Our society is based on a materialistic paradigm. It is actually based on the natural sciences that were developed in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries by prominent scientists such as Isaac Newton and others. Matter and the laws that govern it were studied. Those natural laws still work on a superficial level. But in the 20th century, quantum mechanics was developed, which showed that on a deeper level, matter works completely differently. The objects that we perceive as solid and firm are almost entirely made up of empty space. What exists are underlying energy fields where there may be occasional excitations that our senses perceive as matter. Some fields are more fundamental, and modern science now believes that there is a single unified field that is the basis of all existence. This is precisely what Vedic science has been saying for thousands of years. The Vedas also say that this field is a field of consciousness – the basis of our consciousness. More and more modern scientists are also beginning to realise that this is so. Everything has a common basis; everything is one. If you realise this, you will understand that you can never gain anything by harming someone else. Since everything is one, you can never hurt someone else without harming yourself. And when you do good to others, you also do good to yourself. We all really know this deep down because all knowledge is within us all. We just need to raise the consciousness in the world so that we remember it. Then together we can create a wonderfully beautiful world.
