| The progress of science and technology since past few centuries has indeed been revolutionary. It has drastically changed the shape of our lives. World today is blessed by multifarious comforts and facilities, which were beyond imagination a century ago. Science fiction of the past appears to have become a reality today. If a man of 300 years ago descends here, he may not recognize whether it is the same world he once inhabited! The enormous boons of science and technology have helped culmination of human civilization to ever-new heights. However, despite this enrichment and advancement, the goal of global peace and happiness still appears to be far from sight.
Man of today, generally feels more lonely, more privative, more deprived, more dissatisfied, more insecure, more worried, more tensed and weaker than his great grand parents. The human society today, appears to be challenged by unprecedented arduous problems and facing negative evolution of - bodily health, mental stability and peace, moral development, familial amity, financial security and satisfaction, social goodwill and cooperation, inner bliss and enlightenment.
Acharya Sharma sees the misconceptions and misdeeds of people’s shortsighted, extrovert thinking at the root of these man-made threats to the very survival of humanity. "Folly of wisdom" would be a more appropriate representation here to summarize the illusions and mistakes of human intellect. Blind race of single-tracked materialistic advancement has disturbed the harmony of the ecosystem on the one hand, and has severely hindered the natural flow of humane sentiments on the other. This has put the cultural growth of the highly advanced civilization on an edge of extinction.
The present volume focuses at the depth and grandeur of the selfish attitude, prejudiced thinking and evil mentality, and measures their adverse consequences in different dimensions of life. It also discusses the major issues and approaches concerning reversal or diversion of the morally inverted and ethically perverted thinking of people and elucidates practical approaches to enforce ideal use of the power of science and technology. It sketches the basis, prudent philosophy and modalities for materialization of intellectual civilization in perfect consonance with righteous expansion of social and ethical revolution - emanated from the limitless source of spiritually refined thoughts and sentiments.
Power of thinking is greatest of all the powers of Nature and its conscious component. Prudence of pure intellect enables ideal use of this immense power. It is the arousal of righteous thinking, which educes spark of life in the otherwise dead education and thus enlightens the latter with the glow of vidya (ref. vol. no. 49 of this series). The nectar of vidya induces the vital charge of divine values in the ’materialistic’ intellect of man and activates the hidden force of his soul. Then, there remains no place left for malice, mistakes, fear, tension, sorrow, despair, weakness or scarcity in any domain of life. Life blossoms with immense bliss and brilliant success there after.
Prudence is a virtue of spirituality. It arouses with the piety of intellect and sentiments. Revolution of thoughts cannot proceed without its arousal in people’s minds. The fundamental elements of Gayatri and Yagya, and the gamut of Indian cultural values derived from them, encompass all that is necessary and sufficient for this revolution to take place in the present circumstances of life. Initiation and expansion of this revolution (Vichar Kranti) has been the major objective of Acharya Sharma’s "Gayatri Pariwar" mission.
The distinctions of the Indian cultural system and the need, possibilities and scope of resurrection of this culture, are elucidated in the present volume in the context of the ethical (moral), intellectual and social revolution by Vichar Kranti. This volume also discusses the philosophies and impact of other revolutions, which have been significant in the history of modern civilization... |
