A Big Observation...
When a baby comes out into this world, the baby’s mind is said to be like a sponge, ready to absorb everything he or she is exposed to. Later in life he starts asking questions about the information he comes across. The curiosity to understand the driving force behind everything in this world - that curiosity is the very same driving factor for mankind’s development from a mere caveman to what he has become today.
But the truth is that in today’s world commercialism is given more preference than the basic inner human needs to interact with the worldly elements. For example, the education system two centuries back in India and the current education system now can prove this very exact point. Two centuries ago the gurukul system of education entitled the students to stay in an ashram, feeding off from the basic offerings of nature. The motive here was to develop closeness between the man and nature. But in today’s fast moving world, man has bubbled himself up in a superficial world where he is trying to play god. In the process the main aim of every individual had turned to the concept of money making. The love for nature which is supposedly the creator of all life forms have turned the corner and mankind assumes for granted that he has become the creator of the world. I am not going to rant about environmental protection here but my focus here is on how mankind could have developed even more if he was in harmony with the earth.
Spirituality. It’s something we all scoff off as a waste of time because it does not give you any productive outcome. But the fact remains that spirituality directly or indirectly entitles a person to question the basics of life.
Why? That the question all spiritual leaders ask. Why does mankind need to push forward the boundaries of development? What is the purpose of life? Are we send to this world with a specific goal or are we just programmed robots moving along with the flow of the current world? Are the people who starve in many parts of the world being justified in living such a low life? Do they have something to contribute to this world?
In fact that very last question opens a whole new aspect to today’s world. If we are to question every motive of every individual, then we can clearly see that they are just being selfish and self centered. How many of you have really given a thought to what your contribution to this world could be? Would sitting in an office desk analysing hundreds of data going to make any difference to this world? That is exactly what today’s students need to ask themselves. Many world leaders are pushing their nations to go beyond political and religious background and requesting all educational institution to merge modern technology with spirituality. That is because they being the people who strive for their nation’s development have already identified the need for the human race to change their outlook completely in order to continue their existence as a living soul. Maybe in a few hundred years people will stop worrying about money and other worldly luxuries and concentrate on the need to merge with the nature. Educational systems would revert back to how it was few centuries back; maybe mankind would have reached its peak of growth. And the only way to move forward then is maybe to move backwards.
But the truth is that in today’s world commercialism is given more preference than the basic inner human needs to interact with the worldly elements. For example, the education system two centuries back in India and the current education system now can prove this very exact point. Two centuries ago the gurukul system of education entitled the students to stay in an ashram, feeding off from the basic offerings of nature. The motive here was to develop closeness between the man and nature. But in today’s fast moving world, man has bubbled himself up in a superficial world where he is trying to play god. In the process the main aim of every individual had turned to the concept of money making. The love for nature which is supposedly the creator of all life forms have turned the corner and mankind assumes for granted that he has become the creator of the world. I am not going to rant about environmental protection here but my focus here is on how mankind could have developed even more if he was in harmony with the earth.
Spirituality. It’s something we all scoff off as a waste of time because it does not give you any productive outcome. But the fact remains that spirituality directly or indirectly entitles a person to question the basics of life.
Why? That the question all spiritual leaders ask. Why does mankind need to push forward the boundaries of development? What is the purpose of life? Are we send to this world with a specific goal or are we just programmed robots moving along with the flow of the current world? Are the people who starve in many parts of the world being justified in living such a low life? Do they have something to contribute to this world?
In fact that very last question opens a whole new aspect to today’s world. If we are to question every motive of every individual, then we can clearly see that they are just being selfish and self centered. How many of you have really given a thought to what your contribution to this world could be? Would sitting in an office desk analysing hundreds of data going to make any difference to this world? That is exactly what today’s students need to ask themselves. Many world leaders are pushing their nations to go beyond political and religious background and requesting all educational institution to merge modern technology with spirituality. That is because they being the people who strive for their nation’s development have already identified the need for the human race to change their outlook completely in order to continue their existence as a living soul. Maybe in a few hundred years people will stop worrying about money and other worldly luxuries and concentrate on the need to merge with the nature. Educational systems would revert back to how it was few centuries back; maybe mankind would have reached its peak of growth. And the only way to move forward then is maybe to move backwards.
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