Ours is the subjective approach and an objective adjustment – the happy blending between the objective world and subjective goal. While moving towards the subjective goal, you must maintain adjustment with the objective world. There is no other alternative. When the human society is ensconced in this supreme idea, in the very near future it will become more constructive, with proper planning. Humanity of the entire universe will unite, and we are anxiously waiting for that happy moment.

I want every human being to be guaranteed the minimum physical requirements of life; every human being to get scope for the full exploitation of his or her psychic potentiality; every human being to attain absolute truth; and endowed with all the glories and achievements of the world, to march towards the Absolute. In and through this movement, humanity should be made conscious of the purpose and meaning of life.

The never-ending effort of proper economic adjustment must ceaselessly continue, fostering the spiritual, mental and physical evolution of humanity and the development of a cosmic sentiment for a world family.

In our socio-economic programme human beings have full liberty in the spiritual and mental spheres. This is possible because the spiritual and psychic entities for which human beings can aspire are themselves unlimited, and one person’s progress in this sphere does not hamper the progress of others in their quests.

But the supply in the physical sphere is limited, and thus any effort for disproportionate or unrestricted acquisition of physical objects may create a vast majority of “have nots”. This hampers the development of the total personality of humanity. So individual liberty must not exceed established limits in the physical sphere. At the same time it must not be so drastically curtailed that a human being’s spiritual, mental and physical growth is hindered.

Society needs an impetus for life, vigour and progress and for this Ananda Marga advocates the “Progressive Utilisation Theory” (PROUT) which calls for progressive utilisation of all factors of the universe. Those who support these principles may be called Proutists.

The aspiration to become rich by exploiting others is a sort of mental malady.

If the eternal hunger of the human soul does not find the real path leading to mental and spiritual wealth, it becomes engaged in the work of depriving others of their rights; it robs them of their material resources.

In most spheres, abundance for one individual takes the bread out of the mouths of others. It is a mental ailment not to understand this common necessity.

In our Marga (our way, or path)
humanity as a whole is considered as one family
belonging to the race of human race.

In such a society,
injustice due either to economic background,
sex or racial considerations will be unknown.

Striving ahead together
with the entire Universe
along the path of divinity
is truly the greatest task for humanity

Those who are at the helm of society are absorbed in strife and suspicion, or in reckoning their loss and profit. They have no desire to think of humanity. There is no room for mercy, sympathy or fellow-feeling. All are self-centred.

In our present environment there are many divisive tendencies
splitting humanity into mutually belligerent groups.
Spirituality must foster a natural affinity among people,
to unite all humanity.

The flame of a lamp lights up countless lamps.
The touch of a great personality wakes up innumerable sleeping hearts.

In the same way, the eternal glow of the boundless e’lanvital of Cosmic Consciousness
has been illuminating the life lamp of universal humanism since time immemorial,
is illuminating and will do so in future even more intensely.

That is why I say the future of the human race is not dark,
rather it is strikingly resplendent.

At present the worth of life is ascertained with an eye to money.
One who possesses wealth commands respect and passes for a noble person.

Nowadays if you have no money you cannot expect to get honour.
The poor people belonging to all other classes have to woo the moneyed people
just for the sake of earning a livelihood.

Human values are taboo here.
Human beings are now but a medium of earning money.

There should be one universal legal and criminal code for the universal humanity.
It is not at all desirable that there be different laws for different people,
different countries, different communities.

All laugh in happiness, cry in sorrow, beat their breasts in mourning.
Why must we separate human from human
with a thousand and one imaginary distinctions?

Lack of unity among the members of society because of too much self-interest in the individual members, formation of sects for economic advantages, lack of understanding of others, not only brings the downfall of society but also will wipe it completely from the face of the earth. Instances of so many sects and empires disappearing altogether are not rare in the history of this world.

Spirituality provides humanity with that subtle and tremendous power with which no other power can be compared. Therefore, with spirituality as the base, a rational philosophy should be evolved to deal with the physical, psychological and socio-philosophical problems of the day.