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2. Bhuma Twewe*
The Universal Good
When the self of man is so expanded as to embrace the whole of the universe, when the love of 'self' assumes the proportions of the love of the universe, when man comes to see his 'Seif' in every thing, and when nothing that exists in the universe is outside man's own 'Self', when man finds his own good in the good of all, and when the sufferings of the meanest of the living creatures beco ne unbearable to him, then are sown the seeds of spirituai awakening in the soul of man. Then only emerges the spark of spiritual life, and man traverses from darkness to light. It is in this condition that man conquers death and attains immortality. In this situation of spiritual awakening whatever man thinks or speaks or does, leads to the good of all. This is the secret of universal good.
The Real Conquest
Man has been brandishing the sword since times immemorial. But what victory has he accomplished ? The accomplishment of real victory still remains a dream and illusion. What has been conquered ? Has man conquered the body or the soul ? Whom has he conquered and by what
• It is a Sanskrit phrase which means: “He who is great."
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