This Reflection is based on the following aphorism of Sri Aurobindo:
Medical Science has been more a curse to mankind than a blessing. It has broken the force of epidemics and unveiled a marvellous surgery; but, also, it has weakened the natural health of man and multiplied individual diseases; it has implanted fear and dependence in the mind and body; it has taught our health to repose not on natural soundness but a rickety and distasteful crutch compact from the mineral and vegetable kingdoms.
This reflection is on a writing of Sri Aurobindo where he pays tribute to Hirobumi Ito, the prime minister of Japan who was assassinated...
This brief reflection in English is based on a passage from the Mother about the way the Divine looks at things.
In this English reflection we take up the issue of lack of interest in education that children encounter.