- Matter and Spirit
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin had equally deep feeling for the material world through his geological and paleontological studies as for the world of the spirit. He was aware of the essential unity of matter and spirit being two aspects of one "cosmic stuff".
Ultimately it is undeniable truth that God alone is and even the distinction between matter and spirit is arbitrary.
- Widening
"The only begotten Son of God" is for those who read only the Bible. In the same way as the statement. "All other Avataras were partial, but Sri Krishna was the Lord Himself", is for the devotees of Sri Krishna. Mr. X is Mrs X only partner and vice versa. They do not like to like to associate one another with anyone else and this feeling binds them together.
Even God who is Cosmic Being lends Himself to be regarded by individual souls, each one claiming Him as his own and the manifestation as the only one possible. Narrowness of the concept of God does tend to deepen our faith. We should guard against this turning into the Ocean of Truth, for it will destroy us. Widening of the concept is good, especially in the modern context, but the width should not make the faith shallow, as for instance you smash a plastic container and make it flat and wide.
- Suffering
The devotee does not suffer in reality! Our ancients painted pictures of such "suffering" merely to show us that the devotee rejoices even under such conditions, whereas you, with all your wealth, are still miserable.
- Suffer
You ask why a good man suffers.
I ask, "Do only good men suffer?"
The wicked ones suffer, too, because it is the nature of life here.
Just because you think you are good, you feel that no suffering should come to you!
- Ten Avataras
The ten Avataras are true not only as proved by Darwin's theories, but everyone passes through the ten Avataras in every life-time.
Before birth the child is a fish swimming in the amniotic fluid; after birth it becomes a tortoise moving on its belly; then comes the stage when the young boy or girl plays in filth like a pig or rhinoceros. Then come the growth and the maturity which many people do not achieve at all!