Breathe .Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
Oprah Winfrey
Dharma is complex. We take what we have for granted and are so caught up in our mindless pursuits of power, prestige and above all Mammon that we forget to cherish our real wealth. This rat –race is consuming us and stripping or should I say stripped away the moral fiber of the society. In the hindu scriptures the bull who is symbolic of Dharma who once stood proudly on four legs-austerity, purity, kindness and truth. His first three legs have been damaged by negligence, attachment, and arrogance. The fourth leg is intact because truthfulness is still honored, but it is also crumbling. The brutality which man is committing in the form of greed, lying, thievery, wickedness, poverty, deception, dispute and arrogance is crippling Earth. Is this what we want to leave for future generations: our children? Claiming that we are masters of the world and all that exists in it, we destroy it for our pleasure and convenience. Subhuman behavior in the form of gambling, debauchery, violence on women and amassing wealth are the practices of the day. Licentiousness and violence are rampant, and greed not only runs corporations but infects families and individuals as well. Not only are cattle and other animals abused, they are also slaughtered en masse for economic reasons.
WE are so bent on altering the natural world to suit our imagined needs that we have tainted our food in ways that would have been unthinkable even a few decades ago. The abuse of children and women and the neglect of the elderly-problems which have been with us for a long time-are intensifying at an alarming rate. Two generations ago parents were looked after by their children: now we think nothing of warehousing our elders. Look amongst yourselves, how many of us are passive onlookers as women are abused verbally, physically around us. People in this society create their own ethical standards and then justify their actions. The balance of nature is slowly and steadily being destroyed and destruction is setting in. This is gathering around in the form of violent revolutions, border disputes, sectarian and ethnic violence and the widening gap between haves and have-nots.
This darkness which is engulfing us can only be dispelled when we look with within. Protect your mind, the whole world is protected. Everything is interconnected and to bring out a change we first need to change ourselves. It is so easy to preach and yet, so difficult to practice. I am not being sanctimonious here but to begin would make all the difference.let us atleast make an effort and begin by stopping this passivity which has crippled us
Well said!!
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