Man
is a creature of faith. His greatness is to be measured
by the depth of his faith. The greater his faith,
the higher he rises. For example, the seers and saints
of old maintained total faith in God and rose to great
heights.
A Vedic poet for example looks at the sun and believes
the planetary system in the sky to be just like
his neighbourhood. This interpretation and belief
provides him confidence.
We today are depending on our petty intelligence.
We depend on scientific instruments and believe
in the infallibility of our instruments and knowledge
they provide. Unfortunately as science advances
the newest instruments surpass the earlier information
and knowledge. We discard our old scientific interpretation
and beliefs.
And this goes on year after year. We deny the old
knowledge and interpretation which were arrived
at by deep contemplation and observation.
Newton was right when he compared the scientist
to little children who pick up tiny pebbles on the
seashore and show them around as the great discovery
of their time.
