Book Title: Family and Nation
Author(s): Mahapragna Acharya, A P J Abdulkalam
Publisher: Harper Publications India

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________________ THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS AND PAIN 37 Whatever I dig from thee, O Earth, May that have quick growth again. O purifier, may we not injure thy vitals or thy heart. What good would it be if humanity were able to experience an inward joy in a world that could not reflect that joy outwardly? How could that joy be experienced in our lives if the basic necessities of life could no longer be sustained on this planet? What we must remember and focus upon is that as with the changes occurring within us, the end result is joy. Once balance is re-established, we will be able to truly enjoy all the fruits of Mother Earth's labour and appreciate the bountiful harvest she provides. Joy will finally live within us and within her. There is a need for the micro and macro aspects of life to finally evolve. Adhesion, cohesion, and attraction are properties of evolution. There is a thoughtforce that launched the Earth in its orbit and said to the proud wave, “Thus far and no further.' (Job 38.11, Holy Bible). MORAL LAW Law or teaching is often an ambiguous concept, for there are laws that fetter as well as teachings that liberate. "God has revealed the fairest of statements, a scripture consistent with promises of reward paired with threats of punishment, at which creeps the flesh of those who fear their Lord, so that their flesh and their hearts may soften to God's reminder. Such is God's guidance, with which He guides whom He will. And him whom God sends astray, for him there is no guide.'3 Man has been a tribal animal since he first walked erect more than four million years ago. Being a biped, he could not outclimb or outrun his predators. Only through tribal cooperation could he hold his predators at bay. For two million years, the early hominid was a herd/ tribal animal, primarily a herbivore. For the next two Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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