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FRAGMENTS OF A PRISONER'S DIARY
scientific evidence, is it not insolent of man to look down upon all but his own species as lower animals ?
We, the so-called lower animals, act instinctively; that is to say, we obey the laws of nature which the religious should regard as expressions of the Divine Will. Instinct is the motive force of all human action. This has been established by modern psychology. Even Macdougall, neither a behaviourist nor a psycho-analyst, subscribes to this view. In his opinion also, human beings act to satisfy their instincts; without instinctive impulse, they can neither act nor think. The spiritual superiority of the human being is a fiction. Indeed, the endeavour of man to rationalise his instincts, to clothe his animal impulses in the deceptive garb of intellectuality and morality, is a sign of spiritual perversity. For, thereby they pretend to improve upon the word as made by God. If you believe in God, don't prostitute your faith and insult your God. If there is a Divine Will, let its absolute sovereignty remain unchallenged.
Don't pretend to be something different from, and superior to, what you really are. Don't be ashamed of your animal nature, and the full glory of manhood and humanness will be yours. Run after the illusion of realising the spiritual essence
of man, and you will degrade yourself; for, in that
case, you will be living a life of lie and hypocrisy.
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