“Divide and Rule” is a gift that the British left us. Their principle was to break and live. Indian culture however insists on living in harmony. Bapuji gave us freedom through the path of peace, non-violence, and tolerance which was not attained by violence. Nothing can be done with violence. Today what would be the result of modern scientific progress? Using the nuclear and atomic powers, the weapons which have been invented today even if we consider these for the goodness, power, and pride of our own nation, this will cause the entire world to be destroyed at the moment and these inventions will start another new world war.
Even if these many weapons were invented to strengthen the countries, it is only for the safety and peace of the people of that nation, is it not? Today, we are researching about other planets which are far away. But on the planet we live, we have forgotten to live in happiness and peace. The Darwin’s theory states “Survival of the fittest” that means those who are strong will survive and those who are weak will not. Is there is no place for the weak person in the world? Why should courts be able to determine justice? It means that corruption, loot, murder, extortion, and violence are all considered sinless acts and are fair. In that case, moral values and virtues have no meaning and we have changed from humans to demons.
If the water is boiled at its maximum temperature, but later it turns cool and returns to its original state. Similarly, peace is the nature and basic quality of man. It is impossible to live a happy life without peace. Peace is not a physical thing. It is a fundamental quality of the human mind. By hurting others, we will not be able to live comfortably or we will not be satisfied with selfishness by making others dissatisfied. We cannot achieve anything by being jealous, narrow minded, and hateful, in fact we harm ourselves. Jealousy is a fire that burns ourselves before we experiment on others. Just like a fire stick burns the stick first, similarly we first spoil our own peace and happiness.
The vices (lust, anger, greed, attachment, and ego) are the main enemies of the soul. All actions that are performed on the basis of these vices are misdeeds. Human beings today have become blind and corrupt due to these vices. Today, the man is subjugated with anger and is committing misdeeds and sins. The testing of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War affected badly and still results in the suffering of the people there. There is no crop even today in that area and the land remains poisonous. If that area is still so badly affected by that invasion, then countries like the US and Russia which are the well known as most powerful nations today would have discovered such deadly and world destructive nuclear warheads and weapons. If they use these with or without any reason, then not even a single living being will survive on this earth and the whole world will be destroyed.
But we Indians are peace lovers, who have speeded the message of peace in the world. India is the birth place of great people like Buddha, Mahavira, and Vivekananda. In a country where violence, corruption, and rape like malicious activities are inappropriate. So let us try to establish peace in the world by being calm and ideal in front of the world and give a message of peace to everyone.
The author is a spiritual writer and he can be contacted at omscsunil@gmail.com