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Traditional
metaphysics is a doctrine about possibilities, the possibilities of
being and not being, of the finite and the infinite. Traditional
metaphysics is a doctrine, which can be recognized always, and
everywhere and is independent of any concept of progress in the
material sense of the word or accumulation of knowledge. Traditional
metaphysics is what gives meaning to the world which would otherwise
consist only of ephemeral experiences without a principle to which all
else is related and which orders everything, if not for this, our
lives would be an endless chaos. Traditional metaphysics is in as much
a single and invariable science as mathematics and traditional
metaphysics is a part of all religions doctrine.
This one truth is stated in various religions in various ways. The
ways may appear to differ but this differing appearance will diminish
the further you pursue any one of them. In the same way as the radius
of a circle approximate the nearer you go to the centre.
It is the metaphysical mystical content of religion that gives them a
unity. Religion is not only about faith and morals it is about
self-knowledge that comes from its metaphysical and mystical parts.
When philosophy enters the portals of religion it becomes spiritual.
So believe in the words of either the Vedas, Buddha, Socrates,
Ramakrishna, Mohammed, Christ or in many others but remember always
the timeless reality to which their words were addressed. Believe not
that I am an individual alone but am one with the whole Universe and
part of a greater Divinity.
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