India is the only land of yogis. It is the pinnacle of spiritual thought and the karmabhoomi of all saints. We don’t realize just how fortunate we are to be born in this, our matrubhoomi.
If we read the stories of Shri Ramkrishna
Paramhansa, Swami Vivekananda, Lahiri Mahashay, Shri Anandmai Ma, Kabir, Sant
Tukaram, Adi Shankara, Buddha and many more, elevated souls from all over India,
in fact, we would be able to understand how important it is to realize the
intrinsic quality of each soul. We live in abject ignorance.
The advent of the British
resulted in the superimposition of western culture and deprived us of our
sacred traditions and the knowledge of our ancient spiritual traditions.
If the educational system had
continued to emphasize how we should think and live through a study of the
lives of these Masters, Bharat would have had more patriots and there would
have been pride in being born as Indians.
We only have to look at the
results of presenting a united front to the world as in the recent delegations
sent by our PM. But we should also FEEL the unity within us, the acceptance of
each other and a sense of fraternity, wherever we come from.
Every inch of Bharat is precious for its traditions, whether north, south, east or west. But our minds have become so narrow, we can’t see the larger canvas etched out before our very own eyes.
Someone said, we are moving
towards a transition period, towards a return of satyug. But, before that, the
utter exhaustion from and death of kaliyug is imminent.
We don’t deserve to be Indians at
this moment, what with our minds brainwashed and subversive against our own
land and our own kind who we unfortunately, don’t recognize as our own.
Separatism can only ignite conflict and disharmony because it is against the
laws of the universe.
WHEN will understand this?
Surekha Kothari
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