Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Indian Society : Way ahead


We are living in a very interesting but contradictory times. Tremendous materialistic progress but degraded values. Excessive greed, manipulation and little in terms of compassion or charity is order of the day. Some of the other major flaws are:-
* Little creativity but great in rote.
* Inadequate leadership but obedient followers.
* Blame Karmas/God for misfortune but refuse to change/alter oneself
* Criticise all but without giving intelligent alternative.
* Visit temples frequently with wish a TO DO bribing him minor gratification. Filthy temples with long lines of beggars but little effort by devotees to cleanse system. Excessive greed with little charity.
* Surrendering before stronger & expecting someone else- God/Government to help
* Oldest religion with tremendous inherited wisdom but worst in implementation.
* Goddesses controlling all virtues but women folk ill-treated
* Preach World is one family but little contribution towards society upliftment
* Believe in AATMA but treat other kinds of life forms with disdain
* Quote texts but few have mastered these
* Wise men in all fields of arts/science & warfare but study western experts.
*Though great heritage but inferiority complex leading to be defensive about own past till approved by others.
* Too concerned about others’ opinions without taking stand even where right.
* Excessive status quo and strong resistance to change things including thought Scientific temperament absent
* Age old rituals/suspicions/Gurus have predominant control in life
* Mastering mind taught by our rishis but few practise the art for exploiting potential to serve humanity
*Me, my family, my clan, my religion -that is priority. India enslaved for long periods of history & divisive tendencies still continue
* Too tolerant & forgiving. Don’t stand for right & forgive wrongdoers. Manipulators taken advantage of it.
*Excessive populace with excessive huge on all limited natural resources.
Our history is of divided, enslaved nation which suffering transforming from riches to poverty. This is still happening with strong internal/external forces augmenting each other. We need to initiate some of the measures given below, lest enslaved again.
*Get rich.
*Cleanliness of society, environments from known ills including filth and corruption.
* Scientific temper and creativity. Relearning our ancient wisdom; putting that through wisdom of modern means where available. Keep reinventing & value addition to Tog/Ayurveda/Meditation/Aartis in temples & other rituals
*Healthy positive debate based on knowledge & accepting dissenting views as part of knowledge evolution.
* Pride in our own Nation/society/wisdom/spirituality/diversity/festivities
* Celebrate life. Indians are known for enjoying life through dance/dramas/music/songs/festivals/religious trips/foods etc
* Shun negative media and political leadership dividing society
* Export trained human resource. Indian sub continent can not support unlimited population. Western nations and Russia in desperate need of skilled manpower.
* Encourage charity. Sikhs and Islam encourage charity in big way. We need to follow
* Eradicate caste cancer and associated ills.
* Care for nature by encouraging harmonious living.
Time has come for India to become strong as society as our other parameters are moving upwards like economy and military might. Weak/divided society encourages enslavement- must never happen again. Enough of slavery


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