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Scientific activism is the only pathway society has to safeguard its existence and its future. One's innermost thoughts, hopes and attitudes need to unfold in an environment akin to a sacred sanctuary, where the focal point is truth.
It is being said the Buddhist mediation is the pathway to truth, but is it really? Human history is filled with great demonstrations of the truth of man's nature and capability, if society will but take note of it. Can the meditative withdrawal into mindless quietness cause society take note of the historic achievements of humanity, build on the demonstrated strength, and go forward to greater achievement? Everyone must answer that question individually. The world is also awash with lies about the nature man. Can mind-less meditation detect and cut through the lies? The evidence indicates that only scientific perception, leading to fundamental, or even incidental, discoveries of principles, can secure and raise the platform of civilization. An example of this process can be found in the scientific enquiry of Confucious in the distant past of China, whose influence on civilization has remained an elevating force to the present day. The same must also be said about Christ Jesus' exploration of man's spiritual dimension; or about Plato's work, that some believe furnished the scientific background which together with the Hebrew's spiritual background laid the foundation for the unfolding of the Christ realization in human consciousness. Many more such examples of scientific activism can be cited, like that of Homer, the Greek poet who laid the foundation for the Greek renaissance on which platform Plato emerged. Another example can be found in the activism of Dante who helped build both the linguistic and spiritual foundation for what became the Golden Renaissance in Italy. On this foundation Cardinal Nicolas of Cusa built his ground breaking analysis of the spiritual dimension of man which mathematically defines the infinite difference between the nature of animal species and the human species. He may be described as possibly the main spiritual architect of the renaissance that profoundly elevated the civilization of humanity, which we find reflected in art, music, literature, architecture, science, even statecraft.
The most profound distinguishing factor that binds all these achievements of scientific activism into one, which becomes its hallmark, may be described as, love. In an absolute sense this is true. A poem by Mary Baker Eddy points out; "...love more for every hate, and fear no ill, for God is good, and loss is gain."*(Hymn 207) Except, love as human emotion, doesn't measure up to that manifest which originates as a scientific movement in thought that is centered on truth, that has a much deeper foundation than what emotions of symbolic gestures can indicate. This deeper, scientifically founded love is a foundation that becomes a platform for action and motivation that is so profound that it still needs to be explored. Whatever is, thus, grounded in truth manifests itself naturally as love.
The platform that emerged out of the structure for the Key of David*(presented in Volume 3) has four rivers defined, of which the first river, which evidently pertains to the problem of thought control, is defined in the Glossary of Science and Health as: "The love of the good and beautiful, and their immortality." Love, here, pertains to that scientific activism that is grounded in truth, at the anchor point for good, beauty, and immortality. As a mere emotion, it is but blind enthusiasm.
The scientific definition of love points inwardly, to an acknowledgement of good in the nature of man and the underlying reality that is reflected in beauty and immortality which characterize the divine likeness endowed with an intellect capable of creativity, of scientific discovery, of genius in applied understanding: creating technologies that create resources for human living by which man exists on this planet in numbers that far exceed the scant resources provided by the dust of the earth. All this adds up to a deep appreciation for the infinite nature of the human being and its boundless basis. Here, one finds oneself, and finds the development potential of mankind that is, itself, without limits. Such deep appreciation invariably inspires love, and this love is universal. From this comes a discovery, that unless love is universal, what appears to be love is but emotional enthusiasm. And from this, a second discovery unfolds, that unless the society's political activism portrays all the dimensions of love, its but blind enthusiasm and has no scientific basis.
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