Holistic
Vision, Holistic Vision & Integral
Living: A Half Yearly Journal of Holistic Science
Research Centre, Vol. 5, Joint Issue of Feb. & Aug., 2014.
The articles it contains have
their own specifications. These articles mainly deal with the problems of human
life in relation to the changing environment from a stand point of contemporary
socio-philosophical aspects. The life pattern has been affected in course of
industrial development, growing pollution & ecological imbalances. How to
harmonize and live a holistic living on earth became the central focus of
discussion in this issue.
In the above context, an
eco friendly & harmonious life style is very essential. The article “What is eco-friendly living” depicts
it. This aspect is very essential today.
The Media at the cross-roads today ….discusses the role
& impact of media on our life style whereas the article “Holistic Understanding about various Facets
affecting life” discusses regarding the philosophy of one of the recent
gurus of our present times, Dada Bhagawan. His role & particularly his
views on human life are very important according to the author.
The issue includes a poem
namely, “What Marvel Thy strength and
Beauty” sheds a different view on life’s controller. It appreciates and glorifies
the Devine supremacy.
“From Materialism to Spiritualism via Science” is a clear-cut article
which synthesizes the life style from materialism to spiritualism in a way which
we can say that a journey from Charvaka to Shankara. It discloses how apparently
contradicting points are also mutually inclusive in a holistic life pattern.
Many different contradicting philosophies have been emerged in course of history
which needs to be resolved.
The other important
article is, “The Language, Mathematics
and Science: From observation to expression via experience”. Some of the
crucial points like body, mind & speech or expression have been emphasized.
Body (along with five senses) observes whereas speech expresses.
In the last but not least,
the article on “Self, Freedom &
Moral Agency: Towards an Ethics of Enlightenment” the professor of philosophy
mainly focuses on the underlying moral and spiritual nature of man which is
mainly responsible for a holistic life. He has classified human beings into the
categories like social man, moral man, spiritual man which actually show the growth
in human level. The writer aspires for holistic personalities with blended
& resolved ones who can share the world. The world needs such personalities
today.
The articles have freely
expressed their views on various socio-philosophical problems of human life differently
presented from shastric way of discourses. The compartmentalization of studies
created problems today and therefore crux of the problems needs to be understood
in nutshell and this is the science of sciences (Yena
jnatena sarvam vijnatam bhavati).
Dr.
Ganesh Prasad Panda,
Asst.
Director cum Coordinator,
National
Mission for Manuscripts,
Indira
Gandhi National Mission for Manuscripts,
11,
Mansingh Road, New Delhi.
