NECESSITY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT

There cannot be any spiritual development of the members without development of the society, of which they are members. ‘Society’ is nothing but a collective name of the members. There cannot be any society without members. Potential powers of souls cannot develop on their own. It requires some external help. Development of a soul needs the contact of other souls as well as a good and healthy body. Development of physical elements can lead us to good and healthy body but for development of a soul we need non-physical elements, that is, contacts of other souls. By development of a soul we mean those un-seeable and subtle effects, which a soul generates on another soul towards development of certain internal attributes like love, kindness, tolerance, self-control et cetra. These qualities cannot get generated in a soul on their own. To enable development of these qualities in a soul, we are required to bring together the souls, who have these qualities in abundance. Developed society is nothing else than bringing together developed souls.

-Thoughts of Pandit Gangaprasad Upadhayay