LOVE—THE COMMON POINT

refinement in ethical and material matters, resulting from continuous effort on the part of all mankind. For example, when man started his life on planet earth, human existence was in a primitive state. It took thousands of years of joint efforts of humanity to bring in civilisation. For example, in the beginning, man used to walk on his own two legs, then travelled on horseback. Thanks to the development of the wheel travel by car was made possible. Love All The discovery of steam power made travel by steamship and rail possible. Man then produced airplanes and further facilitated the means of contact and communication. All this was not the work of any single human being: all of humanity was involved in this process. The discovery of this reality about history gives rise to the culture of ‘love all’, while unawareness of this leads to the ‘hate all’ culture. The most sensible formula is ‘love all’. This is why all three Semitic religions teach us that we should love all others—even if they appear to be our ‘enemies’. o We are living in a civilisation. Whatever we make use of is a gift of this civilisation. On Anger When provoked we get angry and release a great amount of energy. We can either channelise this energy towards the positive or the negative. On directing it towards the negative, we will develop feelings of revenge and hatred. By directing it towards the positive, we will grow intellectually.