The Philosophy of Life: 4. Swami Krishnananda.
================================================================================================ Saturday 14, June 2025, 05:50. Article Philosophy: The Philosophy of Life: Swami Krishnananda:4. Swami Krishnananda Post-3. ================================================================================================== If we regard the knowing subject and the known object as two different elements, consciousness and matter, then we can never establish a relation between them; therefore it is impossible to regard these two as ultimately differentiated principles. Then a third alternative would be to regard the entire thing as one mass of matter, as materialists hold today. Materialists say there is no such thing as consciousness because if it is there, we cannot establish a relation between the two, and it is very easy to regard consciousness as merely an offshoot of matter. Just as fire is an offshoot of a matchstick, there are many who think that consciousness is an exudation of the ma...