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ponent in the human mind unveils
the fundamental CAUSE underlying all
of mankind's troubles.
Consider what the spirit in man
signifies - that the human mind oper–
ates with a
spit·itual
dimension.
And
that means
SPlRJTUAL PROBLEMS. The
spirit in man adds
spiritJta! problems
to the physical human brain ! (The
human mind and its resultant spiritual
problems are as directly related as are
animal brain and its resultant animal
instinct. And so while the animal brain
maintains perfect harmony in nature,
the human mind is about to utterly
destroy the earth !)
That's the crux of the matter -
that's why mankind is planning its
own extinction. Human beings have
spiritual problems. But only PHYSICAL
SOLUTIONs! And physical solutions
just will not solve spiritual problems.
Ever!
We can run the gamut from one
extreme physical solution to the other
- without changing the futility of
using physical solutions to solve spiri–
tual problems one whit. We can choose
any variation from capitalism to so–
cialism, conservatism to liberalism, iso–
lationism to internationalism, monarchy
to anarchy, self-help to government
handout, tariffs to foreign aid, segrega–
tion to integration - and the end
result will always be the same: miser–
able people and a humanity headed
for self-destruction.
Physical so/utions cannot so/ve spiri–
tttal problems.
This is why the spirit
in man must become the focal point
of all human knowledge, because it
enables us to understand - for the
first time - that all man's physical
difficulties are
cau.red
by deep-seated
spiritttal
complications. No amount of
physical
measures - no matter how
intricate or expensive - will ever im–
prove the overall welfare and happi–
ness of the human race.
If
we ever
hope to solve our physical problems
and have an abundantly happy world,
our SPIRITUAL problems must be
solved
first.
The spirit in man is the key to man.
It
suddenly reorients us.
It
points us
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June
1972
in the proper direction.
It
tells us
where we must Iook if we are ever
to have a peaceful planet.
Spi1'itual solrttions are 11eeded to
solve spiritttal problems.
If
this one
fundamental point were understood,
man would be forced to realize that
the structure of bis entire society -
from the government of nations to
the behavior of children - must be
radically revised before people can at
last be joyfully busy with peace and
progress.
We desperately need
spiritual
solu–
tions for our spiritual problems.
That's what the existence of the
spirit in man must teach us. •
1 The analogy breaks down a bit here. A
tape recordcr cannot r,roduce sound
ni
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without
recording tape, whi
e
the human brain
C()ll/d
lunction witbout the spirit in man.
2
Ag•in, this •nalogy breaks down a bit.
Whereas only the ruagnetic recording tape rccords
the sound impu lses in our analogy, both the
physical brain
,md
the spirit in man could record
the memory impulses in the human mind.
3 In a second analogy. we can likeo the spirit
in man to
a
chemical catalyst and the physical
human brain to chcmicals which can under)lQ a
specific reaction. The catalyst is inert of itself -
but when put into an environment with the
appropriate chemical reactants. the catalyst will
immcdiately
acceltrate
whatever chemical reactions
are presently QCCu rring.
The analogy to the spirit in man is direct. The
spirit in man grcatly ma¡¡niñes and acceleratcs
the normal functions of thc physical (animal)
brain such as thinkin¡¡. behavior. intelligence.
consciousness . etc. In addition. the spirit iñ man
¡<enerates and precipitates
a
wholc vuiety
o(
radicaJJy
ne~v
mental functions.
Of course, this analo¡:y is also incomplcte.
Whereas the chemical cata lyst is not appreciably
chan¡:ed
as
it perfonns its duties io
a
test tube.
the spirit in man is markcdly altered as it per·
forros its duties in the human mind -
so
much
altcred that the spirit in man becomes
a
complete
template for rcsurrecting the entire human being,
even a(tcr thousands of years.
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also at Mr. and Mrs. Rader's home in
Beverly Hills. Dr. Singh is Executive
Secretary to President V. V. Giri, and
is probably the leading advocate in the
world for "world peace through inter–
national law." Dr. Singh also has
addressed our Ambassador College
student bodies at all three campuses.
Once again we were dinner guests
at the residence of Dr. and Mrs.
Singh, where I met, among other
guests, U.S. Ambassador Kenneth
Keating, former U.S. Senator from
New York. 1 had wanted to meet him
for sorne time, but be had always been
away when 1 was in New Delhi. On
a previous visit, bis top assistant had
come, but this was my first meeting
with the Ambassador. He said he had
heard a lot about me, and had wanted
to meet me for sorne time. Ambassador
Keating is a distinguished-appearing
man. He has one thing in common
with me - white hair.
He was quite interested in our work
for world peace. We arranged for Mr.
Rader to visit him the following day
at the U.S. Embassy, to brief him on
it in depth.
I have previously reported in my
Personal
article in
The
PLAJN TRUTH
my meeting with the ludian Prime
Minister, Mrs. Indica Gandhi, in
December 1970. That
Persottal
article
covered Mrs. Gandhi's concern with
the situation in East Pakistan, and
the flood of refugees that then were
flooding across the border into India.
The situation even then was worsen–
ing, and threatened dire consequences.
In this world, there is nothing but
TROUBLE - evils on every side -
violence, wars and threats of wars.
In my
Personal
in the January 1972
PLAJN TRUTH, I covered my visit to
the United Nations in New York, and
meetings with President Malik of the
Assembly, and with the Deputy Sec–
retary of the Security Council. That
was last December. Both of these men
expressed great concern that war
seemed imminent between India and
Pakistan. Here, again, is an illustration
of the futiJjty of the United Nations
as a means of enforcing world peace.
Of course that war has happened
and is ended, with victory for India.
Since, and stemming from that war,
relations, unfortunately, have become
very strained between India and the
United States. At Dr. Singh's dinner
we discussed this strained relationship.
Ambassador Keating told me that
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