What is Knowledge : Ch-3. Part-19.

Chapter-3. A Philosophic Outlook of Life

Part-19.

Thus, the reason behind all occurrences, events in life, seems to be an important matter for study and understanding; and this reason is not merely the logical reason.

"Why does it rain?"

We know some sort of a reason is there behind it.

Geography and some sort of astronomy will tell us why it should rain at all.

But this is only a temporary answer to the phenomenon of raining.

There are many other causes beyond this explanation offered by astronomy and geography.

Finally, we must know that there is a reason behind not merely 'this' event or 'that' event, but that all events are caused by a central reason.

'This' is caused by 'that', 'that' is caused by another thing.

That may be so, as one thing pushes another thing, and that thing pushes a third thing, and so on.

But the final answer to all these relative motions, occurrences, activities and phenomena in life can be explained only by a final reference.

If this is known, we know how things are, and why things are, and we will not put any more questions.

We become spectators of the events of the universe; and we do not merely remain as spectators of something happening outside us – we realise that we ourselves are participators in this great activity of the universe.

Swami Krishnananda
To be continued  ...