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Here we have a splendid generalization, in which our wise philosopher finally reconciles the naturalists and the idealists, expressing the crown and end of his teaching, first in the terms of the naturalist, and then in the terms of the idealist. HERE WE HAVE A SPLENDID GENERALIZATION IN WHICH OUR WISE PHILOSOPHER FINALLY RECONCILES THE NATURALISTS AND THE IDEALISTS EXPRESSING THE CROWN AND END OF HIS TEACHING FIRST IN THE TERMS OF THE NATURALIST AND THEN IN THE TERMS OF THE IDEALIST
tion. There are two kinds of eternity, says the commentary: the eternity of immortal life, which belongs to the Spirit, and the eternity of change, which inheres in Nature, in all that is not Spirit. While we are content to live in and for Nature, in the Circle of Necessity, Sansara, we doom ourselves to perpetual change. That which is born must die, and that which dies must be reborn. It is change evermore, a ceaseless series of transformations. But the Spiritual Man enters a new order; for him, there is no longer eternal change, but eternal Being. He has entered into the joy of his Lord. This spiritual birth, which makes him heir of the Everlasting, sets a term to change; it is the culmination, the crowning transformation, of the whole realm of change. 34. Pure spiritual life is, therefore, the inverse resolution of the potencies of Nature, which have emptied themselves of their value for the Spiritual man; or it is the return of the power of pure Consciousness to its essential form.  GIVES PLACE TO DURATION THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF ETERNITY SAYS THE COMMENTARY THE ETERNITY OF IMMORTAL LIFE WHICH BELONGS TO THE SPIRIT AND THE ETERNITY OF CHANGE WHICH INHERES IN NATURE IN ALL THAT IS NOT SPIRIT WHILE WE ARE CONTENT TO LIVE IN AND FOR NATURE IN THE CIRCLE OF NECESSITY SANSARO WE DOOM OURSELVES TO PERPETUAL CHANGE THAT WHICH IS BORN MUST DIE AND THAT WHICH DIES MUST BE REBORN IS CHANGE EVERMORE A CEASELESS SERIES OF TRANSFORMATIONS BUT THE SPIRITUAL MAN ENTERS A NEW ORDER FOR HIM THERE IS NO LONGER ETERNAL CHANGE BUT ETERNAL BEING HE HAS ENTERED INTO THE JOY OF HIS LORD THIS SPIRITUAL BIRTH WHICH MAKES HIM HEIR OF THE EVERLASTING SETS IT TURN TO CHANGE IT IS THE CULMINATION THE CROWNING TRANSFORMATION OF THE WHOLE REALM OF CHANGE SUTRA THIRTY FOUR PURE SPIRITUAL LIFE IS THEREFORE THE INVERSE RESOLUTION OF THE POTENCIES OF NATURE WHICH HAVE EMPTIED THEMSELVES OF THEIR VALUE FOR THE SPIRITUAL MAN OR IT IS THE RETURN OF THE POWER OF PURE CONSCIOUSNESS TO ITS ESSENTIAL FORM
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