From atoms to the universe, everything is a mechanism. All mechanisms possess the inherent nature to function. Because they function, they are called mechanisms. We, as human beings, are also a mechanism. We have also been given the ability to drive other mechanisms. No mechanism can function without the support of another, and this includes the human mechanism as well. For a human to function, he needs something else. He considers life-relationships and possessive-relationships to be that "something else" for him. He wanders in search of these two relationships. With the things he has sought and found, he tries to attain pleasure through clarity of action, and fulfillment through clarity of knowledge.

"Life-relationships" can be understood as living mechanisms that relate to humans, while "possessive-relationships" refer to all inanimate objects that assist humans. However, in the effort to seek and attain these relationships, the expected outcome is lost. That is, the hard-earned pleasure disappears, and fulfillment vanishes.

Through both research and experience, man realizes that he cannot achieve this through his efforts alone, and that it can only be attained with the support of something that is more knowledgeable, superior in action, and wiser than himself. Having realized this, he named that entity "God" and built temples to worship it. Through those temples, he attempted to seek what he needed.

Unable to achieve clarity in his actions, he tried to secure permanent pleasure by acquiring his needed possessions with the help of God. Even though he fulfills his needs by going to temples, he is driven back to a state where he must search for needs all over again. Next, the one who failed to achieve fulfillment in knowledge—after experiencing defeat in his own efforts—goes to an ashram in search of wise elders who are mature in knowledge, to attain that mental fulfillment. Even if he finds the fulfillment he sought at the ashram, that attained fulfillment fails to last.

Thus, human society — unable to achieve clarity of action through the multiplication of needs, and unable to achieve fulfillment of mind through the multiplication of knowledge — has lost its humaneness, stumbles, and become bewildered.