We need to realise that most of our problems arise from our spiritual illiteracy to live in harmony, says Rajyogi Brahmakumar Nikunj
Knowledge is the best eraser in the world for disharmony, distrust, despair, and endless physical deficiencies of man,” said Orlando Battista.
It’s a proven fact today that disharmony in human relations gives rise to not only the wars but to almost all other problems directly or indirectly related to us. The phenomenon of split in families, the rising number of cases of divorces, even most of the psycho-somatic diseases which are caused by stress or mental tension are due to disharmony in human relations only and nothing else. Today we see that extremism and fundamentalism in many parts of India is mainly due to religion-political disharmony. In fact, most problems of law and order are due to disharmony in relations between political parties or various linguistic groups, religious communities, et al.
From some of the examples that have been given of the world-events that these problems are mainly the creations of our mind, our own attitudes and our own negative thinking. We need to learn new ways of thinking in order to create a new world for ourselves because our age old negative thinking will not liberate us from our problems but will, instead, create more problems and make our lives worse.
It is estimated that world over, approximately one trillion dollars are spent every year by various countries on defense and security and yet its quite surprising that insecurity is increasing instead than decreasing. We need to understand that our security lies not in armed state of readiness for war but in friendliness, love and peace with others. Our real enemies are not men and women but suspicion, fear, hatred, violence and feeling of revenge and these enemies cannot be eliminated by military means. It is love that can eliminate hate and kindness that can kill cruelty.
There must have been a time when the world-population was small, the environment was clean and there were no wars and people lived in amity and peace. Such an era was known as the Golden Age. That was the time when there was Universal Harmony. It is that new world which we wish to usher in again. And, we want those attitudes and that thinking which can restore harmony in human relations again.
It is not difficult to bring about this change. We just have to realise that most of our problems arise from our spiritual illiteracy which has to be eradicated. If, therefore, we can get rid of this kind of illiteracy and have a new lease of consciousness beyond war and enmity, then we can open to a new paradise, otherwise we will end in eternal darkness.