Diary 1963 - Murshid Sam's Living Stream

Diaries 1963May 28, 1963My dear Ruth:Your voice sounded so pleasant the other night; if I can’t see you, at least I can write and somedayI suppose my biography will be written as a sort of life-history of a maverick. I wonder whetheryou have read the story of Sam Yorti, Mayor of L.A. which is that of a successful maverick. Andperhaps like “Trial by Jury,” before the case begins “I’ll tell you how I came to be a Judge.”I was once seated with the chief Cultural Adviser in Karachi: “I have written a pager on Maizegrowing in Hasara District. I believe it will be published if it has not been already. But I did not writeon the Ethnography, Folk-lore and Religion of these people because I know it would be rejected.“I agree with you.” And I can assure you I have not only been in the same strange lands se ArnoldToynbee and Editor Sulzberger, but had the same hosts. And I can further assure you that wheneverToynbee, and Sulzberger differ I agree with Toynbee, adding that at least two of his hosts grow bluein the face trying to tell them about their country. But it is useless. We have two cultures side by sidewhich have been called scientific and humanistic and not only do the twain not meet but scientistscan always meet scientists and find common patterns and humanists can always come to blows towith other humanists (in this sense) and their differences follow definite patterns. But a much betterway would be simply to point out the difference between the analysts and the integrationists and Iam very, very much not only on the side but actual with the latter.I remember one in a debate between the Mendolians and the Lysenkoists I got the floor andsaid they were both right and both wrong. I had an awful time with the chair and the debaters, butto everybody’s amazement, including my own, I carried off almost the entire audience. The SweetPeas of Mendel were not Adams and Eves and I don’t use the word “environment” in arguments—but light, heart, terrain, ecological factors (which are distinguishable), etc. Years later I arrived atCairo and saw some Sweet Potato experiments which validated my ideas.Now a friend of mine may be going to Egypt and I have given him introductions to several topflight scientists. How did I get there? That, sweetheart, is a nice question. Briefly I was in and couldbe working for the National Research Centre in Cairo which integrates all scientific research. Everybodyis in a compartment.At another time I was in Lyallpur and my host said. “I wish to show you the Eighth wonder ofthe world.” Well, Ruth I never saw such a mad enthusiast and in five minutes he had a disciples …me. But Washington State is going to solve the world food problems and not conquer space so youmay never hear about it. And my views on genetics got a big, big boost up hill. The world’s foodproblems will be solved when the press gives about 25% publicity to these things as they give tospace travel.I returned full of vitality, enthusiasm and knowledge and for some time worked on my “HowCalifornia Can Help Asia” but I was urged and urged hard to change to my meeting of great people.This is more important, but wow. In February my friend, Robert Clifton, known as Phra Sumangalodied. Once I said to him: