The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavadgita : Ch-12. Part-4.
Chapter 12: The Entry of the Soul into the Supreme Being
Part-4.
While it is true that society is constituted of individuals, and there is an inviolable and inextricable relationship of the individual with what is known as society, the individual is not complete and is not the apex of creation.
Man is not the final end result in the chain of the development of the cosmos known as evolution, and many a time we make the mistake of imagining that we have reached the end of evolution—man is the crowning edifice of the whole of this universe.
It is a mistaken notion of man.
The individual is related to the cosmos in a more tangible and meaningful manner than the individual is related to society.
This subject has to be taken up for discussion when the individual is ready for it, and not before that.
To say anything at the wrong hour, even if it is the right thing, becomes the wrong thing. Even the right thing cannot be said at the wrong hour—that is not the proper way of teaching.
Swami Krishnananda
To be continued ....
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