It is a good vehicle to aid in the development of a universal spiritual science and a good point of synthesis for both the religious and scientific seeking of truth. Veda Dharma does not demand an exclusive belief or set up a standard of faith that no one is allowed to challenge or to question. It directs us to freedom as a state of consciousness, not to any lesser goals of time, place or person. It is not an organized and stereotyped belief but a set of spiritual resources that everyone can draw upon.

This extolling of Vedic Dharma, however, I realize is my personal opinion and I hold to it strongly. However, I don't think that it should be imposed upon anyone by force, propaganda, or any type of threats or rewards, however subtle. Human beings must come to truth of their own accord, in one form or another, in one life or another, and will do it by stages, sometimes fitfully. Vedic Dharma upholds the freedom of each soul to find truth, using reason, experience and communication and following methods of ritual, mantra and meditation - and, above all, starting from a foundation of respect for all life.

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