Exploring The Mysterious

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Mysterious is this universe and mysterious is the source from which it emanates. Mysterious are the manifestations before us. The creator is a mystery and the creation is a marvel. No one can comprehend the mystery of the cosmos. Yet humankind is engaged in exploring these mysteries from time immemorial. This has given rise to various thoughts, philosophies, sciences, disciplines of knowledge and religious beliefs.

The present volume is an attempt to give a glimpse of man’s uninterrupted attempt in exploring the mysteries of sorts. Obviously, therefore, it touches upon various faiths, philosophical approaches, books of wisdom and different branches of human knowledge as also diverse approaches prevalent in the East and the West. It gives an insight into the theist’s view of God and the atheist’s view of life. Emphasis has, however, been given to the Indian thought and wisdom. The touchstone of right and wrong from the Indian point of view has been elaborated and the challenges ahead likely to be faced by mankind have also been spelt out.

T.N. Dhar (b. 1934) is a well-known poet of Kashmiri language. He writes in English, Urdu and Hindi besides his mother tongue. He hails from Kashmir, is an Honours graduate in Sanskrit and Hindi from Kashmir University and ICWA from London. He has worked in different capacities in the Radio, Audit Department of the Government of India, Apex bodies of Sanskrit and Vedic studies and Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Sanskrit University and has edited a prestigious tri-lingual monthly journal. He has authored books of Literature, Philosophy, Religion and Education and contributes regularly erudite papers on a variety of topics to journals and seminars. His poems are included in the anthologies published by the Sahitya Academy and the Academy of Art, Culture and Languages of Jammu and Kashmir. Presently he is the Consulting Editor of two prestigious Monthly Journals. Widely traveled person within India and abroad, Shri Dhar is the recipient of Pandit Prem Nath Bhat Memorial Amateur Journalist Award for the year 2000.

Man, mystery and need have been co-existent from time immemorial. Nobody knows when the first human being came on this planet called earth, how he came and why. It is also not known whether he came at one place and then spread to other places or there was simultaneous creation of mankind at multiple places. Whatever be the case, one thing is certain that as soon as he came he felt the need for many things. The primary need for him was his survival for which he needed air to breathe, water to drink, something to eat, something to cover his body to protect it from vagaries of weather and some shelter. Anthropologists, Sociologists and other Scientists have propounded many theories about the beginning of creation, formation of tribes and societies, primitive organizational set up and the development of the art of living. As regards the needs of the primitive man, unlike the modern times there was no dearth of air and water for him. People have made a guess that he I would have covered his body initially with barks and tree branches and eventually with the skin of the animals. Similarly they have presumed, logically though, that he would have taken shelter in the hollow trunks of huge trees, caves and other such covered and safe places. For food he might have consumed the wild fruits, tender twigs, green leaves and the like. A strong sense of self-protection would have forced him to kill the attacking animals. The animal flesh, thus made available, would have become the second item of food and succour for him. The invention of fire, presumably a mere accident, would have made his life easier in that the blazing fire would have kept the attacking beasts at bay and also given him the idea of roasting and cooking his food. After centuries perhaps the invention of a wheel would have made him mobile and in a position to move to safer places and greener pastures.

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