August 17, 2026
Nature's complex in her simplicity. She loves those who try to understand her and received them into her bosom (the grave); the rebellious conquerors of nature, too, receive from her the same treatment. Nature remains a mystery. Every philosophy that the understanding man has proclaimed as truth has been falsified before the ink is dry on the thesis. This is perhaps inevitable when the ever-changing human mind endeavors to study nature in which change is constant.
Helplessly whirling on this merry-go-round, man invents what he considers permanent values. There are permanent realities which are not man's invention and which do not care to be discovered by man. However, the permanent values invented by man are his creatures and therefore share their creator's character — impermanency. Confused and impermanent man, having created such values and having envisioned permanency in them is scared to death even to think that they might be threatened.
Man struggles against the inevitable. The inevitable is the reality! This reality takes no notice of the private wishes and aspirations of puny, ignorant man. Man might call his creatures 'tradition', 'culture', 'nationhood', or even 'philosophy'. But, his creatures must inevitably share his characteristic — confusion, ignorance, impermanency and hopelessness.
Unwilling to admit this, successive generations of men have invented other philosophies. One school of philosophers have challenged another school and declared that their invention is more permanent and truly real and totally universal! All this inevitably leads to conflict, to aggression and to violence. Ironically the man-made values are the first ones to go in such a conflict. The natural change is brought about, the unnaturalness of the means arose out of human ignorance and unwisdom.
Conflict is born of ignorance. Wisdom sees different forces as cooperative agents. Wisdom is synthesis. Wisdom recognizes that even the threatening 'pull in the opposite direction' is inevitable when the pendulum swings, and this recognition acts as the moderating influence. Conflict is avoided, co-existence is realized and cooperation made possible. Aggression yields place to Love. Love is God.