Key of Knowledge

SR No.: 006702
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1919
Total Pages: 1204
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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THE KEY OF KNOWLEDGE.
ary muscles inserted at the roots of the hairs. Goose-skin' is caused by the contraction of these muscles, the condition being a functional rudiment, no longer serving to warm the skin nor to make the body appear larger............ Fear, which is occasionally able to excite the contraction of the involuntary muscles, also stimulates other muscles against the will. Under the influence of emotions that powerfully affect the nervous system, and particularly under that of fear, contractions of the bladder and intestines may be so violent that it is impossible to prevent the voiding their contents. Accidents of this kind are not infrequent in the case of youthful candidates at examinations."-(The Prolongution of Life, page 196).
Mr. Banaji, quoting Hufeland, says :“ Certain habits or dispositions of mind not only deprive the body of its vital powers, but as they incessantly sharpen the gall, they are continually preparing a secret poison, and by the general irritation of the gall increasing in an extraordinary degree selfconsumption,
"To these belongs that malignant disposition of mankind known by the name of peevishness. Nothing can so much blast the bloom of life, shut up every access to pleasure and enjoyment, and change the beautiful stream of life into a stagnated puddle, as this disagreeable habit. I advise every one who regards his life precious to fly from this deadly poison (peevishness) and never to suffer it even to approach."--(The Greatest Discovery of Psychology, page 54).
The Saviour's philosophy now becomes clear. Obviously, the seeker after immortality and bliss must shun the emotions of hatred and cultivate those of love. He must meet harmful emotions from another with nobler emotions of his own, and transmute evil into good in the crucible of love. In a sacred Scripture it is said :
"Moksha (Nirvana) lieth not hidden on the back of the heavens, or on the surface of the earth, or in the depths of Patala (lower world) : the dissolution of ahamkâra (egotism) on the disappearance of all desire--such is moksha."
Moksha will come only after the birth of Christ, that