In earlier centuries all over the world, superstition was a way of life. Often it was an occasion for pride. Not to believe things that are superstitious is the present way of life. Of course, one must have the discrimination of what is superstitious and what is not. 

Man is charmed by a beautiful feminine face which initiates romance. The handsome masculine appearance of a tall man is of instant appeal to the feminine heart for which the woman is willing to die. This romantic charm is, the scientist explains, because of the smell of a hormone secreted in the armpit. Whatever it is, the spell of the charm is inescapable and endless. At the altar of marriage, all this is sacrificed or buried, if not at once, after a while. Still the one thing for which the heart finds a ready answering chord is its permanence.

From the jail, Nehru wrote pages of history everyday to his daughter. It was published as Discovery of India. When Indira visited the USSR, she exclaimed that on whichever side she turned it was Discovery of India that she thought of. His autobiography published in England in the thirties was the best of autobiographies published that year. Admirers of Nehru, rather every patriot in the 40's and 50's lost their hearts to these two books of Nehru. To them they were almost sacred documents. Such books are borrowed from the libraries, not usually purchased.

There are certain rules of life that have no exception, as when you eat hunger is quenched; at night exhaustion brings overwhelming sleep; beauty attracts; power energises. One such rule is overflowing interest in work - not a job that gives a salary - gets anyone employment. This rule has no exceptions. Generally those who are unemployed are, in the words of the former President of the World Bank, unemployable. Those who have no skills, no education, no training are out of work. Worse still are those who have no energy.

A foreigner going round collecting instances of prayers answered will collect hundreds of thousand of events in towns and villages. The same is true of the Church going public in the West in terms of wish fulfilment. Devotees cut across religions in search of such relief. A rich man had a heart attack. His wife had a good lot of jewels on her. Her first thought was a prayer to her family deity to save his life and she offered all the jewels on her person. He was saved. Of course, it is a very famous temple.

The heart that loves is more sacred and more powerful than arrangement of matrimony is the ruling law of life in the West. In the film "The Matrix" the whole world has become a victim to its own obsession created by the mind. The few who are outside the obsession are looking for the ONE - an individual - who can serve the world realising the truth of his Being. Neo was that chosen one. Trinity who is outside falls in love with him and believes he is the chosen ONE. When he is told so, he asks why and demands an explanation.

Science is trying to discover the ultimate Reality, the process of creation and the future implications of them for humanity. In our ancient past the ultimate Reality was discovered but not the process of creation. That was discovered at the beginning of the twentieth century and was written about in detail. The world of scientists would do well to examine this theory. It remains for the past eighty years unnoticed.

The latest conception of Science is the ultimate Reality is Energy. Indian yoga and philosophy had known that even before the Buddha. Man's highest instrument is mind. It is capable of illusions. It has one peculiar capacity of becoming a slave to its own creation. It is man and his mind that created that wonderful institution of Money whose power continues to grow with every passing year. It is a well-known fact that Man, the discoverer of Money, finds himself a slave of Money.

Human love is selfish. It can turn into hatred and enmity. We hear occasionally of life long friendship turning sour and bitter. Love is incapable of becoming anything other than love. It is incorruptible as it is Ananda received by the Soul behind the heart.

Coming out of his office, a man has developed the habit of going to the park where he stays till 9 p.m. before returning home. This he does to avoid spending any time with his wife. He says his sweet home has become bitter. Another man who has no quarrel with his wife or mother dreads home, as he has to listen to endless stories of their internecine quarrels. There is one simple solution for sometime.