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to two-sensed beings to three-sensed beings to four-sensed beings. That is, they are more sensitive to their coexistent living beings as compared to those at the lower stage of development. Again the five-sensed animals, birds and fishes are infinitely more sensitive as compared to the creatures of the four-sensed types. They even sacrifice their own lives for protecting their offspring. In a jungle when a lion attacks a herd of deer all run helter-skelter but the doe with a small one, does not run but becomes ready to face the lion to protect her young one at the peril of her own life. The family feeling is seen in monkeys and bees also. This feeling is most developed among the human beings. They are sympathetic to all living beings. If a man's sympathy is limited only up to the members of his own family, he should not be considered a human being but a monkey. His consciousness has developed up to the stage of a monkey only. Anyone who is not sympathetic even to the members of his own family is worse than a monkey. Thus, sympathy or sensitivity and not physical wealth is an indicator of the development of consciousness in a living being. A man may be very wealthy but if he is not sensitive or sympathetic, if he does not flinch in exploiting people in his business and industrial dealings, if his heart does not melt at seeing his neighbours in trouble, if he can sleep well even after seeing people around him hungry and naked, he is an animal in a human body. His being a millionaire or a billionaire, a king or a politician, a leader or an author, a lecturer or a preacher does not matter. To call him a human being is to shame the human race
Dharma is what develops the soul. Spiritual development is where there is sensitivity. Where there is sensitivity, there is affection. Thus, where there is affection, there is dharma.
One who is always engrossed in his own sensory and bodily enjoyments is an animal. Sensory enjoyment is an indicator of beastliness. Anyone whose sole aim is to enjoy bodily pleasures is a grossly selfish person. He becomes so engrossed in his bodily enjoyments that others aside, he does not even care for the troubles of his own family. His development of consciousness is limited to his
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