JUSTICE S. MOHAN
CHIEF JUSTICE,
HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA STATE
How poor, how rich, how abject, how august,
how
complicate, how wonderful is man!
Distinguished link in being's endless chain!
Midway
from nothing to the deity!
Dim miniature of greatness absolute!
An heir of glory
a frail child of dust!
Helpless immortal! Insect infinite!
A worm A God!
That is the fine
description of man by Edward Young. One may laugh or scoff at it. One may adore or admire it. But the truth of
the matter is the perfect definition one can think of I am convinced so after going through the
pages of Amarakavi Ramachandra's monumental
work of The Human Evolution in the
Physical (The Secret Doctrine). No other book could ever start with the
major premise that 'Man is a facade of Temple' 'in whom all wisdom and good
abide' and develop upon that premise so beautifully as this work.
To him, the
transcendence of mental power is something extraordinary. Its wake up makes one reach intellectual
power of immense height. He would say
“The reap of its turn out hatches Mano
Shanti”. The pursuit is a fascinating one and
could be called ‘Jnana Upadesam' when
the thinking seeks to attain celestial heights.
“The awakened
spiritual awareness” – Jnana Upadesam –
is something to marvel at. The
omnipresence of God is so inherent to that transmuted emphasis of day
conscience into Paramakasa – tiers of omniscience intelligence – as the
nature of the divine in human power. To
gain entry into that should be one's constant endeavour; to gain impetus
thereto should be the ultimate object of human progress – a way of life
functioning to the guided sails of Paramatma,
even as the man of the earth set to phenomenal yoke all day through".
This string of
noble thoughts comes from mature mind linked to a higher line of thinking.
Amarakavi Ramachandra is a rare person from whom emanates real philosophy with
fine fragrance.
If persons like
him make us believe in the great statement of Emerson: "Every man is a
divinity in disguise, a God playing the fool" should we not express
our deep felt thanks to Amarakavi?
"He is on earth, but his thoughts are with the stars; Mean and petty his wants and desires, yet
they serve a soul exalted with grand, glorious aims – with immortal longings –
with thoughts which sweep the heavens and wander through eternity. A
pigmy standing on the outward crest of this small planet, his far reaching
spirit stretches outward to the infinite, and there alone finds rest".
These words of
Thomas Carlyle aptly fit the
description of Amarakavi, excepting perhaps the wants and desires – for one
with those wants and desires cannot attain great heights, as this book
evidently illustrates. May his contribution to the world of thinking, high thinking remain a glittering light
amidst the darkness of this word!
"I saw Eternity the other night
Like a great ring of pure and endless light".
Henry Vaughan
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