The juncture of the end of night and the beginning of day
is called dawn. This period is filled with unique opportunities for self-growth
for the early-rises; but for those who are still half-asleep, it appears as an
unwelcome guest and as a burden loaded with new responsibilities. Howsoever
unpleasant, they have to rise up and attend to their daily chores. Night does
not return and the day does not stop. There is no other alternative than to
adjust with the change. The cosmos is in perpetual movement. All our resistance
is of no avail to hold back the incessant process of change.
The fetus manages happily in the dark cell of mother's
womb, but when it is fully developed, nature pushes it out of its cozy chamber,
separates it from the mother's umbilical core and forces it to come out in free
atmosphere. In the process of progress, this change is essential and
unavoidable. The time of birth is painful and inconvenient to everyone. Mother,
nurse, members of the family and friends - all have to abandon their normal
routine and get ready to help in whatever way they can in the process of birth.
Ultimately the result of this exercise is pleasant to all.
During the present momentous transition period of change
of an era, the process of elimination of the Evil and establishment of the Good
in human hearts is bound to appear painful for the rigidly orthodox. Other
sections of the society may also feel it inconvenient to adopt new ways of life
befitting a new era. But there is no other alternative than to adopt the
discipline of ushering in of the new enlightened world order that has been
ordained by Nature. Once we accept this Truth and are not resistant to change,
we will find that change is seed of spiritual growth for all humanity. We will
discover that the very change we were fleeing from had held the good we had
prayed for.
Sitting in the Dakshineshwar garden, Swami Ramkrishna
Paramhansa was contemplating on the Divine Mother. Just then Dr Mahendra Nath
Sarkar, who had not met the Master till then, arrived there. He mistook the
Swamiji for the gardener and told him to pluck flowers. Swamiji was in a state
of consciousness, beyond honor and dishonor; he plucked flowers at once and
gave them to the doctor, who went back with asking for Master's darshan. The
next day he came again to see Swamiji, and then he realized his folly and was
moved by his divine modesty.
To-day's
Problems are the Result of Man's Wicked Thinking
The basis of downfall is perversity in thinking. Living
in want, indigence, grief and sorrow, malice - all these maladies are going
form bad to worse, their root cause in the fallen level of thinking.
To-day we find individuals immersed in too much anxiety
and pain and the society ravaged by innumerable problems. The only reason
behind the atmosphere of unrest, doubt, suspicion and discontent that we see
everywhere is increase of wickedness in man's thinking and such thinking
turning to wicked activities. If this tide can be blocked, if persons can be
trained to explain the morality of idealism, then situations can be completely
turned around. People's capacity, currently engaged in divisive, immoral activities,
if turned around and engaged in resurgence of goodness and nurturing goodwill,
then in no time the situations can change radically for the better. The current
hell-like atmosphere can then change in no time to a heavenly atmosphere.
Therefore we should grasp this very important reality which others are not
aware of and get involved with all our heart for the removal of wickedness and
re-establishment of goodness. This unnoticed effort may not get us any
applause, but because of its usefulness its importance is so much that there
are no words to describe it.
The 'Gyan Yagya Abhiyan' (campaign for spreading
knowledge) is one of the most creative in history. Its method of working is to
make door to door contacts and to provide healthy and proper solutions to the
problems for the people and the society. After a1000 year's slavery, the
thinking of Nepalese people has become very distorted and perverse, and many of
their beliefs, but people consider these as traditions, still cling to them and
thereby suffer from a variety of hardships. The purpose of Gyan Yagya (the
campaign for the spread of knowledge) is to awaken the discretion of the
individual to enable him to understand the difference between what is proper
and improper and to arouse the courage to discard the improper and accept what
is proper.
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