Chapter 2.  Handmade clothes, made of natural materials, are easy to maintain and extremely economical. There is no need to buy replacements very often, as they get worn and torn only after a very long period. Actually, if you wear a sari you don’t have to waste your money on a tailor. It is a simple piece of material which can be arranged very quickly as a very beautiful and graceful dress, and which can be used for various other purposes as well.

Chapter 2.  The whole fashion industry is just a money-making racket. It is a wonderful way of pampering the ego to say that such and such a style has won the first prize in the fashion parade in Milan or Paris or Timbuktu. And you are so enamoured by this new chance of exercising your 'choice' and of throwing out all the expensive clothes you have chosen before, as so much out-of-date junk.

Chapter 3.  Real democracy is only possible when people truly imbibe democratic principles and respect ethical values above everything else. People who are power-crazy, and who want to make money by any means, cannot be said to have the right democratic ideology. Democracy cannot be managed by people who are greedy, of loose character and self-centred. Those who are womanisers, or who drink while they are working on solving the national problems are, in fact, the true source of their nation’s problems and of the whole world at large.

Chapter 3.  A benevolent ruler, in the form of a philosopher king, as put forward by Socrates, is the ideal person to be the head of government. Such a person must be an extremely wise, detached personality, without any desire for lust, power and money. There have been such persons in the recent past, people like Mahatma Gandhi, Ataturk Kemal Pasha, Anwar al Sadat, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Ho Chi Minh, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Dag Hammerskjyld and Mujibur Rahman.

Chapter 5.  The culture of this permissive society makes the human mind react in an imbalanced way. As there is no importance allotted to the quality of private life or inner self-development in the core of domestic life, the private sphere is looked after by people who, in the name of freedom, have abandoned all the strengths and disciplines which were constructive, nourishing and conducive to ideal culture. Thus, people in the West have lost respect for each other, for themselves, for their body, for their mind and for their life as a whole.

Chapter 6.  In the Hindu religion it was believed that every human being has the reflection of God in his heart, which is the spirit, the atma. If that is the case, how could we divide Hindu society into different castes?

In the beginning of civilisation in India, for thousands of years people followed caste according to the nature of the person. This is called as ‘jaati’ meaning the aptitude of a person. A person who has an aptitude to achieve the divine was called ‘Brahman’.

Chapter 7.  World Peace  can be achieved only when people in charge of world affairs get their self-realisation. They are leaders of different countries and through a Sahaja relation they will respect and love each other. They will be like benevolent kings, as described by Socrates, who will think of global peace. Today it seems as if the whole world is ablaze with war.

Chapter 8.  All entrepreneurs’ efforts to spoil the innocence of children have to be attacked collectively by the parents. Films and video cassettes which seek to put indecent and immoral ideas into the innocent minds of children should be banned. Parents should launch a campaign against such videos and films.

Chapter 8.  What is most disturbing about the present day films is the fact that most of them are full of nauseating sex and terrible violence. They have a very evil influence on the society, especially on the young. These films must be censored by very idealistic people. There should be rules and regulations prescribing the parameters within which films may be created. Much of today’s film cannot be described as art. In fact they are grotesque and vulgar. If it is pure art, you do not need sex and violence to impress people. Art itself is most impressive. But nowadays, to suit public taste, all kinds of low level films are created.

Chapter 8.  There is another serious problem relating to the media. In the olden days, news was regarded as completely objective.  Comment was free but it had to be made on objective criteria.

These impeccable principles of journalism have now been thrown overboard. The same event is reported in one way by one newspaper and in quite a different way by another. And comments?  Far from being objective, they are, in many cases, brazenly biased.

Chapter 8.  The British have a small country but, in the preceding centuries, they conquered many other countries around the world. So that once upon a time, the sun never set on the British Empire.

In this process, the British committed many atrocities and killed many people. But that is all the past. The present generation is a new one, which cannot be and must not be blamed for the past.

Chapter 8.  Should we not begin to think in terms of one world, economically and even politically? With some restraint on consumerism and with a determination to have only so much and no more, the rich nations can assist the poorer ones to rise above the poverty line and to lead a reasonable life. Such a compassionate approach will give enormous joy and inner satisfaction to the rich. It will at the same time promote a better social order and World Peace.