Analysis & Synthesis page

5 fundamental principles  11 social and socio-economic principles  Existence  Leadership  Economic democracy  Democracy  
"State vs. private"  Neo-humanism

Evolution

By Shrii Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar
Human beings emerged on this earth about one million years ago. Perhaps some of you have seen the fossils of human beings that are nearly half a million years old. Those primitive humans didn't have the same physiology as the modern people and the human beings of the future will not have the same physiology as the people of today.

Similarly, on other planets as well, the bodies of beings similar to humans, who have evolved in accordance with the particular environmental conditions, will also undergo change in the future. The course that changes will take depends upon physical makeup and psychic evolution. If the human brain or its cranium is small in size, it cannot accommodate much intellect. So, for the expression of greater intellect, there must be a corresponding increase in the size of the human cranium. In primitive times, the huge dinosaurs and coctatius etc. had huge bodies but tiny brains. Some of you have seen the fossils of these animals in our museum. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar of Bengal had a comparatively large head, which was the object of many a joke. Some people used to say appreciatively, "Without such a large head, how can one possess such tremendous intellect?" Thus, the more people advance, the more the body undergoes change. The greater the physical evolution, the more complex the physical structure becomes. It is necessary change because subtle thoughts and their expression depend upon a complex physical and psychic structure.

The mind, which wants to think of so many things, requires a developed brain and a developed cranium to protect the brain. Not only that, one also requires an equally developed nervous system to transmit impulses from the brain to different parts of the body. Moreover, nerve cells and nerve fibres conceive of new ideas. The presence of glands implies the presence of various chemical substances in the body. It means that the human structure must become progressively more complicated. Of all the microcosmic bodies on this planet, the human body is the most complex, for it has to act as the vehicle for the human mind. Nothing in this world is stationary and nothing will remain stationary. This applies not only to our own planet, but to other celestial bodies as well. Everything moves in its own particular orbit. "Caraeveti, caraeveti," or "March ahead, march ahead," is the only mantra on the path of movement. No one has come to stay permanently in this world.

There are people who preach certain dogmas. They claim that the words spoken three, four, or five thousand years ago by their holy prophets are infallible for they are the direct words of God. They tolerate no contradiction. These preachers of dogma are trying to impose their irrational and outdated doctrines on enlightened people and thereby thwart the intellectual progress of humanity. However, their sinister attempts are bound to be frustrated. Perhaps dogma will succeed in landing some blows on the human mind, but ultimately these attempts will boomerang on them with redoubled energy and vigour is causing these dogmas to not only bend but to break into pieces. Humanity has been advancing and will keep advancing in the future. Gradually, the glandular structure will undergo further development, the cranium will undergo changes, and so on. Through this natural process the human species will eventually become extinct on this planet and on others as well.

Whoever comes must also go. This is the inexorable law. The extinction of human beings from this planet should by no means leave anyone frustrated. The victorious humans who came to this planet long will move to other planets, to a greater glory, a greater victory, a far greater enlightenment. The lower glands of the human body with their controlling points are controlled by the higher glands and their respective controlling points. For example, if the pituitary gland is well developed, the lower glands will be equally well developed and well regulated. Thus, the pineal gland is the primary controller of all the other glands. The human body possesses fifty main glands, each having its own impact on the psychic sphere. Every gland works both internally and externally as well as in ten directions. Fifty times two times ten equals one thousand. That is why the pineal gland, being the controller of one thousand vrttis (propensities) is called Sahasra'ra cakra. The controlling point of the human sentimentality is the unit consciousness (a'nupurus'a) and all unit consciousnesses in this universe are controlled by the Supreme Consciousness from this pineal gland. The human body is like a machine composed of hands, feet, etc., while the glands are subtle psychic machines. All these are controlled by the pineal gland, and the Supreme Consciousness is the Supreme Controller of all.

Copyright Ananda Marga Publications 1999