Sampooran Singh
The scientific field has developed considerably, but in the field of psychological growth we have hardly progressed, which has created lopsided development of man. We have now at our disposal, tremendous power and ability, but the psyche of man is not very different from that of the primitive man. We must explore the cause of our failure here and now. We cannot afford to waste even one second, as not much time is left at our disposal. This is not simply a philosophical exercise. The whole world needs to take stock, because we are at the brink of disaster.
It is impossible to create a logical, sane peaceful society on a knowledge base that is fundamentally inadequate, seriously incomplete and mistaken in basic assumption. Yet that is precisely what the modern world has been trying to do.
Truth is universal. If something is true, it must be for the Buddhist, the Christian and the Hindu, just as the law of gravitation is true everywhere and for everybody. It is as important to have intuitive mind (religious mind) in the true sense as to have a scientific mind; both are precise, enquiring and sharp. Einstein said that the truly religious mind is also the truly scientific mind. It is intuition or insight that brings the discovery. A discovery is a direct communion with nature. The answer to human problems is embedded in direct perception (intuition), to communicate that intuition by verbal cognition and the words are drawn from the factual memory, and draw rational inference (called quantum logic or unfettered philosophical reason).
Challenges facing mankind are formidable. As the challenges are new and unprecedented, so our response must be new to meet these challenges. It is spirituality that has the potential to bestow the new response that can resolve the challenges. It is the integral and all-inclusive dimension of consciousness that leads to the conquest of all human crises, pain and misery, transforming them into freedom, peace and bliss. This is the only vocation of the human race.