NEED TO RECALL WISDOM GATHERING DUST

Everything that is born to this earth is trapped in time. It must age, and finally wither. However, all efforts of mankind are towards defeating time. Birth has been controlled to an extent, but death defies all human logic.

- DR. JERNAIL SINGH ANAND

The most important deciding factor which distinguishes man of today from the man of yesteryears is the idea of Knowledge. Man accomplished victories on time and space precisely because of his knowledge of the physics, chemistry, and mathematical sciences.

And this exploration into the mysterious schemata is still going on unchecked and unguarded, as it is fraught with danger. If eating the fruit of knowledge is considered the Fall of Man, the progression of civilization fueled by explosion of knowledge and information technology only shows how deep we are in the throes of self-damnation.

FREEDOM AND ITS LIMITATIONS

The happiest condition for man which the process of civilization might have brought to mankind was Freedom. Freedom is a very good construct, but it has its limitations. We are circumscribed by several factors. Just see how much freedom we have in the matter of our birth. Can we order a father for us and a mother too? Can we choose the colour of our skin? And our stature? When born, this is a world in which you cannot see your face. You cannot see your back. Pope says in his Essay on Man:

From brutes what men and from men what angels know, Or who could suffer being here below?

In fact, it is our limited knowledge which is a blessing for mankind, what to talk of total freedom.

DEFEATING TIME