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   It is only the well-reflected consciousness which differentiates human beings   
   from animals. Is it then not imperative for human beings to make use of their   
   consciousness? If their consciousness lies dormant behind their animality,   
   people are bound to    
   behave like animals. They in fact become worse than animals as, even though   
   endowed with well-reflected consciousness, they do not make use of it. Such   
   people do not deserve the status of human beings. They are animals in human   
   form.   
      
   The nature of consciousness is to seek for the Infinite or realize the Cosmic   
   Entity. Only those who make use of their consciousness and follow its dictates   
   deserve to be called human beings. Therefore, every person, by making full use   
   of his or her    
   reflected consciousness, earns the right to be called a human being and finds   
   his or her dharma or nature to be only the search for the Infinite or Cosmic   
   Entity. This longing for the Infinite is the innate quality or dharma which   
   characterizes the human    
   status of people.   
      
   Happiness is derived by getting what one desires. If one does not get what one   
   desires, one cannot be happy. One becomes sad and miserable. The   
   clearly-reflected consciousness in people, which alone distinguishes them from   
   animals, seeks the Cosmic    
   Entity or the Infinite. And so people derive real happiness only when they can   
   attain the Cosmic Entity or get into the process of attaining It.   
   Consciousness does not want earthly joys because being finite none of them   
   satisfy it. The conclusion we    
   arrive at is that the dharma of humanity is to realize the Infinite or the   
   Cosmic Entity. It is only by means of this dharma that people can enjoy   
   eternal happiness and bliss."   
      
   What is Dharma?   
   Ananda Marga: Elementary Philosophy by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti   
      
      
      
      
      
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