Against priesthood and for justice

In his introductory book Jeevan Vidya: Ek Parichaya Nagraj (2001b) writes that the goal of sociology is to document the action pattern of awakened man. There is no place of priesthood in this. Without situating himself in justice one cannot be called a social man. An unenlightened man cannot be free from conflicts and contradictions. His community will always be characterized by conflicts of opinion, revolt, struggle and exploitation. As long as there are class and communal conflicts, how can one say that man has become social? So far man has been possessed by educational authority, religious authority, political authority, and business authority. These four things constitute tradition. Now these traditions have become now hollow and are completely dilapidated. Therefore, they cannot give anything to those who look for solutions towards traditions though all of them claim that they are made to rescue us. No one has been rescued so far by traditions. Nagraj stresses that those who are claiming to rescue others too are drowning and dying by suffocation in the same tradition. Yet, more than half of him is still saved; more than 51% of it is curious and meaningful. To understand co-existence it is important to understand justice. So far justice is defined in a legal, evidence based, framework. Nagraj says (2001b) that justice implies four things: relationship with matter and consciousness, value, self-evaluation and mutual fulfillment. Does the present system of justice can provide this ever? The whole world is running after profit today. This has produced social, economic and natural problems. This culminates in accumulation, facilities, consumerism and extreme indulgence. Nobody is satisfied. One does not understand that paper money and metal money are symbolic of values but are not values. So one is never satisfied with more and more money. To redeem this situation he needs right understanding and human values.