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triumph of human intellect but a tragedy of human reason", said Max Born, Physics, Nobel prize winner.
Nature, of course, does have a certain tolerance quotient, a range of accommodating destruction beyond which any violation would boomerang on man with a vengeance. It will not brook man, its creature, to be have as its master and conqueror. The unbounded aspirations for material achievements have resuited in a kind of development which is antithetical to development as normatively desired. The upbridgeable disparity generated between individuuls and nations paves the way for ubiquitous conflict and peacelessness over the globe. In creating great societies, we have totally missed the concept of a good society. We witness all around the sordid spectacle of violence, anomie, ennui and alienation. Man's creativity is not harnessed towards his self-fulfillment but towards his self-aggrandizement, towards inflating his ego as a mere consumer. Development. by over-concentrating on the material aspect of life has impoverished man in his dimensions. It is, thus, distorting human reality by panderiog to the base instincts and thwarting those that symbolize his divinity. This development, therefore, is not compatible with the existential structure of man and is leading to an erosion of his being as human.
Material development is a function of physical science and technology. Man activates the latent powers of nature by unravelling its secrets. He appropriates these powers and transforms nature through them in the light of his value structure. However, he does not and cannot expand nature's resources He can only expend them The essence of this extant type of development consists in converting one from of matter/energy into another, as per a preconceived plan This pattern of development, however, is by no means coeval with the development of man as such. If man primarily is spiritual being and not a physical being, his destiny must be deter. mined more by spiritual sciences than by physical sciences, Man's inner being has more explosive powers than nature's outer being. It is through the spiritual techniques that these powers can be mobilized for map's spiritual transformation towards an omega point. To view nature as alien aad insentient existing there as a mere need object is a sinful violation of nature's status and dignity, Nature is an interconnected organic whole permeated with life and consciousness through and through. There is an obvious necd for a deep study of these interconnections in order to comprehend the mysterious functioning of nature and its various components. Any mechapo
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