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ON MAN’S PATH OF EVOLUTION IS IT POSSIBLE THAT AT SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE
HUMANITY AS A WHOLE CAN ATTAIN ENLIGHTENMENT? AT WHAT POINT OF EVOLUTION
IS MAN TODAY?
With man, the natural, automatic process of evolution ends. Man is the last product of unconscious
evolution. With man, conscious evolution begins. Many things are to be taken into account.
First, unconscious evolution is mechanical and natural. It happens by itself. Through this type of
evolution, consciousness evolves. But the moment consciousness comes into being, unconscious
evolution stops because its purpose has been fulfilled. Unconscious evolution is needed only up
to the point where the conscious comes into being. Man has become conscious. In a way, he has
transcended nature. Now nature cannot do anything; the last product that was possible through
natural evolution has come into being. Now man becomes free to decide whether to evolve or not to
evolve.
Secondly, unconscious evolution is collective, but the moment evolution becomes conscious it
becomes individual. No collective, automatic evolution proceeds further than mankind. From
now on, evolution becomes an individual process. Consciousness creates individuality. Before
consciousness evolves, there is no individuality. Only species exist, not individuality.
When evolution is still unconscious, it is an automatic process; there is no uncertainty about it.
Things happen through the law of cause and effect. Existence is mechanical and certain. But wit
man, with consciousness, uncertainty comes into existence. Now, nothing is certain. Evolution may
take place or it may not. The potential is there, but the choice will rest entirely with each individual.
That is why anxiety is a human phenomenon. Below man there is no anxiety because there is
no choice. Everything happens as it must. There is no choice so there is no chooser, and in the
absence of the chooser, anxiety is impossible. Who is to be anxious? Who is to be tense?