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lust of sense pleasures and on the other it gets entangled in the passions of anger, pride, deceit and greed. The more it indulges in pleasures and passions, the more it becomes enveloped in delusion. More delusion results in the mind's intemperateness. If mind is intemperate. speech will also be unbalanced and deeds also incongrous.
When a man conducts with the evil tendency of unevenness its effect cannot be stopped from spreading in the environment. The same atmosphere extends from individual to family, society and the country to the Universe. By the clashes of incongruities the ground of virtues begins to erode and all round vices get encouragement. When the demerits prevail in life, it (life) suffers knocks in the whirlpool of wrong faith and continues to go down towards downfall.
For this reason, from whatsoever place, in whatsoever measure, incongruities will be destroyed, to that extent the human virtues will be developed there. When an individual will struggle against his Karma bondages and destroy his incongruites, then he will be able to offer the Equanimous vision to the society, because he himself ascending the ladders of evolution he will be able to install elevating ideals for the society.
Philosophical Background of the Divine form:
The philosophical background should be well understood as to how a progressive soul ascending the ladder of Evolution struggles against its pre-acquired Karma forces and destroys them, also how it impedes the current of new Karmas on the strength of accomplishment. Subsequent to this alone, such soul opts the Divine Nature.
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