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in the world of objects and living beings are also not alike. We do not know these rules and so become imbalanced. The reason for this is ignorance of rules. The man who does not know the rules falls into an illusion. It was raining. The master told the servant, "Just check if water has entered the house from somewhere.” The servant did not get up. Half asleep, he answered his master saying," Do not worry sir, the house keys are with me. Who can enter?”
This rule is valid when we are talking of opening a locked door. A key is required to open a lock. But does water have to open a door to enter? Rule valid on one cannot be valid on another. The rule operating in the gross world cannot be operative in the subtle world. We neither accept the fixed nor the variable. We cannot give acceptance to only one of them. There is the fixed and the variable in this world. Some things are fixed, some not and the balance between them ensures the success of all systems. They do not go awry. When only the fixed is held operative over an area and variable rules confront him, then man gets confused and faces an illusion. Similarly if he views all rules as variable, even then he has a problem. Man gets caught in delusion.
Anekanta: The Third Eye
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