Baba
Future laboratory babes
Namaskar,
In the below passage from the discourse “Talks on Prout”, the publishers inserted a line which is flawed and should be removed. Please see the red font below with the
"With the advent of biological babes, Prakrti will snatch away the reproductive power of human beings and hence they will not be able to reproduce. Instead, they will simply create more laboratory babes. Biological babes will not have much attachment, though they will be subject to pleasure and pain. They will not be required to undergo much physical struggle because through scientific inventions a tablet may be sufficient to sustain them for days together. They will be bereft of family ties, as laboratory babes will be produced in laboratories from chemical compounds. They will gradually develop a tendency of aversion to worldly enjoyment. It is not difficult to envisage a day when laboratory babes may think that nature has lost all its charm,that life is not worth living, and that there is even no use in eating. It is better we do not think further on this. However, it should not be lost sight of that laboratory babes will be great sádhakas or spiritual aspirants, as they will be more conscious of their imperfections. Hence, the more leisure time they have the more sádhaná they will do." (1)
Here is the explanation:
(a) This phrase goes against Ananda Marga ideology: “
(b) Rather, what should be understood is that elevated sadhakas who have no desire to be reborn are not tired of this world but fully ensconced in and wholly attracted to supreme bliss. That is why they do not wish to be reborn and feel “that nature has lost all its charm.”
(c) While on this earth, such great sadhakas will live a life of purpose and dutifully serve Parama Purusa and His creation. That will be their approach towards living in this world.
(d) There is no audio recording of this discourse; it is based on hand-written notes made over the course of a series of darshans. And Baba may well have said something like laboratory babes will not be infatuated with all kinds of mundane engagements like eating and drinking, and will have no affinity for crude enjoyments etc. But Tiljala Publications failed to properly reflect the spirit of Baba’s words, what to speak of printing what He actually said. And the outcome is that they wrongly inserted the phrase: “
(e) Overall, the situation is similar to teenagers who are not tired of their mothers but are instead infatuated with the opposite sex, and that's why they don't want to live with their mother. Accordingly, advanced sadhakas and grown laboratory babes do not tire of or lose interest in living in this mundane world, but are instead fully absorbed in spiritual life and have a one-pointed desire to get divine bliss.
In Him,
Viveka
Reference
1. Prout in a Nutshell - 15, Talks on Prout: Laboratory Babes
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