In part 5 of the series, Jugal Kishore Mukherji writes:

“A positive spirituality appreciates the worth of the achievements of Science in its own domain: it does not deny the reality of the rich harvest that men of science have gleaned from an elaborate investigation and exploration of physical Nature. But Science too, on its part, should not hesitate to admit that “the material universe is only the façade of an immense building which has other structures behind it” (Sri Aurobindo, CWSA, 28: 394) and that “there are in the universe knowable realities beyond the range of the senses and in man powers and faculties which determine rather than are determined by the material organs through which they hold themselves in touch with the world of the senses” (Sri Aurobindo, CWSA, 21: 11).

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In the last part of the series, the author writes:

“Sri Aurobindo has pointed out, if man is not to remain content with his ordinary status of a being of surface ignorance seeking obscurely after the truth of things and collecting and systematising fragments and sections of knowledge, and if he would like his life upon earth to take something of the hue of a life divine, his self-expansion has to proceed on more than one line.”

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Beloo Mehra reflects on the 2015 film titled Concussion which focuses on a doctor's pursuit of truth. Inspired by the work of Dr. Bennet Omalu, a Nigerian forensic pathologist who discovered CTE brain damage in NFL players, the film, according to the author highlights four key points: Omalu's relentless and dedicated scientific pursuit, the conflict between truth-seeking and organisational cover-up, critique of sports commercialization, and remembering one's identity to stand by the truth and to do what is right.

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