VML-6/9/02

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From the dualistic standpoint this universe can only be looked upon

as a creation of matter or force, can only be looked upon as the play

of a certain will, and that will again can only be looked upon as

separate from the universe. Thus a man from such a standpoint has to

see himself as composed of a dual nature, body and soul, and this

soul, though limited, is individually complete in itself. Such a

man's ideas of immortality and of the future life would necessarily

accord with his idea of soul. These phases have been kept in the

Vedanta, and it is, therefore, necessary for me to present to you a

few of the popular ideas of dualism.