What is Knowledge : Ch-3. Part-9.

Chapter-3. A Philosophic Outlook of Life

Part-9.

Children put questions sometimes: "Where does the sun go in the night?

Nobody knows what has happened to the sun.

We see him coming from the east and jumping down into some pit in the evening, but in the morning again we see him from the same place.

How does he jump from the west to the east?"

Children think that sun must be jumping in the night when they are fast asleep.

One boy gave this answer.

I asked him, "How does the sun again come from the east?"

"He must be coming suddenly in the night when we are asleep, and so in the morning he is again starting his drama."

These are questions which occur to children's minds: "Why does the sun not fall on our heads?

There is no support in the sky.

The stars, the moon and the sun are all hanging in empty space, without any support.

Why do they not fall on our heads?"

We may put such questions, and easy answers do not come: "From where have I come?"

"Where was I before I came to this world?"

"My father has died, my mother has died. I see so many people dying. Where have they gone?"

These questions arise in our minds, and we cannot find an easy answer.

Swami Krishnananda
To be continued  ...