People get provoked when they watch blue films. By Rajyogi Brahmakumar Nikunj
The recent incident of gangrape and murder of a 15-year-old girl who was brutally raped on July 13, allegedly by three men who inflicted injuries all over her body and broke her limbs before throttling her at Kopardi village in Ahmednagar has sparked public outrage and anguish across the country. The question that comes immediate in the mind after seeing all this is, “Where are we HeadingIJ” Are we really living in India which is famous for its morality and age old heritage of values.
Fifty years back, who would have ever thought that a day would come when daughters of India would be subjected to such barbarityIJ There are end number of brain storming and debate sessions happening over television channels and all over media as to why, what and how can this menace of sexual violence be controlled in our society. Discussion are not able to sort the issue. They will never be able to do so. Various sections of the society are blaming each other over these barbaric acts that have been happening in civil society, but neither government nor the law makers are able to find the reason or solution to this menace.
However one needs to give this a thought as to what could be the deep seated reason behind such ghastly act hurting the core of our age old existenceIJ Is it a case of uncontrolled libidoIJ Is it animal instinctIJ Or is it lack of educationIJ Or bad parentingIJ There could be multifarious reasons with cascading effects, but what is the solutionIJ Would severe punishment solve all these issuesIJ If it could, then there would be disciplined societies all round, everywhere across the world. But its not to so!
Sexual crimes have become common in India. Obvious from everyday news! Recently it was reported that a cellular company has proposed to provide free adult content to all its subscribers for one year. In the year 2014 Government of India made an attempt to ban pornography over internet through ISP’s(internet service provider) operating in India. However they failed to achieve it due to absence of legal or infrastructural framework support.
The main contention of government behind this ban was the fear that porn promotes and encourages sexual violence against women and it has a bad influence on young minds. However the question which comes to one’s mind is that isn’t it too lateIJ A recent report released by an NGO clearly shows that the average time an Indian spends on pornographic sites is 8 minutes and 28 seconds, which is more then the world average. Today, porn has become so pervasive on the internet that it poses a big threat to children, who are unwittingly exposed to it.
While parental supervision and film certification rules help shield children to a large extent from pornography on television and in films, but the internet, by its very nature, is beyond regulation and therefore there is no way to check the free availability of pornographic content on the net. It would be wishful to think that this explosion of morally degrading images provides just perverse entertainment.
No! infact such images influence our way of thinking and help create unhealthy attitudes that can easily lead to crime. Just ask yourself, ‘Can a person who takes pleasure in watching pornography be expected to look at women with a clean mindIJ’ Will he not try to attempt what he sees in porn films on someone who is vulnerable or naiveIJ We wring our hands helplessly at the growing incidence of crimes against women, but we should now understand this fact that sexual abuse is not just a matter of rape or indecent behaviour indulged in by the odd misguided person. It is now reported to be rampant in homes, with the perpetrators in most cases being known to the victims. You never know what your brother, son or someone as close as your father figure might do.
Hence, if we continue to turn a blind eye to this malaise, soon a time will come when even those of us who consider themselves immune to it will become one of its victims. So is there really a genuine solution to this menaceIJ Yes of course! By simply remaining in the consciousness that we are an eternal soul and not body, one can easily transform human love into spiritual energy by changing our feelings of lust into feelings of love,thereby dissolving lust automatically without any kind of suppression whatsoever. Science has proved that energy can be transformed from one form to another, then why can’t we transform physical energies to spiritual energies and liberate ourselvesIJ