It is not a small number of people today who are striving to make the world a better place, and many problems in the world today are known to many, but the solution is known to none. Some proposed a certain political structure, some proposed a certain economic structure, some proposed rules and policies. All these were put into practice throughout history, and they all failed and today are also failing.
The ancient texts talk about seven demons who rule the dark worlds. They are greed, jealousy, selfishness and other vile traits. They are the ones who cause all the problems, all the wars and tears. Why people fight with each other? Because one man is driven by the demon of Greed and fights with others to snatch their riches for himself. Why people fight with each other? Because one man is driven by the demon of jealousy, and to bring down others he spreads enmity and disharmony in the community. Why people fight with each other? ... All these myriad problems and complexities in the world are rooted in just a few unethical characteristics in man, and when they rise and become active.
These demons were known since old age to sages, and they warned man against them, and how they may set the world on fire. If we see the world on fire again we have to fight with these demons, and this fight is what we call religion. For religion, in its purest form, is all about developing virtues and eradicating vices and demons of all type. God is the living force and energy leading us to this purpose. Thus, religion is not just a cure for the person, but for the whole community and the world.
Without religion in its pure form none of the problems today will be solved. All these political solutions, round tables, discussions on democracy vs aristocracy, capitalism vs communism, and all these rules and policies, none can solve any problem by themselves. For they do not solve the unethical nature of man. They miss that part which is the most essential. They are like a building that lacks the ceiling or a car that lacks the engine.
When the angels of the Lord were creating the castle of civilization, they had a pile of blocks: block of politics, block of science, block of art and others. They placed all these blocks together and the castle was complete except the topmost block and cornerstone was missing. That was the block of virtue and pure religion, without which the work remained incomplete.
At the end of this book we appeal to all the well-wishers of the world, and those who seek to solve its problems and soothe its pains, that they join the pure religion as the ultimate solution. Many are crisis that are ahead: environment, pollution, suicide, mental health, divisions, hatred and others. They are indeed terrible, but there is yet another bigger and more terrible crisis ahead: the decline of spirituality and wisdom, which is indeed not just the cause of all other crises, but also the usherer of hell and the end of human dignity if not civilization. In this crisis, man becomes deprived of spirituality which is needed for mind and psycho to operate. It makes man unmotivated, weak, and without character. A lethargy will take over body and mind, and he becomes ok to be part of every corruption and destruction, becomes ready to ignore all oppressions around him and shrug to every call for justice.
In a world with habitants like this, how justice can exist? How goodness can rule? Devising a new political structure will only change the form of the problem, and bringing a new president and cabinet only changes the agents of corruption, and devising new rules only creates new ways for fraud and profiting. Nothing stops the wicket wheel other than religion and spirituality in its pure form.
The old religions were corrupted, but this should not become a reason to throw the whole idea of religion away. What has to be thrown away is the corruption and misunderstanding of the religion, not the religion itself. Religion in its pure form is the agent of change and righteousness. Those who dream of positive changes should wake up and walk in this direction. What we truly need is a spiritual revolution, and establishment of the community of the just, without which more and more unjust causes will happen.