Page 137 - Basic Writings of Sriramchandra

Foreword
The world is in the throes of a new birth. A new pattern of culture is emerging. The ways of science have paved the way for the re-orientation of human aims and goals. Though men are presently thinking in terms of better ways of existence for all and have been forced to conceive of life as a whole and not as for oneself and a few, yet the means and methods adopted for arriving at that goal or realisation of a welfare state have not been satisfactory. Man muddles on with the rationality vouched for his growth. Yet it is a fact that man is in search of happiness. This happiness and peace of mind seem to be closely linked up. Man has to realise that he belongs to a great world not only of humanity but also of other kinds and types of life, not only on this earth of ours but also on other worlds. Science has been opening up the frontiers of our knowledge in very vast directions. We have almost begun to enter into a greater world. But our minds are yet incapable of thinking to that scale and indeed we are incapable of adjusting to this mortal world and the prospects it is offering.
Man feels himself to be a greater being in reality or at least capable of realising himself in the world and fulfilling the demands of his body, life and mind. His efforts in this direction have been continuous, and labour of extreme concentration has gone into his struggle to grow, to live
97