PROUT: July 2004 Archives

by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

A developed economy should consist of four parts--people's economy, psycho-economy, commercial economy and general economy. This quadro-division of economy is a vast expansion on the con temporary and co-contemporary conceptions of economic activity. Most economists today understand only a little of the principles of general economy and something of commercial economy, but both of these parts are still in an undeveloped state. People's economy and psycho-economy are totally unknown to modern econo mists, and as such could find no place in the present mode of economic thinking. A brief outline of the parts of the economy is given below.

“Two doctrines have failed miserably in this country: free market capitalism and state socialism. The latter is counted out as dead. The former covers itself better by concealing the negative effects but the victims are even more numerous. The search is on for something better than those two 19th century Europeanisms. The search will soon lead us, amongst others, to Sarkar.

Sarkar will probably stand out as one of the truly great in this century, so much deeper and more imaginative than most. He is an intellectual giant of our times." - (Dr. Johan Galtung, Norway, Founder of UN Institute of Peace Studies)

Prout's concept of progress has profound implications for humanity. It suggests that scientific change and intellectual transformation, unaccompanied by spiritual advance, would lead only to degradation in the physical arena such as our environment but also to racism, bigotry, and social conflicts. Spirituality is the foundation of all progress. During the 20th century, thousands of remarkable inventions and new theories have almost totally transformed our way of life. There is no indication that this trend will slow down, rather we expect accelerated movement in all spheres of life. However, at the present we have spiritually stagnated and even moved backwards. Consequently, battles and wars have been deadlier in the 20th century than ever before. Rising greed, crime, drugs and environmental pollution threaten to overwhelm the delicate thread of life on our finite planet. The moral is that change in the physical and mental sphere, without spiritual advance, is ultimately self-destructive.

by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

There must be ever-increasing acceleration in all spheres of existence. Acceleration represents the essence of life. The human structure is physical but the goal of human life is the Supreme Entity. To reach the goal our approach should be through spiritual practices.