The Destiny of Man-2.

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So it is in a deeper sense that we want to know man’s destiny or perhaps as it has been conceived by a cosmic mind, by a supreme intelligence and power that is imponderable, that is far beyond the furthest comprehension of the human intellect, that transcends reason—

that mastermind that has brought about this amazing cosmos where heavenly bodies move about in an absolutely correct, precise, systematical manner, keeping to their courses, maintaining the same rate of speed in outer space and demonstrating an incredibly predictable behaviour.

Those who are masters of astrophysics and astronomy can say exactly what the movements of certain planets will be, how many years hence will Haley’s comet appear next?

They are able to chart its course, calculate its speed and predict its appearance.

See, from within the sight of man on earth this is not an ordinary achievement.

But it is possible.

Because there is a system working there with absolute precision and accuracy that makes it possible for man to predict certain things.

It is not a chaos, it is an orderly system.

To manufacture even a small simple machine, a watch, a timepiece, a little timer, man has to make so many calculations, he has to make the wheels of exact dimension and shape with the exact number of teeth, he has to bring all his intelligence and observation, his concentrated attention, his skillful action. And when it is old, it is discarded and one buys another one...

To produce such a small machinery so much of intelligence, calculations, skill is necessary.

And this vast, imponderable, amazing thing which we call cosmos, our solar system, sun, moon and the terrestrial world, the innumerable stars, the mind-blowing distances, staggering in their magnitude—

do you think it came about without the combination of some great incomprehensible master intelligence and master power and master skill?

The cosmic intelligence, the universal mind is that which we call—

we don’t know what ...

SRI SWAMI CHIDANANDA
To be continued  ....

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