Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.
Science tells theology about the structure and history of the universe and its evolutionary nature. Religious insight can set the laws of nature in a more profound context of understanding, so that their deep order, rational beauty and anthropic fine-tuning become intelligible.
This is true knowledge: to seek the Self as the true end of wisdom always. To seek anything else is ignorance.
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
