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   All life in this universe depends upon three factors – a nucleus, a resultant   
   interial force, and a congenial environment. A nucleus is required to control   
   the expression of energy in a living being. The displacement of an entity's   
   nucleus generally    
   results in the destruction of that entity. And as each action incurs an   
   opposite reaction, each expression of energy must be accompanied by an   
   opposite expression of energy (though it is incorrect to say that the opposite   
   expression is exactly equal).    
   Hence, each living being maintains an omnibelligerent pair of forces within   
   itself – one is extroversal and the other introversal. Life is possible only   
   when the balance of these extroversal and introversal forces is in favor of   
   the interial force – that    
   is, in favor of the force which leads toward the nucleus. Should the resultant   
   force be exterial rather than interial, then that entity must eventually   
   disintegrate. And, finally, in the absence of a congenial environment to   
   provide the requisite    
   physical and psychic pabula, no living being can long survive.   
      
   In a similar way as our solar system rotates around its physical nucleus, the   
   sun, so also the entire universe is circumrotarian around a spiritual nucleus   
   which controls not just the collectivity but also each and every unit being.   
   All the existential    
   phenomena are ultimately emanating from a single, supreme existential nucleus.   
   Each and every grain of dust, each and every blade of grass, each and every   
   plant, animal and human being – all are equally controlled by that Supreme   
   Nucleus which is both    
   the nucleus of this entire cosmos and the spiritual nucleus of each and every   
   one of us. Sometimes, due to the sense of small ego, or due to some false or   
   misleading instruction, human beings may fail to realize this point. They   
   mistakenly imagine that    
   their personal existence is somewhat independent from that Supreme Nucleus.   
   But the first stage of Neo-Humanism, Spirituality as a Cult, rectifies that   
   situation by providing human beings with a scientific explanation regarding   
   the nature of Divinity, as    
   well as an efficient means to achieve that most exalted state. The real goal   
   of individual existence is nothing other than to unite one's personal   
   existential nucleus with the cosmic existential nucleus. And, when that has   
   been accomplished, then one    
   experiences oneness with everyone and everything. At that time, one's entire   
   existence may be esteemed to be a perfect emanation from that controlling   
   nucleus of the cosmological order. One's voice becomes cosmic, and one's life   
   force pulsates throughout    
   the entire universe. Though maintaining a human form, one is not merely a   
   saint – one is, indeed, a god. This is the highest expression of Neo-Humanism   
   – the consummation of one's individual existence and the ultimate salvation of   
   the human society and    
   of the animal and plant kingdoms as well.   
      
   Today, as the result of a predominantly materialist outlook on life, human   
   beings have become more extroversal in nature – they have lost sight of   
   Ideology, and they have failed to cultivate devotion in their inner lives. In   
   the absence of devotion human    
   existence tends to lose its rhythm; the world seems to become dull and   
   monotonous. If today many people feel bored, if cynicism has become rampant in   
   most of the countries of the world, this condition is due to neglect of our   
   internal treasure. Neo-   
   Humanism will counteract this gloomy state by readjusting the priorities of   
   human life in favor of a resultant interial force, rather than the current   
   exterial one. This will take place because Neo-Humanism recognizes the   
   importance of the inner aspects    
   of life, and it nourishes and protects that most tender side of our existence.   
      
   Neo-Humanism will foster a more congenial environment for all living beings.   
   As mentioned before, Neo-Humanism demands that human beings maintain a   
   subjective approach along with their objective adjustment. In other words,   
   people have to advance psycho-   
   spiritually toward the Supreme Consciousness inspired by Neo-Humanistic   
   ideals; and, at the same time, they must strive for the dissemination and the   
   establishment of Neo-Humanistic principles, thereby enabling the formation of   
   a healthy social structure    
   founded on universalism.   
      
   From the moment one starts to practice a Neo-Humanistic Spiritual Cult, one's   
   lifestyle becomes more healthy in all respects. By regular and sincere   
   practice, one's liberation is guaranteed. But, along the way to the final   
   goal, we can recognize two more    
   very important emergent stages. One may liken the development of these   
   subsequent stages to the gradual unfoldment of a beautiful flower. In the   
   first stage of Neo-Humanism, spirituality is expressed as a cult. In the   
   second stage, that cult is elevated    
   into a devotional ideation. In the final stage, the devotional ideation is   
   transfigured into a mission of love. [437]   
      
   In the beginning, the practice of spiritual cult may occur only by rote. But   
   soon, as a consequence of sustained effort, the Neo-Humanist becomes aware   
   that, indeed, each and every particle of the universe is another form of   
   Consciousness. For the Neo-   
   Humanist, everything has equal existential value, because everything is   
   ultimately a divine manifestation. In the second stage of Neo-Humanism,   
   Spirituality in Essence, the Neo-Humanist has understood that in all   
   directions, within and without,    
   everywhere there is only one Supreme Being. This realization is of tremendous   
   value, but it is not the Desideratum of life, for still this realization   
   remains solely on the intellectual plane – still a sense of separation   
   persists. However, in the third    
   stage of Neo-Humanism, Spirituality as a Mission, the Neo-Humanist discovers   
   the affectionate game which the Supreme Being has been playing with her or   
   him. That game is called hide-and-seek, and it has been going on since time   
   immemorial. It will surely    
   continue for all time to come; but when real devotion awakens within the heart   
   of a spiritual aspirant, when s/he cannot bear the agony of separation any   
   longer, when s/he feels the intense urge to become one with the Beloved – so   
   much so that even one    
   minute seems too long for them to be apart – then and only then, for that most   
   fortunate individual, does the game come to an end. Complete union is   
   achieved. It is this awakening of pure devotion and the blissful mission which   
   that devotion inspires    
   that constitutes the third and final stage of Neo-Humanism.   
      
      
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