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itself. Even in the midst of his finite surroundings, he has yearnings of a higher kind. The soul has to pass through various stages of embodied life, but all these stages are only resting places for him. His various births merely provide him with opportunities for directing his energy towards the realisation of the goal of existence-which is the ultimate human destiny.
Ancient Indian Philosophy describes this ultimate goal as Moksha. It is conceived as a state free from sufferings. It is a state in which one is able to realise one's own true nature, Dr. Radhakrishnan also conceives this state more or less in a similar manner, but this conception of the ultimate human destiny hears the stamp of his own metaphysical convictions. It follows naturally from Dr. Radhakrishnan's account of the 'reality', 'world' and 'man'. For him, if reality is ultimately one and if man is man only in creation and if man as man is finite-infinite, then the ultimate human destiny can be nothing else but the realisation of oneness. So long as man is in embodied state, he cannot attain his ultimate destiny. Therefore, the first aspect of his destiny must be freedom from the embodied existence. But that will not put an end to creation. So long as the cosmic process does not come to an end, complete unity will not be established. Therefore, the final aspect of his destiny, according to Dr. Radhakrishnan, must be the realisation of this unity at the end of this cosmic process.
According to Dr. Radhakrishnan, although the finite aspects of man are real, the uniqueness of man consists in his spirituality. Therefore, salvation would mean the realisation of complete spirituality. Radhakrishnan says, “The destiny of the human soul is to realise its Oneness with the Supreme."28 The goal of life is union with God, the realisation of the complete monistic character of reality. This
described as self-realisation also, because it is the fullest expression of the higher nature of the self.
Though the spiritual union of man with God is the ultimate goal of the universe, one may realise it earlier than others. The ethical life and meditation quickens divinisation of the human personality. With the spiritual birth, there
