Guest guest Posted March 22, 2000 Report Share Posted March 22, 2000 GOOD MORNING (OR EVENING)<br><br>I SAID GOOD MORNING BECAUSE AT THIS <br>TIME THE SUN IS SHINING (IF THERE IS NOT ANY CLOUDS...).<br>WHAT IS THE SUN GOT TO DO WITH WHAT I AM ABOUT TO SAY?<br>A LOT.<br>HAVE YOU EVER TRY TO EAT FOODS THAT HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY<br>EXPOSED TO THE RAYS OF THE SUN?<br>WELL, I DID THINK ABOUT IT. BUT I AM NOT GOING TO TELL YOU<br>ANYTHING ELSE SINCE YOU CAN DISCOVER IT BY YOURSELF.<br><br>ANOTHER INQUIRY IS, WHERE THIS FRUITS CAME FROM?<br>AND THE SUN? AND THIS UNIVERSE? WHO AM I?<br>ARE WE OUR BODY? TO THINK THAT IS SWIMMING IN SEA <br>OF IGNORANCE.<br>WHO SAYS THIS IS MY HAND, THIS IS MY BODY? IF WE ARE OUR<br>BODY WE CAN NEVER SAY THAT. IF WE CANNOT REALIZE<br>THE DIVINE WITHIN OURSELVES THEN, THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE<br>BETWEEN US AND THE ANIMALS.<br><br> " Here is the scientific proof... the animal is eating, you are eating; the<br>animal is sleeping, you are sleeping; the animal is defending, you are defending; the animal is having sex, you are<br>having sex; the animals have children, you have children; they have a living place, you have a living place. If the<br>animal's body is cut, there is blood; if your body is cut, there is blood. So, all these similarities are there. Now, why<br>do you deny this one similarity, the presence of the soul? That is not logical. You have studied logic? In logic there<br>is something called analogy. Analogy means drawing a conclusion by finding many points of similarity. If there are so<br>many points of similarity between human beings and animals, why deny one similarity? That is not logic. That is not<br>science. " (Srila Prabhupada)<br><br>Dear friends, wish you a good morning and a good week and a good<br>month and year and, naturally, life.<br>Yours,<br>Shankara Puri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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