Gone are the days of great discoveries that existed in the time of Leonardo da Vinci, Newton and Einstein. Today we have wrested from mother nature most of her secrets. All those ponderings by Da Vinci were well-guarded.

Secrets of nature. Leonardo wanted to know why and how birds flew, why listening manifested itself before thunder,the why of the ripples in a pond after a small stone had hit the surfase of the waters and many other mysteries did he wish to untravel.

Today, we know the answers to all of Da Vinci wonderings: we have built submarines, flying macchines, dams and all else for Leonardowas simply a sketch on a pad of paper.

What other secrets could mother nature hide from us that we dont already know?

In this new age, the focus has shifted from the external to the internal. The shift has happened so fast that we are confounded andconfused, not knowing which way to go, which way to turn or what our goal in life really is... We have gone from one extreme to another, from an excessive focus on the inward.Nature has been conquered. The 'hunter' instinct has been made worthless and invalid - most of us no longer worry about the next loaf ofbread because the shelves at the supermarket are stocked.
We have entered the age of leisure. A new and sudden condition which evokes much introspection, simply because we might not have found a meaningful purpose. The self has become the central point of focus, the pivot round which all our energy is dedicated; the God we worship. This sudden shift from the enter to the inner has created an imbalance from certainty, from definite purpose to no purpose at all.Our personal value as a significant contribution to the welfare of our community has been stripped from us.
Is it any wonder that many suffer from insomnia, anxiety, procrastination and a hundred other such conditions of dis-ease.

Our modern, large societies have forced us to be introspective because we have been robbed of that self-worth we would have otherwisehad within a smaller, utilitarian community.
This condition has led many to focus so much or the inner ego as if nothing else existed except the self as to exaggerate to monstrals proportions its importance.
Amidst this confusion people attempt finding a balance. The salutary rule worth examining in the nation that a solid foundation could be founded on establishing a balance between the bases instincts pertain and are a past of all humans on this planet, they are part and pancelof the self.

Leonardo wrote:
Man is worthy of praise and blame solely in respect of such actions as it is within his power to do or abstain from.

Little effort need to be extended to allow one's base nature free reign. Praise worthly conduct. However doesnt come free. Effort must be expended to develop good character. The baser instinctsare each and every one of them, conditions lacking goodness for example lying, treachery, arrogance, affectation,selfishness is all qualities originating in the lower nature of a person in the self. Not an ounce of a good has ever come out of the practice of the practiseof such base qualities and they do not require any effort whatsoever.
It is so easy to be arrogant, to lie and so on. But its not easy to do the opposite.
The opposite of lying is truthfulness, of treachery trustworthiness, of arrogance humility, of affectation artlessness, of selfisnessunselfishness.

We may like the vices to darkness and virtues to light.
When you walk into a dark room you turn on the light;
when you walk out you turn off the light.You cannot turn on or off the dark!

The manner of accomplishing a balanced life is to understand that we all have been given the freedom of will to make choices..
Every time you lie regardless whether it is a small white lie, you are giving vent to your lower propensity and therefor cousing yourselfand others harm.
Our choices then are clear: we weither turn the light of goodness on, or remain in the darkness of vices.

The light of goodness can always remain on, if we built our lives or sounds spiritual principle.