What is the purpose of the passage?
Diection:
The true reality of life can be known only when we maintain
a balance
between the mathematical elements of nature,
on the one hand,
and consciousness and will, on the other.
There are
two things in nature we have no doubt about; our
(5) existence and the outside world.
But there is something
which makes
us aware of these two elements and that is
our thought.
Whatever we feel, our conclusions, our fears,
and
aspirations, all revolve around our thinking. Our flesh
and bones
cannot perceive things in nature. It is the capability
(10) of our thoughts alone. Even a physically
disabled man with a
sane mind
gets rational thoughts. So there is some great
power that
picks impressions from surroundings, concludes
ideas, and
gives reasoning and judgment. And that power
is the power
of thinking. This is real “I myself”. This ‘I myself’
(15) has an existence apart from its physical
reality. It is the
real self or
person who deals with others in society. Its
physical
body is a medium through which he can verbalize
his
thoughts. The real person is embodied in the thoughts
of the
personality. So judge not a person’s physicality but
(20) his thoughts.