The goal of our life is neither position nor ill-earned money but happiness and peace that comes from a clear conscience and from the concern for the well-being of others, says Rajyogi Brahmakumar Nikun Ji
There is no doubt that the society that we live in is surrounded with conflicts and is pillored with many predicaments. For instance, there is communal discord at ignition point which flares up even at the slightest show of heat.
There are casteist tensions that rise to the point of flash at the slightest provocation. There is grave dissidence and internal strife in every ruling party that keep the party bosses on tenterhooks. The morbid intra-party fights for capturing levers of power is an ongoing thing.
All these promote political instability and uncertainty and keep people constantly guessing. These incite obliging shop-keepers to pull down their shutters every other day at the call of one or the other party for some kind of protest or as they call it, bandh.
This provides enough grit to the mills of the media that work overtime to rake up the rubble and keep institutions and groups astir. There are extremists in every directions that keep a substantial number of the military forces tied up with the problem of internal security. There are exploiters galore in the market place who gobble up huge amounts of public money without any feeling of remorse.
The society, it seems, is living on the wages of sin and there are vested interests everywhere. It seems that the administrative machinery, at most places, is gradually grinding to a halt and the bureaucracy is unmindful of the tears of the deprived classes. The judicial system is trying its best to give justice via fast track courts. The youth seem to have ceased to be inspired by lofty ideals. It also appears that though the percentage of literates is rising, moral illiteracy is increasing and those who frame educational policy are in a quandary.
The police are reported to be sometimes siding with hoodlums and abetting the crime. A large section of the public has started behaving like rabble-rousers. Business and industry, in pursuit of high profits and in face of hard competition, have been losing their grip on integrity. There is nothing left but only unabashed selfishness. Religious discourse has lost its impact and essence. Where is our society going ? What is to be done? Is there any light at the end of the tunnel?
A clear thinking would lead us to the conclusion that only six steps, taken in time, can save us from the impending peril. To start with, the timely realisation that our own benefit lies in the betterment of all, that the goal of our life is neither blind power nor ill-earned money, position or property but happiness and peace that comes from a clear conscience and from the concern for the well-being of others, that we have a responsibility for our actions .
Hence if we neglect our duty, we will incur sorrow for our own selves sooner or later, that we have not descended from apes but from divine ancestory and, so, we should awaken our inherent divine potential. We must bring love and moral values in our relationships and lastly universal love in our relationships can come from the realisation of our real identity. We are souls, children of god, and are, therefore, brothers. This is the six-point formula for universal harmony.