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When dealing with a dynamic system we have to be careful not to disturb it. When a system is in the state of a dynamic balance more precautions have to be taken. Any proposed changes or variations should be carefully calculated for their immediate as well as long-term effects. This is applicable when we are outside the system. However when we are within the system or part of the system we have not only to be careful about such changes, but also about changes within us and our behaviour within the system.
To pursue what one desires in such multi-dimensional dynamic system is a daunting task. However, Bhagavan Mahavir, the omniscient, devised a simple and universal formula --- as transgression is himsa, keeping needs within these systemic standards is ahimsa. Ahimsa conduct includes limiting your needs. Transgression has been discussed in great detail and given a very wide definition in the Ahimsa way of life. At the micro level, it covers all that is covered by particle physics. In biological field, it covers all things and activities of the world of the living, micro and macro. At gross levels, it covers everything and every process existing in this universe. It is a fundamental principle and can be applied with necessary variations to every field and at every level within a specific field.
Starting at the level of the dynamic and static, one should first understand that in a dynamic system applying static rules and vice versa amounts to transgression. Understanding this, one should realize that the principle of ahimsa has an intrinsic dynamism of application that includes the static points as well. That means that a person who has the ability to follow ahimsa perfectly must be, in absolute terms, so open minded and elastic that he can constantly change or pulsate.
AHIMSA: THE SCIENCE OF PEACE 143
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