Acharya Tulsi
The year 1993 is about to end. The sun of 1994 would soon rise. The enlightened people are reviewing the year that has gone by. Politicians have their own viewpoint. Sociologists think in their own way. Economists have their own point of view. Scientists have their own ideas. Gurus have their own concepts and the common man's thinking has a basis all his own. It is possible to put together the ideas of all these people and arrive at a conclusion. Even these conclusions can be vastly divergent. But probably it would not be possible to exclude the bomb explosions at Mumbai and Calcutta in any of these considerations.
The question is not about a few explosions, but about the thinking that pushes man towards the road to destruction. The question is not about Mumbai, Calcutta, Kashmir or Assam, but of the mentality that leads to the spread of terrorism. The question is not about any community class or country, but of the young generation, which is going astray. If the proper solutions to these problems are not found, the chain of unfortunate incidents like bomb explosions could become longer.
Whenever there are such tragic incidents happening somewhere, there is a great commotion at first. The newspapers publish headline news. Concern is expressed at the government level. Some individuals or organisations demand inquiries and the atmosphere is all full of excitement. At this point, it appears that measures would be taken with all the force at command and sense of urgency to discover the causes of such undesirable incidents and work out their solutions. But according to the adage 'new is a nine day wonder' those excited voices become subdued and the incidents get eclipsed under layers of dust.
The main reason why these things happen in an independent country believing in democracy is the lack of honesty, devotion to duty and alertness. The flow of sanskaras moves from top to bottom. If the people belonging to the highest strata of society imbibe these above mentioned values in their lives, their light would automatically reach the people working under them. Anuvrat is an inexhaustible source of such a light. If this source is made available on the occasion of entering the New Year and if the anuvrat philosophy is integrated with life, I am certain that the New Year would be able to change this culture of terrorism.
