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surprising. Even if today experiments were made, as described above, the results would be the same.
In short, all various experiments about the origin of the living organisms, made on the basis of different hypotheses, will lead to the similar results on account of the production of sammürcchima living organisms. As a result, the question of origin of living organisms will become more and more complex. It will be at last necessary for all living organisms and the whole universe to believe that they are beginningless and endless according to the Indian tradition.
(Navneet-Samarpana, Oct.'85 & Tulasi Prajñā, Jan.,2000)
WHEN THE EASTERN MYSTICS TELL US THAT THEY EXPERIENCE ALL THINGS AND EVENTS AS MANIFESTATIONS OF A BASIC ONENESS, THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY PRONOUNCE ALL THINGS TO BE EQUAL. THEY RECOGNIZE THE INDIVIDUALITY OF THINGS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THEY ARE AWARE OF THAT ALL DIFFERENCES AND CONTRASTS ARE RELATIVE WITHIN AN ALLEMBRACING UNITY. SINCE IN OUR NORMAL STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS, THIS UNITY OF ALL CONTRASTS-AND ESPECIALLY THE UNITY OF OPPOSITES—IS EXTREMELY HARD TO ACCEPT, IT CONSTITUTES ONE OF THE MOST PUZZLING FEATURES OF EASTERN PHILOSOPHY
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