Outstanding persons are required for raising the level of
the society and the country and for its progress in the right direction.
Ordinary persons cannot bear this heavy burden. For this purpose, talented great
men with leadership qualities are required. Only they are capable of giving
good direction to the society. A person does not become an impressive leader
merely by speeches from the dais - he has to perform certain deeds and
discharge certain responsibilities.
To make the society progress, the leader himself has to
be of pure character and raise the level of character of the society. In the
absence of the above two, no society can go forward on the path of progress. A
society can not exist without a leader and vice-versa, but to-day in every
street - corner, we find a 'leader'. Just like the sudden flood of frogs during
monsoon, we find the flood of 'leader' in our democracy to-day. To-day we are
not able to get the fruits of democracy because the 'leaders' do not allow us
to be at peace. Even when there is no problem, they create new and new problems
and do not allow us even to breathe in peace.
One thing is certain and that is that the society's and
country's uplift depends upon the leaders. If the leaders become corrupt, then
the country heads towards downfall, therefore at least from the point of our
own protection, we should select our leader after proper inquiry, scrutiny and
investigation. The root of many of our troubles can be the wrong leaders chosen
by us. Therefore the leader must be such who has the qualities of purity,
friendliness, abnegation, truthfulness, remembering obligations and similar
other qualities. The leader will be only that person who observes morality in
conduct and makes others tread the path of morality. The leader is one who
knows morality, which means the policy of going on the right path. One, who
cannot enforce his morality with discipline, cannot be a leader.
One feels that the generation of selfless leaders which
served the country selflessly with their talents has vanished. To-day the
so-called leaders are found chattering away-like frogs suddenly coming out in
the rain - in streets, hotels, bazaars and clubs, chewing betel-leaves and
giving spirited speeches. They are getting their sustenance from some post or a
shelter of some political party. The crowd of such leaders is increasing
whereas the number of citizens in the real sense is decreasing. The intention
of those persons will naturally be suspect when they say that nothing can be
done without the authority of a post or power or money. Gandhi, Vinoba,
Loknayak, Jaiprakash, Ishwarchandra, Raja Ram Mohan Rai and innumerable leaders
like them remained miles away from any prestigious post and yet worked for
society and culture. Thus the demand of the times is not for revolutionary
leaders, but of such public teachers who involve themselves totally and work
without rest for the effort of creating enlightenment in the public mind.
Therefore it is the demand of the times that not leaders but creators are
required.
Needless to say that this great work is not possible by
selfish, greedy and power-hungry leaders but by sentimental creators who can be
like the corner-stone or dissolve like the seed to sprout forth, and maintain
their role for NavNirman (resurgence of a new era and
order of goodness) and who have no personal ambition nor any desire for name
and fame. For permanent benefit, inner peace and satisfaction, there cannot be
any better Endeavour or worship than this for the society and the country. All
of us must ask our leaders to be creative persons rather than leaders in name
only and we must honor and support such creators only.
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