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Man Does Not Here are a few examples to illustrate this point. helplessness comes over man. This helplessness can
be compared with the kind of helplessness that he
Stand Alone Let us take the case of an ambitious businessman experiences after the observation of the universe
who starts a business. His business goes on through a telescope.
expanding until a time comes when it becomes
JULIAN HUXLEY, (1887-1975) the well-known British unmanageable. Now he realizes that certain God: A Source
writer, did not believe in God. He believed that man personal limitations bar him from ful?lling his
did not need God, a concept explained in his aptly desires and ambitions. He comes to feel that he of Conviction
titled book: Man Stands Alone. needs a vaster world in order to realize his dreams.
He feels that there exists a far greater power than
It is noteworthy that a reputed American scientist, himself and that, without the cooperation of this If yOU have a super -t el escope t hat can view t he
power; he cannot carry his plans into effect. entire Universe, you will ?rst of all see the
Cressy Morrison, countered rare planet called Earth. You will obser ve
One’s Goal in that, amidst the totally lifeless universe, this tiny
Huxley’s thesis with a A planet has an abundance of life and all kinds of life-
book titled: Man Does smattering Life supporting elements. This rare, exceptional sight is
Not Stand Alone. of knowledge so overwhelming that you will be wonder-struck.
Most young people enter life with great ambitions.
Even more so today, turns people away But again and again they undergo such experiences
many people express from God. Greater as remind them of their helplessness. Disease,
the view that they do knowledge brings accidents, losses, and disadvantages—all these
them back to repeatedly remind them that their lot in life is one You will also see that—the Earth, along with its
not need God; that of unful?lled desires. Then they see that, however moon and the other planets, is continuously in
Him. great one’s material success, one inevitably dies motion, i.e. it rotates on its axis, and orbits around
success can be theirs within the span of 100 years, leaving all one’s the sun.Then this entire solar system revolves in the
wealth behind. Such bitter re?ection shows that wider circle of the galaxy. And this galaxy rotates in
without their believing in all the sweet dreams of childhood and youth the much wider circle of the other galaxies.
stemmed from ignorance. For it is impossible to
the Almighty. But if you conduct have complete ful?llment in this present imperfect
world.
a survey, you will ?nd that their views do not
One’s goal in life—whether it be the making of
re?ect mature perception. In fact, such remarks money, the acquisition of fame or power, or anything
else of this nature—proves less than ideal. After
are spawned by immature minds mostly belonging the individual manages to achieve these things, The movement of the stars and planets in this vast
he again suffers from the feeling that whatever he
to the under forty-age group. Psychological and has achieved falls far below his expectations. Thus endless space will appear astonishingly strange
he remains as unsatis?ed as ever. Finding success
biological studies show that human beings attain becomes as meaningless as not ?nding it. to your sight. You will then see an unbelievable
maturity only after reaching middle age. Prior to In this way, in the course of daily life, a feeling of number of vast balls of ?re, called stars, which rotate
this, they are not in a position to form any sound with great speed. Amidst all these astral bodies,
opinions on the realities of life. Surveys show, our Earth appears hardly
indeed, that super?cial remarks about God are bigger than a grain of
made mostly by those who are as yet immature. But sand. And this sight Sometimes,
with the transition from immaturity to maturity, will be so strange a man feels
which comes with the acquisition of experience to you that your that there exists a
and knowledge, a great number of people, including own existence far greater power than
atheists and apostates, become serious in their w i l l a p p e a r himself and that, without
approach to the subject of God. A thinker has aptly to b e to t a l l y the cooperation of this
said: insigni?cant and power; he cannot carry
A smattering of knowledge turns people away valueless. This his plans into
from God. Greater knowledge brings them back
to Him. experience will lead effect.
you to the discovery