 0 Inherent disfunctionality is Aham. This disfunctionality does
not permit new insight to develop. This block which prevents new insight to develop is called Ahar. Ahar is the block which makes self believe that whatever self has learned is right way, and reacts with resistance to
any new sight. o I am OK and others are not OK, I am right and other view
points are wrong. Ahaṁ restricts new information to realise.
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