The incessant babble – of voices
imploring one to act or not to act is often maddening and at times dangerous,
if one indeed acts on them. This babble is often so overbearing that lesser
mortals which most of us are, find it difficult
to set aside.
We Indians are great at advising
others, while at the same time often guilty of inaction ourselves. And therefore we have all
these cases of blatant corruption, loot and rapes in glaring public view. People watch and
walk away, wishing that someone else would pick up the straw and yet later grumble
about the sorry state of affairs in the society, a society that is rapidly going bereft of
men with spine.
We look the other way when the powerful
custodians have their hands in the till. We continue to look the other way even
after our Prime Minister, the greatest that this nation has ever had, exhorts us
to rise above the “Mera Kya Mujhe Kya” syndrome. The top guy realizes, yet we
do not, that a thief is hurting us irrespective of the ownership of the cauldron
he is busy emptying. It is our nation and also our railways after all.
Often in life one encounters situations
when a bigger general good is tipped against a petty personal gain or loss and unfortunately
the latter tips the scale. Personal discomfort or comfort takes overriding
priority over the need to be on the path of righteousness and the general good.
Giants become pygmies on such occasions.
The very fact that organization
and nation building does not come cheap needs to be grouted firmly and straight,
in the inner recesses of our mind. The thought that good shall always remain
good and shall always be the right thing to do even at the pinnacle of “Kalyug”
needs to settle firmly in the collective psyche of the nation. Will it ever be
so I wonder, yet the thought that now we have a true leader at the helm gives solace.
While we are all separate bodies with
different likes, tastes, preferences, attitudes and actions, the fact remains
that at the sub-conscious level, we are all one having emerged from the one
single root of energy in the universe. Our conscience is therefore our best
guide at such moments in life when the voice of reason starts wavering in the
face of petty personal gains or losses. Brutal suppression of the voice of
conscience that invariably emerges whenever there is a subconscious battle
between good and evil is definitely not in order. Gautam Buddha the great, advocated
looking within as the best means to lead a life, yet in the land he spent most
of his life in, we have moved away from our souls towards materialism that
really does not matter in the short or the long run.
Spiritualism needs to be at the
core of all our actions and activities if the glory of this great nation or the
great organization is to be restored.
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