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if someone puts acid in your eyes ? On the pretext of giving comforts, the excesses of science has inflicted man with a helpless and paralytic dependence.
While enjoying any comfort man should question whether such a comfort is necessary for him or not? He should further investic
nese comforts are dangerous or not? Comforts are like a leech. First they stick to you and then they suck you out. They will take a break only after they have made their victim useless. We can accept when a comfort takes the form of tea, but when it becomes an excess and the addiction takes you to consumption of opium (narcotic drugs), the person who consumes it carelessly, first gets a 'kick' out of it and then is kicked out !
Some time ago, America met with a historic event. There was complete black out in New York. This black-out was published in news-papers all over the world. It continued for almost one and half days. What would have happened if this crisis continued for a month ? In the beginning the generators, and after a few days the ventilators of the ICU would have been seen functioning.
Just imagine, due to the occurrence of a major break down, the entire satellite system breaks down. Then perhaps there will
enomenal rise in suicides as our lives are completely dependent on the satellite system. The mere imagination of a life without electricity would push a person into a state of depression. It is, as if the modern science has imprisoned a man's mental happiness in a switch board. This high level of dependence has truly become a cause of concern.
A person is not prepared to wait for five minutes for his family members to get ready for going out somewhere, but after
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| SR No. | 007026 |
| Book Title | Mind Your Mind |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Udayvallabhvijay |
| Publisher | Pragna Prabodh Parivar |
| Publication Year | 2014 |
| Total Pages | 130 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 9 MB |