Modern Scientists have dug deep into the earth and made explicit several potent capacities that are inside the earth. By such indiscriminate acts, they are disturbing the balance of the earth and exposing the world to great danger. The imbalance has grown to such an extent that it can cause threat to the very existence of the world. Today we almost worship science and technology. What is this science and technology that you are so proud about? All this knowledge is already within you. Proper enquiry and discrimination will reveal all these truths to you.

Any student of elementary chemistry will say that water is formed by combining two parts of hydrogen and one part of oxygen. You know even how to synthesise them. But you are making enough effort to see that water is evenly distributed to all members of the society? The welfare of the society should constantly in your view. If all your knowledge and skill is employed for purely selfish purposes, what is the use? In Mumbai, some people are spending Crores of rupees to convert sea water into potable water. Crores are being wasted in such futile efforts. By such methods, you may get a glass of drinking water at a cost of five thousand rupees. This country is served by sacred rivers like the Ganga, theYamuna. etc. What is needed is to pump up and distribute this water to the people who require it. This will require only a fraction of cost of converting seawater into potable water. This kind of effort at technology is like buying peanuts for a quarter of a rupee and paying half a rupee to carry it to your house. Such learning is not knowledge. It is sheer ignorance.

Ignorance is very close to knowledge, just as darkness is under a source of light. You imagine that technical Knowledge has made rapid strides. You also believe that science has made great progress. But the fact is that side by side with the growth of physical knowledge, ignorance has also grown enormously. You are totally unmindful of this ignorance and you are continually spending four times of your money and effort for fulfilling each one of your needs. This is the reason for Bharat’s visible poverty. (SS Jan 00 , p. 18)