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No doubt the world will be paradise, but for that we have to work very hard
apparently all seem to have a common goal of universal good or benefit for all but the truth is, each set of people are isolated and more so they are insulated. This is one of the main problems of the present day, where different groups are in conflict with one another. The Governments are trying hard to do the balancing act. But they are also not Just in their actions as they are influenced by the pressure groups and these groups are getting aligned and realigned every day to get maximum benefit for themselves. I do not want to elaborate on this as we know clearly that today we have tendency to group irrespective of our ideologies to force issues due to the Sangatith Shakti (collective power), the ethics and morality are thrown out of the window. If we take a global perspective, we find that the groups ethics, nation ethics, race ethics etc are in a state of flux (on the wane?). Yesterday’s enemy is today’s friend and nothing is known about tomorrow because the logic of getting into a group is for the benefit of that group irrespective of the global repercussions. Nations are waging wars for self centered gains, so are the religio cultural wars and conflicts. We are in a state of utter distrust. The culture of sophistication perpetrated for centuries based on diplomacy and stratagem has resulted into this condition of distrust
among societies and nations at large.
If the world has to become a paradise then all the worlds that we have formed because of the groups, as discussed earlier need to understand the principle of interdependency as the basic theme of life. Enormous fissures have formed in the inter relationships over a period of time. The only way to come out of this to turn our attention towards universal love and develop it. The very thought diversion to Love would not only weaken the hatred but also strengthens the Love. Only through love we can remove hatred and ‘tit for tat’ policy will not
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