Have you ever
witnessed a forest set on fire? The grand empire burning down to
ashes, but in that hour of downfall also, the forest emperor standing
tall in vanity…
In no time the grand
empire which once stood lush and green is reduced to nothing more
than a dark dead patch. And then there is that long waiting period
for life to sprout again!!
This forest set on
fire is no different from state of our world burning each day in
rising flames of our innumerable social, economic and political
problems. And we, the human race, reside as the emperor of this grand
empire… Our empire is set on fire, but we stand in pride, dancing
to the tunes of greed, passion, lust and rage. With no extinguisher
in place, this fire is bound to grow and gulp in the whole empire in
no time.
Definitely, we are
all aware of all this. Newspapers keep regurgitating these stories.
Visions of change have become an inseparable part of our coffee
break… But WHAT change are we talking about??
A lush green forest,
losing its beauty in the hands of fire needs to be restored back to
its beauty…We want to set the chaos right. We want an ever-growing,
blossoming new world. Then what is stopping us from bringing this
change?
We can innumerate a
thousand problems which scar the face of the world; we can have
another hundred thousand perspectives to dissect each of these
problems; another hundred thousand policies can be put in place to
deal with these problems. But the point is that after all these
discussions, all this sharing of information, after all these
policies, all these public campaigns, the fire is just intensifying,
the problems are ever growing… the call of change rising
unanimously from all directions simply seems far from realisation.
The million dollar
question here is WHY is the CHANGE not coming?
A quote by an
American scientist, Peter Michael Senge, throws light on this WHY. He
said,
We are a society
which desperately wants change, but is itself posing the biggest
resistance to the change it wants. We are caught in the play of
Social Inertia.
In 2006, a poll was
carried out in the Unites States asking its citizens their opinion on
whether climate change is real or not. In response, 85% of the U.S.
population indicated their belief that global warming is “probably
happening”, while half asserted that the issue of global warming is
“extremely important” to them. Ironically, the ubiquity of single
occupant vehicles on U.S. highways remains undiminished.
It seems as if the
sense of Urgency is just restricted to words. This is just one case
of the social inertia. Likewise, take up any social issue – water
conservation, gender discrimination, molestation, corruption,
terrorism for that matter and do a Self-assessment.
Our world is not
deprived of creative brains and our world is not deprived of able
workers; but, our world is deprived of responsible citizens who are
ready to explore their own depths to change themselves for bringing
about the change.
Socialists often say
that adverse consequences of the prevailing problems would come as a
jolt to the masses and awakening would come subsequently. By logic,
this phenomenon does seem to be a reality and the protest marches,
the media campaigning do legitimise this argument. But the
psychological phenomenon which counter-balances this action-reaction
tendency is the famous “Life goes on” tendency.
Gruesome incidents,
hue and cry on environmental issues do wake us up for a moment. But
in no time cries die out, memories fade out and “Life goes on”.
We get so engaged in our little lives that the responsibilities
towards the larger change are forgotten. We fail to change ourselves.
Yes, a jolt is
needed to awaken us, the physical and mental jolts need a foundation
to last on; they need a medium where correct habits can be formed and
we get shaped into responsible citizens. The medium cannot be
external; we are the medium ourselves. We need to start the process
of our change…the jolt needed is a spiritual Jolt, which can shake
us out of our state of inertia and can awaken us to our spiritual
plane – the most elevated and most powerful plane of our existence.
Only then will we rise up to our responsibilities and take charge of
our empire in full spirit.
The solution is
there, but the question is – ‘Do we have the urge?’
Change can come
anytime, the high flames of fire can be extinguished, but are we
ready to unleash the fountains of wisdom within!!
Find an answer and
begin your exploration for a true spiritual awakening!!
Change is waiting…
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