The Suffering Soul in the Scientific Age

While you dont know how to serve man, how can you serve the soul; while you dont know how to live, how can you die. Confucius Human development has got progress in three lasting long phases, initially from theocratic to metaphysics to positivism or scientific age. Compared with erstwhile two ages, man of scientific age seems complete in all respects and acquired acme of success. He has excavated hidden treasures of nature. So far man of modern has twisted natural process at his own whims by changing topography of the land into to straight wal ing roads. !et us deeply peep into glories achieved by "#st century. $t has earned multiple points at its credit promising unequivocally benefit to human society. Such as Human %enome, &orld &ide &eb, Solar 'nergy, Cellular (hones, Climate Change, Terrorism, %reen )evolution, *ulti+national companies, and Social ,etwor ing etc are suffice to quote. $n view of above credits of earned by scientific age, a number of perplexing questions lur in my mind which needs timely explanation with apposite -ustification to be accepted wholeheartedly. .or example, whether these all man+made bounties have really benefited equally to the people living in our society or we -ust en-oying numerically and getting pry of it in ma-ority/ &hether these all are short term benefits or vice versa/ &hether these scientific bounties are blessing to the human, aquatic and nature or mean of gradual self destruction etc. $n addition, hundred of thousands of question are still getting birth by the passage of each moment, alternately. $ believe and am stanch advocate that this scientific age on the one hand, is profoundly advantageous to the human society and on the other hand, there is a soul, suffering in the scientific age. 0efore debating cons, let us discuss pros of scientific age. Science has revolutioni1ed societies within no time. $t has eased -ourney, connected dis-ointed places of world, deeply entered into the human body providing timely cure to born and unborn child. $t has opened avenues of opportunities, vitas of mental approaches, awa ened the human society from deep slumber of ignorance and cruelty, provided timely -ustice, it has changed the taste of sour diet and drin , it has ushered pleasure, peace and tranquility in most of part of the world. Stated otherwise, it is an index of society leading towards desired satisfaction level. 'very moment, there are new inventions ranging from medicine to electronics, space technologies to civil, nuclear and renewable technology, modern means of communication in order to explore the natural hidden truths, raising human level of cogni1ant power. $n today2s era man is blessed with all modern amenities due to scientific advancement. &ithout such scientific blessings, life is nothing but charm less. ,oted with surprising state, man has been able to have eyes to the blind, ears to the deaf and limbs to the crippled. $t has taught him art to soar in the s y without wings, cover ilometers without wheels and surpass oceans deepen dive. He en-oys easy life compared with his forefathers, does not have filthy taboos and shortsighted memory. He en-oys nature, fruits beyond seasons, get new life on daily basis with the help of modern facilities without gender, age and territorial discrimination. *any diseases have been eliminated and cured with number of surprising surgeries without feeling an iota of pain. 3ue to science, man has got wonders of life replete with novel ideas, inventions, innovations and interventions with legendry thoughts. $t seems science has unearthed man2s hidden talent and potential ensuring success without burning calories and using preparatory effort. 4ery surprisingly to share, man is boo ing plots over outer space, predicting anticipated weather and getting mastery over other living creatures. Concluding first part containing evidence of positive aspect of science, it will not be exaggerate to advocate that Science, however, has been accelerating agonies to human societies. Apart from bringing uncountable blessings in the lives of human beings, it has also been resulting into human sufferings. These sufferings, because of scientific age, are beyond consciousness of man and paying horrible path beyond human control.

!et me claim that man has been blessed with uncontrollable power to be attributed, simultaneously, it has bitterly been failed to give birth to wisdom and visionary approach, morality and modesty, courtesy and hospitability, pain for downtrodden human being and equipping man to fight man+made agonies. $t has enabled to create machines to run, but when these machines get uncontrolled because of any reason, man has to run. $t has taught coo ing delicious food ma ing methods of full test and smell, but when man is getting glutton, it has to pay the cost of health instead of wealth. To have pleasure in life, he is turning cold into winter and winter vice versa. He is disturbing upper space which prima facie ushers uncontrolled floods and climatic changes. $t has given medicines, but man is unable to bear pain of flower falling from tree to his head. $t has given energy to wea , but it has wea ened the energetic society with excessive energetic stuff. $t has enabled to create aqua+water machines, but half of human society is unable to get half glass of pure water. $t has enabled man to have shelter on moon and s y, but man has bitterly been failed to have sheltered life on the earth. Today, man has learnt the science of life, but unable to handle his soul. Today, easier the life and today nearer is the death. Today he has got atomic energy, but unable to utili1ed energy for his wellbeing. $n short, science has brought modern civili1ation to destructive civili1ation.

$f we eenly caste glance over nature2s untimely transformations, the modern society is having excessive terminologies such as global warming, floods, earthqua es, hurricanes etc which are glaring gifts of this scientific age. Today, excessive consumption of drugs, edible and potable material, untimely cold and hot weather in itchens, drawing and bad rooms have unbelievable comfort, but truly spea ing it has swallowed lives, societies, social norms, values and beautiful customs of human societies. $t has brought -oint families into nuclear and nuclear to stem. *an is forgetting pleasure of reading, company, sympathy, love and ethnocentrism etc etc. &hen science has brought the man to the acme and unbelievable extent of advancement, it has also been carrying perils dragging the societies towards graveyards. So much so that the animal, aquatic and wild life is also disturbed because of pollutions of various inds. *an has forgotten power of his memory and started depending upon machine2s mind. He does not care his health+a+ permanent wealth. Towards anonymous address, he has enveloped his modesty, humanity, normative life and sense of super creation. &hat to tal of scientific age, man is totally depending upon electronic gadgets, appliances and features and disfigured man2s immortal beauty. There are no qualms in accepting the fact that science is the biggest revolution ever happened to planet 'arth. However, a normal human being has no idea to what extent has this field advanced today. Technology can actually harm society if one chooses to. Competition between individuals, societies and companies can sometimes ma e our lives even bad to worst. &hen a city builds more roads, buildings, par s to attract tourists, the result is not nonchalant. 'very thing is ta en for granted without considering its pros and cons. Technology is ma ing one so busy that we can2t even find time to thin over our own destiny. $ would conclude here the treatise with the perpetual quotation of renowned scholar, 5$ am reading war and peace, so that my sons can read navigation and economics, so that their sons can read music and poetry6. (lease decide the age where we stand, we are heading way to7..and where we ought to have been.

(Fayyaz A. Soomro) The author is essayist and freelance column writer.