THE END OF DARKNESS

In the name of God, the compassionate, the Benefecient.

DESPAIR
It is a desert, dark and fearful, No goal for man, no way, no companion, No sun, no candle, nothing is seen, As if he has gone blind. No wise man can he find to ask the way, When suddenly thunder roars tiger-like, And this man presses his ears for fear of the roar of thunder, hen follows a brief lightning, No one by him, no way is found, !arkness and silence, and no hope is left.
It seems as if pain and torture are born with man, for, he has never been free from them throughout history. The apparently sweet moments of life, too, have been so brief that before tasting their pleasure, he has paid their indemnity by a tormenting pain and a life-consuming calamity. The rise of reformers in history, too, even if it has, sometimes and for a short time, provided some people with tranquility, yet it has been unable to liberate humanity for ever from the sanguine clutches of the monster of confusions. A greater disaster is that with the passage of time, mans pains are not reduced, but are increased and intensified. The progress of science and technology in the present day world too, has not only failed to show a way to freedom; it has also produced fresh difficulties for human society. This lac of harmony between scientific and technological progress on the one hand, and spiritual tranquility of life on the other is on the increase every day and it has reached a point day where some western thin ers, such as !rnest "unger, who live in wholly industriali#ed countries, e$press this belief% &'ans perfection and technical perfection are not attainable together, and if we desire one of them, we must sacrifice the other. (1) The collapse and annihilation of spiritualities have driven the bewildered man of our time, so far that he is prepared to destroy great communities of man ind for the sa e of the most trifling things. The pages of human history have never been bloody to this e$tent, and, at no time, has humanity been so entangled with the defilement of hostility. The e$penditure on military equipment and armament today in various countries of the world forms the greatest item of their budgets. (or e$ample, the armament e$penditure of )*+ countries of the world in ),-+ was twenty percent more than the amount spent on education in those countries; and

their health and hygiene budget was only forty percent of their military budget. (2) Today the nations, engaged in cold war, spend a yearly sum of . billion pounds sterling /00 thousand pounds sterling a minute1 preparing to ill human beings.(3) According to observers% 2The armament strength of the world up to ),0) was capable of destroying the globe twenty times2 (4). This ratio has been augmented tenfold today. 3p to the same year, a total of 4+ thousand atomic bombs were discovered by international spies in different countries. (5) And today the inds of bombs made by man are *4++ times more powerful than the one which destroyed 5iroshima. (6) 5e has also made hydrogen bombs for the operation of which only an atomic e$plosion would be required. (7) It is dreadful that all these destructive forces are able to annihilate the whole of man ind by pressing a button even if it is done by mista e. 'eanwhile, the wea nations of the world which are e$ploited by the strong, are faced with such problems as poverty and hunger, so much so that today we see three quarters of the world population confronted by the monster of poverty and hunger. (8) And since this large group of oppressed people is a threat to the interests of e$ploiters, those who hold power have assigned some funds for the so-called 2combat with poverty and hunger2 but really to preserve themselves and silence the protesting groups. 6ut it must be remembered the said funds amount only to one-fiftieth of the e$penditure incurred on drin s and cigarettes consumed in their own countries (9) Today in order to solve such problems as poverty and hunger, war and class conflicts, man ta es refuge in various ideological schools, but after some time he finds these, too, either an accomplice of such misfortunes, or unable to combat them. Therefore, in a state of total helplessness and despair, he ga#es at the dar world to see a sign of a lightning which would set fire to that blac ness and save man from all this gloom. The pro7ect of the 3nited 8ations seemed to be such a light which, in the gloomiest and most ominous period, namely after the deadly blows of the two 9orld 9ars on human society, shone in the minds of thin ers and reformers. And as the wounds inflicted on the body of the nations by the two 9ars were still fresh, the leaders of various countries in the world too steps for the establishment of this organi#ation due to the fear of occurrence of a third 9orld 9ar. At first, most people supposed that a final solution had thus been found for deliverance from difficulties, but the hope in this organi#ation was short lived. (rom the very beginning the powers, which should have committed themselves to the observance of the international laws and their non-violation, reserved for themselves the right of committing every ind of crime on the prete$t of the right of 2veto2. After a short time it became clear that this organi#ation, too, was nothing but a da##ling formality, for, these were only the wea nations which were, in fact, duty-bound to carry out its regulations. The failure of the 3nited 8ations :rgani#ation to solve difficulties, owing to the lac of guarantee of e$ecution, once more revealed the fact that neither

plundering countries feel any pity for poor and hungry nations, nor is their own satiety to their interests. 8either are e$pansionist governments willing to abandon their military bases in wea countries, nor do they divide such countries peacefully between themselves. Also neither does there e$ist a basis for their educational programs, nor does the propagation of education and people;s awa ening in the interest of big powers. As a result, neither was the 3nited 8ations :rgani#ation able to remove the danger of great nuclear wars, nor could it save man ind from the clutches of poverty and hunger, nor solve man;s mental problems. 9ith this failure of the 3nited 8ations, the last aperture of hope too was closed for man ind, and man began to be convinced of the futility of all hopes as well as the futility of the world. To escape from this bitter fact man either turned to suicide or retired from society by ta ing to hippyism, and thus trampled all social laws to see refuge in narcotics. There is an increasing inclination towards hippyism as a rebellious movement in the world. (or e$ample, in ),0< in America three hundred thousand people retired from society, 7oined the hippies and too refuge to =.>.?. and 'ari7uana. (10) The rush upon narcotics by this group reached such a point that in >an (rancisco alone one ton of mari7uana is consumed every wee . (11) In their bid to find humanity and brotherhood in eastern gnosticism, 5ippies turn to India. 6ut when they observe that the Indians too are suffering not only from poverty and hunger, but also of racial and class differences and sectarian clashes, and see nothing in gnosticism but dancing, poetry and addiction, they aimlessly and desperately return from this 7ourney with their only souvenir, namely narcotics. And wander about mountains and deserts. Thus, the present-day human being is, in utmost despair, awaiting for death to be released from this painful and burdensome life. 9ill a nuclear war destroy the whole man ind@ Is three-quarters of the world population condemned to death because of poverty and hunger@ 9ill narcotics eventually annihilate the human race@ 9ill the days of man;s misery never come to an end and will he never be liberated from this hopeless life@ 9ill a day not come when poverty is uprooted from human society@ Aan a solution be ultimately found to do away with all this confusion of human societies and put things in order@ 9ill man be able one day to find a way towards his ideal life@ 9ill this despair give way to a future which is full of hope coupled with equality and brotherhood@ 9ill a day not come when human-loo ing beings, who are true animals, put aside their beastly vices and start a pleasant life based on human virtues and fine qualities and service to their fellow-creatures@ Is there any hope in future@