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Spiritual Resurgence - The Crying need of our Times
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The need of our times is to rehabilitate our impoverished soul; to rejuvenate it with divine inspiration and to make it recover its strength and power. Bhagavadgitā (2/23) reminds humanity of the power of the self :
The self is indivisible It is extremely subtle without parts, and imfinite. That is why no sword can cut it no fire can burn it, water cannot make it wet and wind cannot dry it.
Fountain Source of Nourishment for the Human Soul
The universe is so ancient and so vast that incontrast human affairs may seem of little consequence. Absorbed in day-to-day bread and butter existence, human are lulled into thinking that what seems remote is irrelevant to every day concerns, Carl Sagan, the famous American scientist observes :
"Science has found not only that universe has a reeling and ecstatic grandeur, but also that we are, in a very real and profound sense, a part of that cosmos, born from it, our fate deeply connected with it. The most basic human events and the most trivial trace back to the universe and its origins. In the last few millenia, we have made the most astonishing and unexpected discoveries about the universe and our place in it. They remind us that humans have evolved to wonder, that understanding is a joy, that knowledge is prerequisite to survival.
This knowledge has to be backed by faith to strengthen the indivisible self. Knowledge educates and enlightens human beings. But knowledge is a treasure house to be drawn upon not merely to put science and
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