जीवन विद्या एक परिचय

To validate whether I had attained samadhi, I performed samyama, and on that basis, these insights emerged. Human understanding has evolved in a successive manner. History documents how humans lived in the jungle age, the stone age, and the iron age. Many people found relief with the advent of the monarchy era. The promise was that the monarch would ensure the security of life and property, but that hasn’t happened until now. Life and property remain insecure; peace and harmony are further still. It is natural for every family and sect to be concerned about the security of their life & property and for peace & harmony.

Similarly, idealism emerged, but whatever relief people found in it proved insufficient over time. When this became inadequate, it was natural to reconsider, leading to the advent of science as a way of thinking. Previously, there was no room for logic in the sermonising of idealism. Idealism imposed dos and don’ts, labelling non-believers as sinners and subjecting them to harassment, as documented in history. Science was embraced because of its logical nature and its invitation to reason. Moreover, the imagined heaven and the desire for happiness began to materialise as people started to benefit from various amenities provided by science. People enjoyed these benefits extensively, but eventually, scientific achievements also proved insufficient. Once again, humans began to feel restricted. Thus, they oscillate between devotion-detachment and comfort-accumulation. They pursue devotion-detachment when tired of comfort-accumulation, and when disillusioned from devotion-detachment, they revert to comfort-accumulation. Both these pursuits may feel good in themselves, but there is a distinction between “feeling good” and “being good”. Just because something feels good doesn’t mean that it is good. For instance, drinking cold water may feel good, but it is not a law that cold water is always good. Someone could fall ill from drinking cold water, or develop a cough from it. Therefore, both cold water’s feeling good or its not feeling good cannot be universal. This pertains to conduciveness for the body.

Due to the ideology of science, we are drifting towards instability and uncertainty. Scientists have unsuccessfully attempted to describe humans as machines. The scientists who describe humans as machines themselves remain dissatisfied with that description. Nowadays, understanding the mechanical functioning of humans is a major topic of scientific research. Scientists believe that this understanding will accelerate human behaviour, work, and thinking. However, humans do not fit into this framework.