5 + 3 =1

October 7, 2005

> When we look at the equation 5 + 3 = 1 it looks wrong, but if we look at it as

a modulo of 7 it

> looks right.

I agree that all depends on the way it is looked at. There are lot of real life

examples. If someone kills someone it is called murder. But if the same killing

was done at war field it is considered as a heroic and patriotic act. If the

same killing is done by the name of law, by hanging a victim, that is considered

to be punishment. The act is the same in all this - killing -but the way you

look at it and justify differs to satisfy the sense of justice of the human

mind.

Same way, if a car driver violates the speed limit and zooms at 95 in a 55 mile

road, a policeman who chases him ALSO violates by zomming more than 95 miles an

hour speed, but that is not considered as a violation. You have to violate the

rule to stop violation there. Someone asked me - "As Budhha says if Desire is

the root cause of all evils , then the desire of not to desire for anything is a

desire too. How are you going to get rid of that." I just gave the example

Saddha ji gave in his class - "Just like you add soap - another dirt - to clean

a plate and remove dirt, the desire that not to desire and the desire to attach

and attain brahman is like soap that washes away once you attain Brahman."

The same Policeman example I heard from someone and always tell my friends who

argue about Rama's injustice in killing Vaali. Yes, Rama violates the rule by

hiding and attacking Vaali, but it is just a like a Policeman violating all

rules hides and attacks a victim.

So I comepletely agree everythng depends on our perception and what we have been

told right/wrong from the childhood.

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