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Leading A Spiritual Life

‘worlds’, we discover that there is a fundamental
dichotomy. The human world is characterized by the
absence of any kind of restrictions. Man has total
freedom either to tread the path of ahimsa (non-violence)
or to engage in world wars. He can utilize nuclear energy
either for constructive purposes or for the development
of nuclear weapons. This kind of freedom, with its
propensity to encourage chaos and conflict, has the
potential to destroy all systems. The case of the cosmos
is diametrically opposed to this. Despite its mind-
boggling vastness and countless components, we find it
entirely ordered by determinism. From the microcosm
to the macrocosm, the whole universe functions under
tight discipline, that is, according to natural laws. As a
result, it has a highly predictable character. It is because
of this predictability that we have been able to develop
science and technology with precision. The absence of
determinism in the human world is the reason for the
social sciences not having the exactitude of the physical
sciences. For example, while the solar system has but a
single definition, political science has almost a dozen
definitions.
This difference between our world and the rest of the
universe leads us to believe that the scheme of things
devised by the Creator differs from the one to the
other. While the functioning of the cosmos is marked
by determinism, the Creator’s scheme for the human
world places man in a state of complete freedom.
There is deep wisdom in this difference. If we observe
the physical world, we realize that the phenomenon
of intellectual development is absent from it. In other

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