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   Today, a new leadership and a new philosophy are required to give fresh   
   direction to the manner of human thinking – so that the present snail's pace   
   of human progress may be greatly accelerated. Today, humanity requires a   
   well-thought-out and all-   
   embracing philosophy in which there are no loopholes or contradictions. And,   
   in order to implement that philosophy, or perhaps better to say, to implement   
   that Ideology, there must come forward some pioneering personalities of high   
   integrity and refined    
   intellect. Shrii Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar, the author-composer of Prabhat   
   Sam'giita and the propounder of Ananda Marga, PROUT and Neo-Humanism, is the   
   epitome of such a person.   
      
   [429] By this same process, human beings have trained animals to completely   
   contradict their inner nature, in furtherance of some fiendish functions   
   devised for them by human beings. Thus, we find some dogs trained in obedience   
   schools to kill humans on    
   a single command from their masters. But, ironically, the latest trick has   
   been to train wild animals who have become over-civilized to be animals once   
   again. In Malaysia and Indonesia, rehabilitation centers have been set up to   
   retrain the red-haired    
   orangutans, popularly known as the “wild men of Borneo”, in such basic   
   jungle-survival techniques as climbing trees and avoiding human beings.   
      
   [430] Only in the case of a blissful auxiliary will a Neo-Humanist render full   
   sympathy and support. Should it be found that a certain notion might be useful   
   in the future, after a proper cultivation of the concept, or under different   
   social or    
   environmental conditions, in that case the matter may be rejected only   
   temporarily, the final judgement being reserved for a later time. However,   
   where a logical analysis has concluded in the negative, and where it is clear   
   that opposition to such a    
   notion is the blissful auxiliary, in that eventuality the rejection is final.   
   Furthermore, a Neo-Humanist would feel obliged to take all necessary steps to   
   counteract such a concept or, better said, such a dogma.   
      
   [431] Dhyan is a Sam'skrta word signifying a pure meditation, in which the   
   mind moves in uninterrupted flow toward the spiritual Desideratum. It is   
   interesting to note that the Sam'skrta word “dhyan” became “c'han” in China,   
   “c'han” became “c'hen” in    
   Korea, and “c'hen” became “zen” in Japan. Similarly, the Sam'skrta word for   
   Spiritual Cult, i.e. “tantra” (meaning that science which liberates one from   
   all physical, mental and spiritual bondages) underwent a slight metamorphosis   
   from “tantra” in India    
   to “taota” in China some 7,000 years ago. Thereafter, the word “taota” was   
   further distorted to become “taoa” and, finally, in modern Chinese “tao”   
   (Taoism).   
      
   [432] An enlightened human being must be a universalist for the simple reason   
   that that Supreme Consciousness which s/he has realized is, indeed, permeating   
   each and every atom of this universe. Such a personality can never say, “I am   
   the only son (or    
   daughter) of God, whereas everyone else is ordinary”, because to such a person   
   everyone and everything is equally divine. For the same reason it is also   
   impossible to assert that such and such persons are the elect or chosen people   
   of God, whereas all    
   others have been directly or indirectly neglected (cursed) by that same God.   
      
   We must clearly understand that persons who thought or taught like this were   
   not guided by a true spirit of universalism nor had they themselves attained   
   the Supreme Goal of life. Such persons were not realized beings nor were they   
   even apostles or    
   prophets. Their empty words, used to conceal the inner blackness of their   
   characters, now expose them for what they were in fact. Until now those   
   charlatans have commanded respect from the people, mostly through imposition   
   of various fear complexes, but    
   their pseudo-spiritual teachings have spread only confusion among human beings   
   and have wreaked havoc upon this planet.   
      
   [433] Among those who have been spreading the confusion of dogma there are two   
   types of persons – those who do so deliberately and those who do so   
   unconsciously. In the latter category one may find many sincere individuals   
   who will recognize their    
   mistake and rectify their outlook and conduct. But some of those who have   
   harmed others unknowingly may refuse to accept that they were mistaken, even   
   after discovering their error(s), due to their egoistic tendencies. They fear   
   to lose face, not    
   realizing that their prestige is only enhanced by admitting to an honest   
   mistake. In that case, those persons enter the first category, joining the   
   ranks of the human chameleons, who maintain social position only by frequent   
   changes in the sentimental    
   strategy which they use to manipulate and exploit the simple people, changes   
   they make whenever their prior stratagem has been or is about to be detected   
   and exposed.   
      
   Those who adopt this metamorphosed sentimental strategy and/or metamorphosed   
   sentimental allegiance are not found just in the political spheres of life.   
   They exist in every walk of life – political, social, religious, economic,   
   cultural, and so on.    
   Generally they operate on the intellectual level and, though they often use   
   high-sounding language, in fact theirs is only a pseudo-humanistic strategy.   
   They are not at all eager to promote human welfare; rather, they look upon   
   people as nothing but    
   pawns in their selfish and destructive game. Though those human chameleons are   
   but a handful in number, they alone are chiefly responsible for the precarious   
   existence of the millions upon millions of homeless refugees whose immediate   
   problems must be a    
   matter of urgent concern for even the most hard-hearted people. But, while one   
   million human beings are dying of starvation every month, those human   
   chameleons, those demons in human form utilize the mass media at their   
   disposal to spread false and    
   alarmist propaganda about overpopulation, which ultimately has nothing at all   
   to do with solving the hunger problem. They seek also to divert the people's   
   attention by encouraging anxiety over the subject of nuclear weapons and their   
   deployment.    
   Fortunately the days of those human chameleons are numbered, for it is certain   
   that, when people become established in Neo-Humanism, they will easily   
   recognize the true nature of those demons and toss them, without remorse, into   
   the dustbin of history.   
      
   [434] All of the living beings of this universe are in motion in what may be   
   thought of as the stream of life. When a particular organism stands out from   
   the mainstream by doing something exceptional, such a being may be called a   
   genius. If the activity    
   be beneficial, then that being may be called blissful if in human form, good   
   if in animal form, or remarkable if in plant form. Conversely, if the activity   
   be harmful, then such a being may be termed demonic if in human form, bad if   
   in animal form, or    
   notorious if in plant form.   
      
      
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