No one can even imagine a world in which differences do not exist. Differences are born from the inner springs of intelligence and the cumulative effect of impacts. The life of every being is the external expression of this intelligence and this effect. Inert as well as non-inert entities are but manifestations on different levels of this Intelligence. The parrot casts its eyes in a distinct way; the crow does the same, quite differently. The jackal reasons out situations differently from the dog. The nature of animals is of one type; the nature of human beings is of another type. Between man and man, there are differences in the knowledge gained. Not only in knowledge but even in physical characteristics and personal charm, there are countless variations. Their likes and dislikes, their thoughts and feelings are shaped in diverse ways by the knowledge they have and the professions they are engaged in. We have no need to go so far. Even twins growing together in the same womb are not often identical; they manifest different natures. What is the reason for this? The reason lies in differences in the development of the intelligence.

Therefore, at no time can mankind be free from differences; universal equality is an impossible aspiration; the desire to have it established on earth is a fantasy; it is a search for flowers in the sky.

The animal lives with the awareness that it is an animal, the bird has the consciousness that it is a bird. A woman engages herself in the activities of the world, conscious that she is a woman; so also does man. The consciousness one has, until sleep overwhelms, continues without change after waking from sleep. The living being continues his activities as before sleep. Man continues his activity where it was broken off by sleep; so too, man continues in this life the activities broken off by death, from where they were ended. "Yam Yam vaapi smaran bhaavam, thyajathyanthe kalebaram. He gives up his body at the end, remembering the feelings that moved him ever so strongly." And in the Gita: "Tham thamaivethi Kauntheya, sadaa thad bhaava bhavithah" - He attains that status itself to which his feelings were all the while directed." The nature of the next life is in accordance with feelings which occupy the mind when man casts off his corpse. For, those feelings will only be in accordance with the feelings that motivated his living days. On deeper thought, it will be evident that the basic truth is just this: Everything depends on the progress attained in the sublimation of intelligence.