In plain words
It is far from the senses. Beyond the senses is spirituality. Below the senses, Science. That is why a kind of confusion arises in between these two. What is near to these senses is called concentration; what is beyond the senses is called meditation. But between meditation, beyond the senses, and concentration, below the senses, there comes a border called contemplation. Only when this contemplation is crossed does meditation start. Today science brings about only a worldly progress. Science is rising to great heights, but the senses are sinking low. As a result, people cannot recognise the divinity that is in humanness. Man is rotting with desires that have run past all limits. There is no end at all to these desires.
What is the root cause of the unrest in the world today?
Of the many terrible deeds done in the world we must look into the cause: because selfless service has dwindled, desires without meaning have multiplied.
Man's desires are running past all limits. That is why he is losing his humanness. Today we must develop our humanness. Every object gives man fear. One thing alone makes man fearless. That is Vairāgya. How does this Vairāgya come to us, and how are we to drive this fear away? The Ahaṅkāra and pride centred on the body increase attachment to the objects we see. As attachment to objects grows in this way, fear grows in people. Only when we press down this pride, possessiveness and Ahaṅkāra does humanness move away from fear. That is why in olden days the great ṛṣis all pursued learning, in order to keep Ahaṅkāra and pride under control.