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1. All in One: We are many; But all are in one universal, like all colours in white light. But why the many in one hate, quarrel and kill each other?
A speck of dust is praying to Universe to reveal its overall plan and logic;
2. Life
& Death: A tree dies after producing thousands of seeds; The seeds too have life though in a different form;
Lord Krishna said “One discards this body like a worn-outshirt and takes a new shirt”; At a stage the desire to have new clothes is equal to the comfort of the old clothes or even no clothes
That is the stage of a spectator like that of a river joining the sea.
3. Evolution: Sat, Existence, Universe; All have evolved into the present; Scientists say that life evolved from single cell amoeba;
In the sea the bigger fish eats the smaller fish. We evolved to be fish on land and no wonder we carry many of their instincts still to breed like fish, fight, kill, deceive and shout that all is for peace and happiness;
4. Horrible: Earthquakes, storms, floods, accidental fires-nature visits-lust, greed, anger, hatred, wars among the living contribute to nature’s fury
In between and off and on a few drops of honey and passing beauty are provided by nature (Existence), while the so called God’s Agents in millions and millions kill each other to establish superiority of some gods over those of theirs.
5. Speed up Evolution: Having dominated the earth for millions of years (by eating all creatures moving in front), the dinosaurs have gone into oblivion; In the sea, the bigger fish still eats the smaller fish;
It is known that man, the greatest of predators, has been exhausting the sea-life by overfishing.
For upholding a prophet’s sayings or for enforcing a dress code or language or increasing their standard of living by cut throat competition, let not men or groups of men kill each other in millions and all in the name of establishing what one or one group thinks is right.
6. Goals: Finding ourselves existing, not knowing from where we came and where we are bound to go, provides many bitters and a little honey and seeing millions dying in prime and unnaturally, our goal is to become fearless of anything and attain a state of meaningful joy.
7. Obstacles – stepping stones: Since achievement of meaningful joy is the goal of all and the path is neither straight nor paved but full of ups and downs, lives’ – time consuming, strewn over with obstacles and horrible set-s. Think and act what can overcome them.
The higher the mountain, the greater the joy of having climbed it; the greater and more the obstacles, the challenge and joy is more to overcome them for otherwise life’s achievement shall be insipid.
8. Examples:
Man learnt swimming like fish, flying much faster than birds, discovered electricity and produces it in varied ways to get wondrous works done. Man constructs dams to check the fury of floods and use the waters for irrigation, etc.
In the sea and jungles the stronger and deceptive eats the weaker and the straight forward. But man instead has been evolving to overcome this instinct to protect the innocent and the weak to tolerate differences and resolve them by compromise and in peace.
That murders, communal troubles, wars still continue to take place indicate only that evolution is a slow process.
Dinosaurs ruled the earth for a few millions of years before getting extinct.
Tigers and lions which were in thousands and thousands till five hundred years ago, are now in hundreds only and before long could be found in zoos only for the amusement of children. Even among animals, the aggressive and carnivorous are getting extinct as part of evolution; speed it up as well as you can.
9. Methods:
Gandhiji said “Truth and non-violence” should be the guiding principles of living.
While being generous in judging others, success demands that one remains strict with oneself in behaviour and action. So said another person.
Honour or shame from no other condition arise than that one who does his part well and therein lies all the honour, said another thinker.
10. Is this needed? Oh Existence – I beseech you in silent humility with open heart and mind to lessen the pain of all living beings; I do not know the plot of this cosmic drama, but this I know that it is painful for most and horribly so for many and that the justification or logic of it is beyond my comprehension.
Oh existence, please reconsider if the actors of this cosmic drama, should kill in millions and the animals and insects eat each other to play their small roles in this drama and all in praise of you.
11. Appeal:
Existence has various seeds and of these evil is one; ‘Khestram Ketragyamcha Mam vidhi’ – (I am all that is outward as well as the soul of this existence’) so said Lord Krishna in Bhagawad Gita.
Disasters, diseases, deceipt, wars, carnivorousness and many other cruel instincts are but the seeds of evil in Existence.
If these are held by some as failed attempts of a researcher as failures serving as stepping stones for success and as Existence is hurting itself for reasons not known to a speck of dust i.e., the speck of dust prays to the Existence to enlighten us whether there is justification, if any, for all this evil and pain?
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