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From: marswalker108
Date:
Wed Nov 20, 2002 7:17 pm
Subject: SSB and Mankind's Advance in
Technology
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To All
Devotees:
The sorry state of affairs in the world today is
partially due to
this fact: mankind's spiritual evolution has
not kept pace with his
advances in technology. Specifically,
man's moral and ethical
standards are not in harmony with his
rapid advances in science.
The number of people in the world
who feel a deep sense of insecurity
about their lives seems to
be increasing. This is due to the
overwhelming world problems
nations and peoples face today. Mankind's
misuse of technology
certainly is related to these fears.
In fact, I have recently
heard prominent authors on talk shows
emphasizing this very
theme. For example, Neale Donald Walsch (New
Your Times best
selling author of "Conversations with God") reveals
in his new
book, "The New Revelation: A Conversation With God," the
following dialogue (Atrium Books, 2002, p13):
"......It
feels as though, now, time is of the essence. We have
reached a
crossroad here.
Yes. You are facing now a new and startling
danger--a danger posed to
your entire species. A threat to your
very survival posed by the
combination of a split in ideology
and an advance in technology which
makes it possible for you to
seek to resolve your differences with
tools of human destruction
unlike anything you may have heretofore
dreamed of in your worst
nightmare."
(I want to divulge here and state the fact I
disagree with some of
Walsch's ideas promoted in his
books.)
Sri Daya Mata, President of SRF and a direct disciple
of Paramahansa
Yogananda, has stated, I believe, noteworthy
comments regarding
spiritual evolution and technology on the Web
site:
http://www.yogananda-srf.org/
An extract follows:
".....If man's moral and spiritual
evolution does not keep pace with
the upward progress of
knowledge and technology, he misuses the power
he has acquired,
to his own destruction. Indeed, this is the nature of
the world
crisis we are facing today.
Man's consciousness has evolved
enough for him to unlock the mystery
and marvelous power of the
atom, a power that may one day perform
tremendous things that we
cannot even dream about now. But what have
we done with that
knowledge? The primary concentration has been on
the development
of instruments of destruction. Modern technology has
also given
us freedom from any of the time consuming tasks that were
once
necessary for physical survival. Often, however, the leisure
time man has gained is not used to advance his mental and
spiritual
natures, but to engage in an endless pursuit of
material and sensual
pleasures....."
The world is in
trouble. Bigger trouble it has ever been in before.
We are being
confronted by events and conditions that we cannot
ignore. We
know, however, that now is not the time for despair but
for true
positive change for good. The big question is: why isn't SSB
leading mankind out of his troubles and to repair the damage man
has
done? Why hasn't SSB inspired and led man to positive change
and
transformation during this critical time of technological
advances?
It is nearly his 77th birthday! The redundant fact is
that SSB claims
to be Krishna, Rama, the Father who sent Jesus
Christ on earth, the
Lord of All Lords, and the Ultimate
Absolute.
It is pass time to expose who SSB really is: a
fraud avatar who has
deceived millions of sincere seekers of
truth and goodness.
Best wishes, Dennis J Hanisch
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