One of the greatest maladies of our existence today is the superficiality with which we deal with people. Relationships have become “contacts”. External image has become prime! We have classes and professionals in all aspects of external grooming and image building. And a great source of income , too! Because only that is accepted in society and work places.
“Family “spirit is gradually
dying out. More families are at feud than ever before. And more “friends” are
being cultivated. It is a classic case of giving your best to friends and
becoming intolerant of family members.
Have we thought why? It is a jumbled
up mess: of self-seeking, avarice, ambition, popularity and very little ethics.
Also of distances. If Manipulations and hypocrisy work, why would anyone be foolish
enough to practice virtue?
Today, we just WANT and WANT and
WANT: contacts we can use, money, power everything! And to hell with anything
that smacks of old values!
Do we remember how sacred the
vedic marriage rituals were? The depth of the core of living? Or the code of
respect? Nope! We are losing it all.
I understand that lifestyle
dictates values. But ethics dictates your spiritual journey. The latter
however, mostly loses to self-aggrandizement.
Controlling and more controls
spell power, whether of wealth or people. Or anything else….
We are so busy pointing out the weaknesses of others that we forget, that however successful you are, you need to be a good human. Also, that it is wiser to look at yourself as you are and work on your dark spots than feel happy pointing at others. This will not light up your darkness anyway.
Qualities like compassion need time
to understand connectivity. We are so divided today that connectivity is not up
for discussion.
Praise be for spiritual teachers
who are trying to reverse these trends through imparting the right knowledge.
And hope there will be practitioners instead of critics.
Surekha Kothari
surekhakothari.wordpress.com
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