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CHAPTER II.
CREATION
" The one unborn (soul), for his enjoyment, approaches the one unborn (nature) which is red, white and black, of one form, and producing a manifold offspring." --Swetaswatara Upunishad, IV, 5,
From the moment which marked the dawn of consciousness for the thinking world, man has ever found the contemplation of the Universe, of things in general, and of himself, in particular, a study of an all-absorbing interest. The problem of the origin of the World has been the greatest theme for all kinds of thinkers, from the remotest antiquity down to the present moment; and Haeckel, writing at the end of the nineteenth century, regards it as the greatest, the vastest, and most difficult of all cosmic problems. Many and various are the solutions that have been offered of this undoubtedly difficult problem; and intellectual men have not always found it easy to agree with one another on the subject. Theistic theology maintains that the first cause of the world is a spiritual Being, who is the creator of all things and of each and every individual. Mahomedans believe that the God of the Universe created it by uttering the word 'kun'(=let it be done), and all things were made, as if it were, out of ' nothing.' Somewhat similar is the Christian story of creation which is based on the account given in the book of Genesis.
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