13.  The Divinity of Man

To speak of the divinity of each man and the possibility of the brotherhood of man being realized now is received only with gales of laughter from the vast majority of political figures around the world.  It is just too much for them to comprehend.  The favourite clichés:  "You cannot change human nature", "That is the way it is", "Don't talk rubbish", and ad-infinitum show that the rationale of lower consciousness is unlimited.  Only in the few weeks before death or during their final illness will most men even begin to contemplate and re-evaluate their lives.  But if, as I have said, each of us this very minute could realize that this day was our last day on this planet, we would be able to look at things with new eyes.  If a congress of men were to gather together, all of whom knew that they had only a month to live, they might well be receptive to the institution of new legislations that would totally change the social and political future of their children and their children's children.

The Bhagavad Gita is a symbolic unfolding of man's battle with his lower nature or his lower consciousness.  But it is also acknowledged that at this material level, man is also engaged in a battle with those who would keep him in ignorance, and this is a consistent battle.  Those who do not have the eyes to see and the ears to hear cannot keep those with raised consciousness in bondage forever.

There is nothing that can stop the unfolding of creative consciousness.  Selfish men can hold it back, both with their unwillingness to allow new technology to free man, or their unwillingness to contemplate new methods which are contrary to their own self-interest.  But, for the individual, regardless of his economic position or his social structure, the change must start within.  The path to increased consciousness is open if he will but seek it out.

No books you read, no words you hear can raise your consciousness.   They can only point out the possibility through your own self-effort.  If you happen to be a Christian, at least ponder the question that either Easter Sunday and the Resurrection were a reality, or all the holy books and the thousands of books in every library throughout this planet are a total hoax.  There is no such thing as being slightly pregnant.  You are either pregnant or not pregnant, and there is no such thing as a little bit of faith.  You either have faith or you don't have faith.   As Jesus said in His Sermon on the Mount, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."