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THE MYSTERIES OF MIND
of philosophy as compared with thousands of students who flock to the faculty of sciences.
Preksā meditation is a method of perception. Ancient philosophers were known as Rșis or perceivers. They disappeared in the course of time. Seeing their disappearance the gods wondered who would now support them. They were told that from now onwards they will have to seek support in logic. Thus logic became important.
Philosophy based on perception enables us to realize the self, to bring about a synthesis in life and to develop the spirit of tolerance and friendliness. Philosophy based on logic breeds struggles, controversies and conquest of others. Medieval works of philosophy are only logical and metaphysical presentations of philosophical doctrines. They are polemics which carry on an argument to disprove the contentions of opponents. They are elaborate reasonings to prove the correctness of the authors' thesis and the incorrectness of those of their adversaries. They are models of the art of debating to defeat the opponents. Every system of philosophy became argumentative with the result that the origi purpose of philosophy which was based on direct perception of reality came to be defeated. This gave rise to formidable intellectual controversies.
The area of experience is indivisible. Experience knows no limit. What was experienced thousands of years ago can be experienced by any one today also. Consciousness is consciousness and we can not divide it. Religion and spiritualism are not two separate disciplines. It is philosophy based on logic which affects divisions and breeds controversies. Therefore, there is a need to base philosophy once again on the foundations of experience and direct perception. With the tremendous progress made by the different branches of science it has become all the more necessary to open a new chapter in philosophical thinking based on pure knowledge. It is not possible to arouse super-mental consciousness until this new chapter in philosophy has been opened otherwise querries and questions regarding philosophy and religion can not be satisfactorily answered.
The first task of philosophy is to release super-mental consciousness capable of perceiving subtle truths. That is
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