NATURALISM AND SPIRITUALISM

There is a growing belief that naturalism is everything and spiritualism is nothing. Let this belief pass through litmus-test of our intellect. Every person irrespective of his level of intellect considers certain things as good and certain other things as bad. Such sorts of feelings originate in the self only. Had there been nothing else than inert objects, we would not have thoughts of moral, immoral, duty and non-duty. To imbibe rights and to discard or remove wrongs from our lives, we need to have self-control. This truth has to be accepted even by the followers of naturalism. If there is nothing else than inert objects in this world and death of our body means death of our being, then there would be no meaning of self-control or self-restraint. Morals and immorals have a great role in stopping the crimes in a society and without these thoughts, a civilized society cannot even be dreamt of.

-Thoughts of Pt. Gangaprasad Upadhayay