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Three hundred years ago, Euclid's geometry was the only geometry, and a complete science. It is not any more. Non-Euclidian geometry has taken its place. Because of the great discoveries in science, it became absolutely necessary that we think contrary to Euclid, contrary to Aristotle.
Mahavira, Krishna, Buddha, Jesus, Moses, Mohammed -- they all happened before science had even started scratching the very beginning of things. But they all thought that with them evolution stops, with them time stops. No, time does not stop with anybody. Evolution does not stop with anybody. These are all egoistic claims. The ego would like to say that "everything stops with me -- I am the ultimate happening. Nothing more, nothing better, nothing higher is going to happen." Even Gautam Buddha forgets completely. He declares, "I am the highest awakened person, the suprememost awakened person. Nobody has been so awakened before, and nobody will be so awakened again. Nobody is higher than me, and nobody will ever be higher than me."
And these people, on the other hand, go on teaching, "Be humble. Drop the ego." It seems to be a beautiful arrangement. To the people say, "Be humble" -- and you be the only begotten son of God! To the people say, "Be egoless" -- and you declare yourself the suprememost awakened person! Not only are you the highest up to now, you are even closing it for the future -- nobody can transcend you.
In India there is a religion, Radhaswami. They have a list; they think there are fifteen stages of the evolution of the soul. Mohammed is on the third stage -- I am just telling you as an example -- Jesus is on the fourth stage, one stage higher; Krishna is on the fifth, one stage higher; Buddha on the tenth. They have put all the names in categories. Their guru, who is not known outside India, not known outside the city of Agra -- it is a very small sect -- he has reached to the fifteenth, the last. There is no other stage above it.
I was visiting their temple -- they are making a temple just according to the same power trip. Agra has the Taj Mahal, one of the most beautiful creations of man; they are making a better temple, just to defeat
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