Satyanveshi : On Journey to Shunya

To me, science has only one meaning. The application of science does not mean we have conquered nature — there is no way to conquer nature. Science only means that we have discovered certain ways and means of living in accord with nature. That’s all it means. The fact is, we have discovered the ways of living in accord with nature. For example, the breeze was always ready to blow from outside. We prevented it by raising the wall; we did not make a window. But if you did make a window, would that mean you conquered the breeze? You simply gave way to the breeze. The breeze was always ready to pass through. Our being able to run the fan and burn the light with electricity does not mean we have found victory over nature. We simply learnt the way to be in agreement with nature. Now we fix our bulbs and switches, lay out electric wires in such a way that electricity can pass through them. In fact, electricity was always ready to pass through them. Our act simply amounts to opening ...