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Spiritual Resurgence The Crying
need of our Times
DR. N.P. JAIN
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Introduction
The world today needs underpinning of faith to the thoughts and activities of human beings. Noble Laureate Poet Rabindranath Tagore described faith as:
"a bird that feels the light and sings while the dawn is still dark."
The eyes of the world are upon us. Inter-faith unity of purpose and action forged here at Chicago could help to bring the light of Spiritual consciousness while humanity might still be groping in the darkness of despair, ignorance and confusion.
Let us rekindle the torch that was lit in 1893 and put spiritual resurgence on the top of the global human agenda in order to tackle in a purposive manner the crisis points in several fields of human endeavour.
Vincent Van Gogh, the renowned artist once remarked:
"I have a terrible need-(shall I say the word?) of religion. Then I go our at night and paint the stars.'
Global crisis of Spirit
There is a world-wide crisis of spirit. Materialism has proliferated extensively. We are about to step into the 21st century with advanced and sophisticated technology servicing vast and varied comforts for the humanity.
And yet standing at the summit of material prosperity, human beings are lost and confused, rootless and rudderless. Is this, what life is all about? The body is flourishing, but the soul in barren. There is
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