Culture of Heedlessness

progress of theoretical science almost wholly came to a halt. Thus, scientists work on topics considered ‘marketable’ in today’s terms. In the past, science was the name of scholarly research. However, now, science has turned into a crass commercial activity. A deadly result of this situation is that man’s intellectual and mental progress has almost completely stopped. Everywhere, you will see people who look very happy and beautiful, but human beings having a sense of fulfillment are almost nowhere to be found. There is an urgent need to change this situation. Otherwise, humanity will turn into a new sort of anarchic jungle. The bodies of a man and several animals have many similarities. Their bodily activities are, to a great extent, similar. It is as if animals are humans that walk on four feet and humans are animals that walk on two feet. However, the study of psychology presents a different picture. It tells us that man enjoys a special status in the whole universe. The reason for man’s position is just one—and that is man’s mind. Man’s mind distinguishes him from animals and everything else in the universe. Man’s mind is a great treasure. This mind gives man a distinguishing status not enjoyed by any other thing or being in the universe. The culture of consumerism has vastly exacerbated man’s physical demands and, at the same time, has almost completely stopped the proper development of man’s mind. However, it is the mental component that is man’s real being. It is this that makes man. Without this mental component, man would be just a beast.