It is as important to think about the things we
know as not to be too contemplative about the things of common knowledge.
“We
must not harm others” is a matter of common knowledge; there is no need to be
very argumentative about it. The idiom ‘keeping body and soul together’ is
often taken as to mean keeping one’s body alive. We don’t become panicky when
we find that one’s soul is getting clouded by the evil, but we are much
disturbed if one’s body is in some danger.
Have
you ever heard of a thief on his death bed desperately wishing to live a few
more years to commit a few more thefts? On the contrary, he may be found
praying to the God to grant him some more time to enable him to rectify the
errors he committed in the past.
It
is never a body for the sake of a body; it is a body for the sake of a body
with a soul; that is what a human being thinks of. This is human nature (swabhav).
PROMOD KUMAR SHARMA
[The writer of this blog is also the author of “Mahatma A Scientist
of the Intuitively Obvious” and “In Search of Our Wonderful Words”.]
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