The ultimate goal of our life should be to live in harmony and peace, says Rajyogi Brahmakumar Nikunj Ji
Nowadays, it has become a trend to talk about morality and values. Some people talk about it because they want to wear it as a mask so that their real identity cannot be visible to the people. This works as long as people do not realise that there is a mask behind, a hidden personality that is completely opposite of what can be called ‘moral’. On the other side of the line are some people who have been able to transform themselves to some extent and are desirous of further change because they know that life without moral principles is just existence. They understand that life without morals is accompanied by pricks and twitches of the conscience and is not only devoid of real happiness but it is a life of increasing burdens and inner damnation. Then, there are others, who have attained considerable height on the upward path of moral uprightness and they do not relish even a vague remembrance of their nasty or filthy past. They aspire to fly high as a free bird into the vast sky, up and above the morally polluted world. It is these enlightened and uplifted souls that are the hope of the world. They give guidance and sustenance to those who yearn for a life of purity and peace.
However, the main problem that we are facing today is that there is a class of intellectuals who give more importance to material progress, scientific development, new devices and many other things than to moral values. This does not mean that there should not be any effort for material progress. But what needs to be emphasised is that moral test must be applied in the areas of research, development and progress as well. For example, invention of nuclear weapons was once considered as the latest development in the field of scientific weapons. Much industrial progress has been achieved all over the world in last few decades, but it was achieved at the cost of environment, without applying moral tests. Hence, as a consequence of all this, humankind is today faced with a grave threat to its environment and also to its survival.
Just as all periodicals and films enjoy the freedom of expression but these have to pass the test relating to obscenity and vulgarity, similarly, all policies, plans and developmental projects should be subjected to the test of morality. If they lead to depravity of human character, if they promote violence, increase strife and tension, provoke people, then they should be rejected. If a film violates the sense of dignity towards women and is offensive against their modesty or if it is liable to disturb communal harmony or create enmity between castes, then it is not certified as fit. Similarly, if certain laws, acts, pronouncements, policies or plans violate universal moral, human, social or environmental values, then they also should be struck down.
Truth is always a moral entity. Hence, any idea, tenet or belief that violates universal moral values and leads to anger, greed, exploitation, injustice or cut-throat competition, is not true even though it appears to be so. We should, therefore, examine whether our world-view, our belief-system and our concepts lead to a moral order or to moral anarchy, turmoil and struggle for survival. Do they give rise to noble sentiments or to utterly selfish, egoistic and vicious tendencies. We should discard these if they are prone to lead to our moral downfall and should try to rediscover our real identity. The ultimate goal of our life should be to live a life of harmony and peace. We should not fully and finally accept anything unless it passes this acid test.
