" . . . I feel," Thakur interrupted softly, " that selfish expectations
are the pebbles in the jar of existence that resist its its being filled with the wine
of life. Though love is seldom mutual, yet, it has a magnetic pull. The holy
weapons that can conquer “ my heart are love, compassion and service that well up
and nurture your beloved's existence. It is such an apt and skilful go Hut can
surely bind and beautify inseparably. So, I say: Always leave to your mate with
an immortal, unbreakable tie and both I you be surrendered to your Lord with
progressive, concentric service."
An Indian listener intervened, "Thakur, there's one problem when people
surrender to their Lord. There are so many contradictory declarations on
marriage relations. Christ believed in monogamy and not divorce. Moses and
Mohammed advocated polygamy and divorce. And, there are Buddhists who
believe in polyandry. All are different, and yet each feels that his way is the one
that serves existence."
Thakur shook his head. "But I understand that each Lord is for life and growth.
He is the watch of bread and imparts this to the people. All Prophets are the
fulfilling Embodiments of the lame in essence, according to the needs of the age.
Hence, compatible, contented, virtuous monogamy with zealous, serving
initiative that binds each other with complacent satisfaction in a psychophysical,
sacramental wedding is the monumental virgin endowment of society that begets
Godly tradition and raises many upwards...."
". . . but, Thakur," the youth intervened, "if all are the same in essence, why did
Moses and Mohammed permit divorce and support polygamy?"
"Hazrat Rasool has said," Thakur explained, "of all the laws permitted to man,
the most hated by Allah is the law of divorce. And, I think, that 'hated by
Allah' means 'hated by existence' for it is against life and growth. Furthermore,
Lord Christ has said, '. . . . Moses permitted divorce because of the hardness of
your hearts, but from the beginning it was not so. . .' I feel that hard-hearted
means passionately hard-hearted."
"But what about polygamy, Thakur? That's practically the same thing."
Thakur shook his head. "I think that the divorced and adulterous due to soaring
shocks and unbalanced fickleness often beget cruel, hard-hearted offspring with
passionate obsessions of diverse patterns. Whereas, I think that compatible,
supra-selective polygamy is more encouraging, as it begets a variety of traits
with superior intelligence."
"What fs supra-selective polygamy?"
"Supra-selective polygamy was practised, I think, when Abraham, the
Patriarch, married Hagar, the hand-maid, at Sarah's insistence. For when a
woman of lesser tradition is united in sacred wed-lock with a man of a greater
at his wife's insistence, then supra-selective polygamy is practiced, often to
fulfill and exalt the needs of existence."
"But, Thakur," the young American woman protested, "it is said that Sarah
ultimately became jealous of Hagar and even drove her away. I don't see how this
exalted anybody's existence!"
"Thakur smiled softly. "But from Sarah's son, Jacob, came Christ the benevolent
Blessing of Providence. From Hagar's son Ishmael, came Mohammed-the Servant
of Survival. Did they not heighten the glow of Providence? Were they not the
super-sonorous urge of Heaven?"
"Anyway, Thakur," another youth interrupted, "the legendary past is of less
concern than the immediate present. Today, civil law in almost every country, and
canon law in many, recognizes 'monogamy and divorce’."
"Yet I feel," Thakur responded, ''that virtuous, contented, compatible
monogamy is always the bliss that heaven adores. For It ordains by norm and
nurture the birth of progeny of greatness. Whereas, divorce is always a civil
adjustment of beastly ballot giving legal sanction to debauchery with a fantastic
chase of man and woman in a fickle, passionate crave. It indulges against the
chaste go of life to create ill-fated progeny."
"Butl, Thakur, don't you feel there are times when divorce is required on
grounds of ordinary humanity? When one of the partners is oppressed or
neglected, the wife has no alternative but to seek divorce even though her love
remains."
are the pebbles in the jar of existence that resist its its being filled with the wine
of life. Though love is seldom mutual, yet, it has a magnetic pull. The holy
weapons that can conquer “ my heart are love, compassion and service that well up
and nurture your beloved's existence. It is such an apt and skilful go Hut can
surely bind and beautify inseparably. So, I say: Always leave to your mate with
an immortal, unbreakable tie and both I you be surrendered to your Lord with
progressive, concentric service."
An Indian listener intervened, "Thakur, there's one problem when people
surrender to their Lord. There are so many contradictory declarations on
marriage relations. Christ believed in monogamy and not divorce. Moses and
Mohammed advocated polygamy and divorce. And, there are Buddhists who
believe in polyandry. All are different, and yet each feels that his way is the one
that serves existence."
Thakur shook his head. "But I understand that each Lord is for life and growth.
He is the watch of bread and imparts this to the people. All Prophets are the
fulfilling Embodiments of the lame in essence, according to the needs of the age.
Hence, compatible, contented, virtuous monogamy with zealous, serving
initiative that binds each other with complacent satisfaction in a psychophysical,
sacramental wedding is the monumental virgin endowment of society that begets
Godly tradition and raises many upwards...."
". . . but, Thakur," the youth intervened, "if all are the same in essence, why did
Moses and Mohammed permit divorce and support polygamy?"
"Hazrat Rasool has said," Thakur explained, "of all the laws permitted to man,
the most hated by Allah is the law of divorce. And, I think, that 'hated by
Allah' means 'hated by existence' for it is against life and growth. Furthermore,
Lord Christ has said, '. . . . Moses permitted divorce because of the hardness of
your hearts, but from the beginning it was not so. . .' I feel that hard-hearted
means passionately hard-hearted."
"But what about polygamy, Thakur? That's practically the same thing."
Thakur shook his head. "I think that the divorced and adulterous due to soaring
shocks and unbalanced fickleness often beget cruel, hard-hearted offspring with
passionate obsessions of diverse patterns. Whereas, I think that compatible,
supra-selective polygamy is more encouraging, as it begets a variety of traits
with superior intelligence."
"What fs supra-selective polygamy?"
"Supra-selective polygamy was practised, I think, when Abraham, the
Patriarch, married Hagar, the hand-maid, at Sarah's insistence. For when a
woman of lesser tradition is united in sacred wed-lock with a man of a greater
at his wife's insistence, then supra-selective polygamy is practiced, often to
fulfill and exalt the needs of existence."
"But, Thakur," the young American woman protested, "it is said that Sarah
ultimately became jealous of Hagar and even drove her away. I don't see how this
exalted anybody's existence!"
"Thakur smiled softly. "But from Sarah's son, Jacob, came Christ the benevolent
Blessing of Providence. From Hagar's son Ishmael, came Mohammed-the Servant
of Survival. Did they not heighten the glow of Providence? Were they not the
super-sonorous urge of Heaven?"
"Anyway, Thakur," another youth interrupted, "the legendary past is of less
concern than the immediate present. Today, civil law in almost every country, and
canon law in many, recognizes 'monogamy and divorce’."
"Yet I feel," Thakur responded, ''that virtuous, contented, compatible
monogamy is always the bliss that heaven adores. For It ordains by norm and
nurture the birth of progeny of greatness. Whereas, divorce is always a civil
adjustment of beastly ballot giving legal sanction to debauchery with a fantastic
chase of man and woman in a fickle, passionate crave. It indulges against the
chaste go of life to create ill-fated progeny."
"Butl, Thakur, don't you feel there are times when divorce is required on
grounds of ordinary humanity? When one of the partners is oppressed or
neglected, the wife has no alternative but to seek divorce even though her love
remains."
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