Nor does education have answers which the youth are looking for today. So it's easy for the younger generation to get caught in rituals for immediate relief since they can't depend on anything from their family, institutions or any social system. Religion is a wand to banish the fear and sense of hopelessness and loneliness besieging many of today's youth. But many who have got it all now wonder if this is all. Substitute a religion of knowledge for that of mere belief- knowledge which brings enlightenment to the mind and conviction to the heart.
Real faith is born of knowledge and understanding, and by wisdom one is purified.
Even the prophets and saints can but point the way which we ourselves have to walk. Without knowledge, mysticism would be emotionalism, devotion would be sentimentalism, and unearthliness would result in a total disregard of the path of duty and service of this world. With knowledge, which Theosophy offers, men and women can change the course of their lives, endowing them with an inspiring meaning and a superb purpose. The youth, seeking solace and solutions to the problems they face, must take an enlightened line, not only in thought, but also in conduct. A wave of new research is making scientists veer round to the view that life begins not at birth, but much earlier in embryonic development-according to some, at the moment of conception.