Am surprisingly glad, am not the only fish in the ocean of world to think the way I do, as I mentioned in my previous Blogs about the exponentially progressing science and technology - whether a boon or a curse? This question has always lingered since the beginning of the History of Mankind. Many Civilizations dawned up on the surface of earth, progressed enormously in their understandings of matter but somewhere on the way to achieving Godliness, without the sanity and control over their mind, brought upon Doom to themselves. Few of the ones like Mayan Civilization, the much spoken and much controversial Atlantis, The Ancient Egyptians (I read that only their Chief Priests knew how to regenerate human tissues with the help of some crystal and much more but this knowledge was classified information and only supposed to be passed from one Chief Priest to other in hierarchy) and many more may be.
Reproducing what I assimilated from Shri S.N.Goenka Gurujis lecture in Vipassana <REAL FACT>
A famous scientist discovers the truth about Atoms in Nuclear physics (with a very focussed mind but lacking peace and equanimity) and was awarded nobel prize. This discovery lead to creation of Atom Bomb and we all know the history of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. When a Vipassana meditator who was from same place, visited him after knowing about him from one of Vipassana courses(this happened while they all were alive), he found what a mental wreck the scientist had become.. filled with so much anger, frustration and an obsessive madness. His discovery not only made him INSANE but also spread hatred and destruction in the real world.
On the other hand Lord Gautam Buddha had realised the same truth about atoms and mentioned it 2500 years ago through perseverance of insight meditation (Vipassana) with the help of only instrument - his human body (with a razor sharp focussed mind AND Equanimity) ! The results of HIS discovery not only made HIM liberated but also spread love, peace, tolerance, kindness and benevolence wherever HIS teachings spread during HIS time.
EXCERPTS FROM THE DISCOURSES OF SHRI S N GOENKA AND SAYAGYI U BA KHIN ON VIPASSANA:
Happenstancely I watched this movie yesterday- Avengers- Age of Ultron (the sci-fi movie buff that I am ;) ) which again showed how human calculation and creation error can cost himself with evolution of artificial intelligence. Movies have to show a winning end, always, as its a business of fantasy world supposed to entertain us and the audience only want to watch us(humans) win... whereas in reality the tables can turn with complete wipe off of the human species... Just like Ancient Red Indians were wiped out for reasons of technological prowess of their killers. Or in that case even the misuse of advanced Bio-Weapons in modern world as nicely shown in this movie "Doomsday"; the mention of which gives me goosebumps even now!
All this and todays Times of India Article "Soon, phones smarter than us" on page 17 by a Director of Research at Duke University (attached below) echoes the same concern about how far we should go in advancing technology and how to safeguard Peace?
Give it a thought!
Reproducing what I assimilated from Shri S.N.Goenka Gurujis lecture in Vipassana <REAL FACT>
A famous scientist discovers the truth about Atoms in Nuclear physics (with a very focussed mind but lacking peace and equanimity) and was awarded nobel prize. This discovery lead to creation of Atom Bomb and we all know the history of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. When a Vipassana meditator who was from same place, visited him after knowing about him from one of Vipassana courses(this happened while they all were alive), he found what a mental wreck the scientist had become.. filled with so much anger, frustration and an obsessive madness. His discovery not only made him INSANE but also spread hatred and destruction in the real world.
On the other hand Lord Gautam Buddha had realised the same truth about atoms and mentioned it 2500 years ago through perseverance of insight meditation (Vipassana) with the help of only instrument - his human body (with a razor sharp focussed mind AND Equanimity) ! The results of HIS discovery not only made HIM liberated but also spread love, peace, tolerance, kindness and benevolence wherever HIS teachings spread during HIS time.
EXCERPTS FROM THE DISCOURSES OF SHRI S N GOENKA AND SAYAGYI U BA KHIN ON VIPASSANA:
"Modern science has given us, for what it is worth, the atomic bomb, the most wonderful and yet at the same time the most dreadful product of man's intelligence. Is man using his intelligence in the right direction?
Why not use intelligence to look within? Know ourselves? This will give us the "peace within" and enable us to share it with all others. We will then radiate such powerful and purified mental forces as will successfully counteract the evil forces which are all around us. Just as the light of a single candle has the power to dispel darkness in a room, so also the light developed in one man can help dispel the darkness in several others
To imagine that good can be done by the means of evil is an illusion, a nightmare. For all the loss of lives, bloodshed and war, are we nearer to, or further away, from peace? These are the lessons which we have learnt. Change of mankind's mental attitude alone is the solution. What is necessary at the moment is mastery over the mind and not only mastery over matter."
To imagine that good can be done by the means of evil is an illusion, a nightmare. For all the loss of lives, bloodshed and war, are we nearer to, or further away, from peace? These are the lessons which we have learnt. Change of mankind's mental attitude alone is the solution. What is necessary at the moment is mastery over the mind and not only mastery over matter."
whole article on - http://www.buddhanet.net/bvk_study/bvk21d.htm
Happenstancely I watched this movie yesterday- Avengers- Age of Ultron (the sci-fi movie buff that I am ;) ) which again showed how human calculation and creation error can cost himself with evolution of artificial intelligence. Movies have to show a winning end, always, as its a business of fantasy world supposed to entertain us and the audience only want to watch us(humans) win... whereas in reality the tables can turn with complete wipe off of the human species... Just like Ancient Red Indians were wiped out for reasons of technological prowess of their killers. Or in that case even the misuse of advanced Bio-Weapons in modern world as nicely shown in this movie "Doomsday"; the mention of which gives me goosebumps even now!
All this and todays Times of India Article "Soon, phones smarter than us" on page 17 by a Director of Research at Duke University (attached below) echoes the same concern about how far we should go in advancing technology and how to safeguard Peace?
Give it a thought!
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