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A Mind Emancipated
The clock on the wall indicates nine o'clock Do all the clocks indicate so? No One might be slow by a couple of minutes, another fast Time passes with a graduated pace. It neither slows nor speeds up It maintains a uniform pace
A clock is not time It is only a metre to guage time Like all equipments it may lose or gain time This variation in pace indicates that the time and the clock are not identical
Spiritualism and spiritual institutions are also not identical Truth is not subject to time and space By a change of locale spiritualism does not change itself The principles applicable to India are as much applicable to Japan The norms valid for one place are as much valid for another The dharma valid in the past is as valid today and shall be so tomorrow since It is not subject to lapse of time
When we are thirsty we take water We shun to take meals then This action is guided by the universal law that water quenches thirst all over the globe at all times - Such natural laws are called truth
When we are inwardly disturbed we turn towards religion We seek to alleviate our tensions by means of religion and spiritualism rather than by seeking wealth There is a constant law behind it Spiritual experience mitigates mental perturbation at every time and in every clime It is a universal law.
