Tradition Of Mutual Exchange

is, some things on both sides keep changing under each other’s influence. But at the same time, there are other things that always remain the same. They stay unchanged and unaffected. In this matter, life is like the water of the ocean. On the upper surface of the sea, waves rise. Water from one side keeps moving into the other side. But the water deep under the sea remains completely still. It always stays in the same state. On the surface of the ocean, the process of change continues, and in the depths of the ocean, the process of stillness and consistency continues. This difference is completely natural, and it must necessarily remain. Trying to eliminate this difference is going against nature. To go against it is to clash with nature. And whoever clashes with nature ends up destroying himself. He cannot change the eternal processes of nature. In this world, insisting on stillness in things that are changeable is wrong—and trying to change things that are unchanging is equally wrong and useless. Now in this light, think about the tradition of ‘Ijaab-oQubool’ (acceptance and agreement) in religion. Religion too comes under this general law. Religion also has some eternal principles, and some additional aspects. The eternal principles of religion always remain in the same state. But in its additional aspects, the process of exchange continues. In this second part, one religion takes from