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When the eye of
consciousness witnesses the modern world. It is astonished. It is astounded by
human ability and the expression of its innovations. When observing the earth
of the skies, one sees an unending chain of inventions. The subsidiary
expressions of craftsmanship and creativeness of the Creator of the Universe
can be seen spanning the surface of the globe.
Motor cars race
along the streets, trains enable even faster travel, and airplanes pierce the
skies, carrying thousands of tons of weight, traversing distances in only hours
and days which used to take months and years. Airplanes travel faster than the
speed of sound. Communication systems transmit pictures and sound from one
corner of the earth to the other almost Instantaneously. Computers solve
complex mathematical problems within minutes which would otherwise have taken
several days to work out. Atomic power is utilized, and cities glimmer with
electric energy and gears spin in industrial institutions. Rockets and missiles
threaten destruction repeated efforts are made to explore space. Magical laser
beams are employed. Amazing developments in electronics occur constantly. And,
on a daily basis, developments in the fields of medicine and surgery are made.
These are the subsidiary creations which are just as active in the dark of
night as they are in light of day. Man, who is the supreme creation of the Best
of the Creators, has been successful in establishing a long continuum of
innovations with his relentless and tireless work during both day and night.
Yet, although he is the creator of these things, within this web of innovations
and inventions, he has failed to realize his own place, and his own value,
among his own creations. Man, who claims to have conquered the laws of nature,
has made himself a pawn to his own creations and is caught in a web of his own
making, fruitlessly trying to escape, like a helpless fly. Man has set his
mental aspirations so low that he fails to comprehend that all that he has
created is a manifestation of his own hidden abilities. But he has given these
abilities only a limited shape and form and has become their slave. Creator of
the airplanes that pierce the skies, helplessly looks up at his own creation
from ground; if he tries to take a leap in the air, he pathetic falls down.
Man, who has brought into existence a machine as magnificent as the computer,
is himself perpetually entangle, I in the worthless game of numbers. The
inventor of gadget that can carry sound thousands of miles away has such pool
hearing himself that he is unable to hear sound 200 or even 100 yards away. The
inventor of gadgets that can transport images from one city to the other and
even from space to Earth, has vision so poor that he cannot even see what is
right behind him, let alone view distant cities with the naked eye, Man, who
claims to have conquered natural phenomena will, if he honestly and impartially
looks within himself, arrive at the conclusion that the magnitude of his
emotional problems, mental stress, anxiety and sense of insecurity are
currently at record levels.
The reality,
however, is that man, caught in the shackles of long distances, has innate
abilities that allow him to exercise control over the entire earth. The Creator
of the universe has bestowed upon him wisdom that spans across planets, that
spans across solar systems; that transcends the limitations of space and time.
Man has been made as the essence of the universe by his Creator, in the shape
of His most superior creation. But man did not appreciate this great reward of
the Creator- he has been ungrateful. Man limited his abilities. Abandoning
the traits that go beyond time and space, he settled for lower and yet lower,
worthless and yet more worthless, materialism, and like a silkworm imprisoned
himself in his silk cocoon. How ridiculous is the scenario that the creation is
himself dependent on his creation.
It has been written
in the heavenly scriptures that dominion over resources means that resources
would come into existence with one's intention. What is intention? Intention is
the expression of the soul's unending creative properties.
In order to activate
and utilize the spiritual abilities within necessary that we possess the
knowledge of the Book and that those formulas upon which the entire universe
rests, and that are imparted by the Book, become manifest to us. As long as
this knowledge is not gained, man will continue to be buried under heap of
despair and misfortune. The earthly shell that surrounds us is that inheritance
of ours due in which our revered and honourable ancestor, Adam, was regrettably
thrown from the sublime heights of heaven to the lowly earth.
O people! O
intellectuals! Use some sense and wisdom. What kind of progress do we really
have when man is forever trying to destroy his own kind, and he calls this
destruction, progress! What kind of wisdom is this that man has placed the
worth of an atom over and above the value of hundreds of thousands of human
beings and, with the dazzling illusion of progress has obscured peace of mind,
contentment and sense of security!
KHWAJA SHAMS-UD-DEEN AZEEMI
Science has made immense progress, yet many believe that, even with all of the modern tools at our disposal, human beings function at no more than 10% of their mental capacity. This leads to the question of what exactly it is that comprises the remaining 90%. Yet another question that arises is this: If it has taken man four and a half billion years to be able to apply only 10% of his ability, how long will it take for him to make use of the remaining 90%?
