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He further states--
"If we go on progressing, not only physically and mechanically but also mentally and spiritually, the prospect for humanity is great indeed. I am optimistic enough to hope that the present upheaval will in the end promote the good of the world." (p. 41).
That is the Kalki, the bright tomorrow to dawn in the life of man. The Kalki Avatara lies in the divinity that is there in the human consciousness and its dawn is a certainty. With this aim in view, in the last part of the monograph, Radhakrishnan points out what reconstruction will be and how. What one famous mantra of an Upanişad proclaims about the path of liberation is true of the bright future of humanity and civilization that man bas to struggle to attain to. It is true that
"Like the walking on pointed sharp blade of a sword, the path for man is steep, very difficult indeed to tread as our philosophers and sages have stated in so many words."
In his section on Reconstruction, Radhakrishnan takes up the same five spheres in the same order and expounds his theory of reconstruction in the realms of Religion, Family-Life, Economic Relations, Politics and International Relations. It is natural that the longest is his analysis of of reconstruction is the realm of religion.
In the realm of Religon, Dr. Radbakrishnan concedes that even in a world of reconstruction, the vast majority of men and women in differen climate, society, culture, tradition, concepts and ideas, cannot have ana need not have one Religon. He says:
“A single religion for all mankind will take away from the spiritual richness of the world. If we want to prevent the sterelization of the mind and the stagnation of the soul of humanity, we inust not repudiate or refuse, recognition to any one of the historical religions. As many as are led by the spirit of God, these are the sons of God." (p. 45).
It is necessary for the entire world of human beings to experience a transformation so that the religious and spiritnal experience lead all on the right path. The author, with his unstinted faith in humanity accepts that "Man alone has the unrest consequent on the conflict between what he is and what he can be. He is distinguished from other creatures by seeking after a rule of life, a principle of progress," (p. 48).
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