The Value of Precision
By Karmayogi
After the improved
versions of telescope arrived, scientists have calculated the time required for
the orbit of Mercury and found a variation of 43 seconds in a century! Experimental
science demands precision to the second. Science is a MARVEL today on the
strength of discovery, forging fresh new tools of measurement, securing greater
knowledge of metals, gases and all other things, their dedication to Truth and
several other things. One of the basic requirements of science is precise
precision. Those who know the subtle truths of life know the Science of Life
too demands equal precision. By which one of your pens you have signed your
letter later decides whether you are going to end up as a senior executive of a
huge corporation or its CEO. We know of life sciences. We are yet to know of
the Science of Life.
No one needs to found the Science of Life as it is well developed in all
ancient civilisations. Egypt had an occult civilisation. The Mayan civilisation
was subtle. The Indian civilisation was subtle and spiritual. The Chinese knew
all the subtle nerve centres and had developed a sophisticated system of cure
by manipulating these centres. When Duryodhana eeded the support of Krishna in
the war, he went to him and found Krishna asleep. He waited for Krishna to wake
up, sitting at the head of the bed. Arjuna too reached there at the same time
for the same purpose. Hetoo waited on the same bed sitting at Krishna's
feet. The position of their seats decided the result of the war. The difference
between victory and defeat in the war was decided by their different seating
positions, though their positions were only six feet apart. There are men who
have been vastly successful in life. There are others who have narrowly missed
the crown. From them we can find that the difference between the two opposite
outcomes is after all a hair's breadth.
On arrival at Pondicherry, the Mother was walking towards the house of Sri
Aurobindo. A man on the road showed Her the house. She took down that
man's address and wrote to him every month from 1914 till the end,
thanking him for showing Her the Master's house. She enclosed a little money
every time as a token of gratitude. It was not as if She would not have found
the house without his assistance. That tiny little act of that man had the
power to decide whether she was to end up as one of the sadhaks of the Ashram
or the Divine Mother. It was Her perception of that significance that made Her
eternally grateful to one on the road. When you invoke the Spirit, removing the
inner dark spots, and find a fifty crre opportunity that was lost being
restored and opening a 200 crore opportunity, if you are spiritually
perceptive, you will see the significance of every little moment as well as
movement.