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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 mild from one corner of the earth to the other almost
simultaneously. Computers solve complex mathematical problems within minutes
which would otherwise have taken several 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 constantly. And, on a daily basis, development 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 ul 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 a 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.
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%?
