Science and religion always act as
complimentary to each other. Religion fills the gaps where science makes
omissions and in turn science too does help religion by cautioning whenever
religion crosses the limit. Dan Brown the great writer says, “Science and
religion are partners trying to use two different languages to tell the story
of human life and the universe”. Ancient India produced nine schools of
philosophy and all these philosophies are the offspring of Hinduism. Among them Buddhism and Jainism developed
into religions. These two religions don’t speak about the existence of God.
Rather they are silent about it. But all these philosophies speak about ‘Karma’
and ‘incarnation theory. They also say
that human- made laws are fallible, whereas natural laws are infallible. Law of
Karma refers to cause and effect theory based on infallible natural laws. According to Indian spirituality, all our
enjoyments or sufferings, failures or success are due to the Karmic effect of
our previous life. It is as infallible as Isaac Newton’s Third Law ( for every
action, there is an equal and opposite reaction).
In novels, short stories, TV
serials, dramas and cinemas, incidents and episodes are created by the script
writers, directors or novelists. People blindly believe these stories as so
real to life. But in life truth and reality are more painful, unbelievable and
even shocking! This is because God is impartial and honest and the most
interesting aspect of God’s justice is it is just opposite of man’s thinking,
and his honesty, truth and justice! The Bible says, “O the depth of God’s
riches and wisdom and knowledge! How unsearchable his judgments are and past
tracing out his ways are! For who has come to know Jehovah’s mind or who has
become his counselor?” (Romans 11:33-34).
The Jaina school of philosophy
speaks of ‘Syadavada’ or the theory of relativity of judgment. According to
‘Sayadavada’, reality has infinite aspects. In our ignorance, we cannot
understand them all. Therefore all our judgments are conditional, i.e made from
a particular point of view and circumstances. When the time and the context are
changed, the judgment also becomes wrong or false! In short all the judgments made by man are
partly true and partly untrue.
Scientific researches and surveys
found that a person with higher Intelligence Quotient (IQ) is always more
successful in life than others. But experience of life taught that this theory
is wrong. It has been proved that a
person with higher IQ and brilliant academic qualifications often failed in the
practical field of life. One must have enough Emotional Quotient (EQ) to face
the rough realities of life. It has also been proved that both (IQ) and (EQ)
are born out of Karmic Quotient (KQ).
Karmic Quotient determines
genetic factors through heredity, environment, opportunities and circumstances
that shape human life. In life nothing happens by chance. People call
this phenomenon ‘luck or fortune or misfortune or bad luck’. They go to
astrologers to find out their fortunes or misfortunes in life. The
fortune-tellers make a fortune out of these fortune seekers! Our aspirations,
expectations, efforts, inclinations and capabilities are directly derived from
Karma. So Karma is the key tool in the divine operation. Karma Quotient is accumulated by many years
of life cycle on the earth. We notice many people repent after the sufferings
and difficulties they had faced due to their own wickedness and carelessness,
and finally they have become reformed characters! Karma is there to make us
learn through experiences and thus we are purified. We can change our destiny or misfortunes not
by going to astrologers or by visiting various pilgrim centers and making
offerings to the deities but by correcting our own mistakes in life. We take
firm decisions and deeds to do the right thing, keeping away from the
wickedness and cruelties and lead a straight path of honest life and thus we
can bring peace and love in our life which will brighten even the lives of our
kith and kin. Kjt/29-04-2016
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