-By: R.K. Kapoor, Advocate

It is true that we are living in a computer Age. It is also true that it is we who have made the computer. It is equally true that we have invented or made the computer for our comforts and make life easy-going. It is also true that computer is nothing but an assembly of certain elements in an orderly fashion.

It is also true that computer give us back only what we feed to it. It cannot go beyond that. It is true that basic purpose of computer is computation and it can make complicated calculations in seconds only. It can store innumerable data and information. The computer has:

1. Increased our speed.

2. Increased our output.

3. Increased degree of accuracy.

By its speed and variety it has brought men, separated by distance, together. A man living in one corner of the world can communicate with another living in the farthest corner of the earth through computer software like internet, multi-media etc.

In short the computer has made our life faster, easier and comfortable and has brought the world together.

But what is that which has come closer. The physique or the mind? We may say both. But then has it brought together the hearts also?

Can we say that in the computer age, expenditure on armaments has decreased? Can we say that border disputes between the countries have come to an end? Can we say that racialism and caste-wars have come to an end? Can we say that an average man has become healthier. Has he got peace of mind by creating another mind in the form of a computer. The answer to all these questions would be, NO.

The Operator

Why is it so? It is because the operator behind the working of the computer is the same MAN. Till the stuff in the man changes and improves we cannot get a better world merely by inventing modern machines, one after the other, computers and super-computers. Computer is after all a sophisticated MAN-MADE-MACHINE, which works faster than Man. We have increased the quality of the machine, i.e. the computer, but have we correspondingly increased the quality man? This is where we are stuck up. Either we do not know how to increase the quality of man or we are not working in that direction. In either case we ourselves are to be blamed? But does it mean that there is no solution?

Let us think in that direction. Firstly, after all why do we want to improve/enhance the quality of man? And, then secondly, how to improve the quality of man?

First of all we shall have to answer the first question as to why do we want to improve the quality of Man.

Let us go back to our COMPUTER. Why are we doing our constant research work to improve the quality of computers?

So that our output is faster and better in quality; so that its communication, inter action and computation becomes easier and faster. Similarly we want to enhance/ improve the quality of man so that he thinks better, thinks positive, and has a peace of mind.

But then who can help us in achieving all this?

In the case of a computer who can help us in improving its quality?

A Lawyer ? No.
A Doctor? No.

Then who can do it? Obviously a COMPUTER-GUIDE who has the know-how of the computer. Nobody can give us better than what he himself has. A Lawyer can guide us in law, a doctor can guide us in medicine, and similarly a computer-guide only can guide us in computer. Therefore, by now it is clear that if we want to improve the quality of our computer, we shall have to go to the computer guide. As a computer guide can improve the quality of a computer, like wise a True-guide can improve the quality of man.

It has been said in the Holy Bible:-

Seek and Ye shall find;
Knock and it shall be opened to you;
Ask and it shall be given to you.

Therefore, we shall have to seek if we really want to know the Truth.

As in the case of learning a computer, there are two entities:

1. The Learner; and

2. The computer-guide,

Similarly in the case of realisation of Truth, two entities are required,

1. The Seeker; and

2. The True-guide.

This point would also become clear if we read the above passage of Bible carefully. From the reading of that passage again it would be clear that realisation of God will come only to those who are seekers, and, then further it is said that "ASK" and it shall be given to you. It means the seeker will have to ask. But to whom? The moment we say that seeker will have to ask, means, there are two entities involved in the process of realisation of God:

1. One entity is the seeker who asks about the Truth, and,

2. The other entity is the one from whom the Truth is sought i.e. the True-guide.

Therefore, for realisation of God, existence of two entities is a must.

If we go little further, the above quotation from Bible clarifies another thing and that is that the acid test of a True-guide is that he shall be able to devolve the realisation of Truth instantaneously. The expression, which has been used, is "ask and it shall be given to you." It means the True-guide must have that which he has to give to the seeker. And he can give to the seeker only if he himself already had it. If the guide tells to the seeker certain ways and means to reach the Truth, then he is not, and cannot be, a True-guide. According to Bible the True-guide shall be able to give 'it' to the seeker, then and there. Further, in the above quote the expression, which had been used, is "Ask and "it" shall be given to you" means something which is to be given has been identified as "it", and not "that". It means the Truth, which has to be revealed to the seeker is always there, and can be given instantaneously. Here the seeker can differentiate between a True-guide and an ordinary guide.

Now this is regarding the True guide, but then the man of computer age asks a question:

"We need to know God only if it really exists, if it does not (exit), then what is the need to know it? And then there is no need to go to the True guide. Can somebody prove the existence of God scientifically? If not, then why should I believe it?"

The man of computer age very well knows that the simplest formula for the working of the computer is that something is fed to the computer called "input", and, then we get the "output". It "output" is thee, it means there was certain "input". For instance, if we feed to the computer 2+2, and then seek an answer, the computer would give the answer as 2+2=4. Here "2+2" is the "input" and "4" is the "output". Similarly if we feed in the computer "Force ‘x’ Distance", the computer would give the result as "Work". Now "work" (W) is the output for the input of "force" (F) and "Distance" (D).

The scientific formula which we have is F x D = W
i. e.
Force X Distance = Work,
Or we can say
W = F x D.
i.e.
Work = Force x Distance.

In other words if there is no input of "Force" (F) there would be no "Work" (W). This formula has been scientifically proved and tested for a long time and is a true principle. From the formula, it is clear that if the output is "Work", it means some "Force" was there as an "input". In other words, no work is possible without a force.

Now we see that every day Sun rises in the East, sets in the West. Moon comes, rotates and disappears, apparently decreases and increases in size at regular intervals. Nine planets revolve around the sun. Besides, there are innumerable stars and some stars are even bigger than the Sun of our planet. All these things are working regularly and in a disciplined manner. Now see the tremendous super-work, which is being done which, is beyond the comprehension of a man. This "super-work" is being done by the "super-force". It is this super-force which is present everywhere and has been given the expression "it" is the Holy Bible: "Ask and "it" shall be given to you."

It is this super-force i.e. "it" which has to be revealed by the True-guide to the seeker.

It is only after the realization of Truth from the True (Sat)- guide (Guru), that the seeker becomes a true-man and imbibes in himself the qualities of a real man. It is then that the quality of man improves. Now when such a man is put behind the working of the computer then we can imagine the positive thinking and the better man made out of him. Since the quality of "whole" depends upon its constituents, once man improves, the society would improve automatically. Then once this man who has realized truth understands the relationship with the other men in the society, there would be no hatred, no radicalism, no boundary disputes, no enemy, and, when is no enemy, there would be no need of armaments, and then money and energy can be spent on activities for the welfare of man. It is only then that we can live in peace.

Thus we have seen that even in the computer Age we can get a serene world through the blessings of the True guide i.e. SATGURU. This is how Satguru is relevant even in the computer Age. Computer Age without Satguru would lead to devastation and at a greater speed, but with Satguru it will lead to a serene world. Since in the computer Age speed and magnitude of devastation had increased manifold the relevance of Satguru has also increased manifold. The sooner we realize it the better it would be for the world.