It is only our good karma which will help us tide over crisis rather than our status or wealth, says Rajyogi Brahmakumar Nikunj Ji
Most of us would agree that COVID-19 has turned the world upside down. Everything — how we live, interact with each other, the way we work, communicate and of course, the way we travel — has been impacted. However, inspite of these negative effects, there are many positive ones too, which many of us would have observed while staying under lockdown. It is so wonderful to see that during such disasters, suddenly we all forget our caste, creed, religion, status and come together to focus solely on survival, sharing hope and compassion. We simply do this because we cannot bear to see the misery and suffering of our fellow beings. Hence, their pain becomes ours. Just imagine not being able to be a part of last rites of a loved one or feeling helpless at not getting a hospital bed for him/her. Under such circumstances, when a person who is not even known to us helps us out of the blue, it makes our belief in humanity and spirituality stronger.
It is so ironical that Armed forces across the globe are not fighting each other, but are distributing food, water and medicines to their citizens. From where does this loving humanity arise so spontaneously at a time like this? Today, we have a renewed sense of trust, in every human being and the government, as we continue to part with our wealth and services, hoping that they will reach the needy.
The pandemic as well as other natural disasters that we are witnessing today are, in a way, a reflection of our inner world — mirroring the tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes that continually break out in our mind. The ruthless energy of anger, violence and greed has taken a toll on mankind and mother earth. As we keep exploiting earth’s mineral resources, hack its forests, pollute its water, deplete the soil, we rob it of all its energy. Thus this is nature’s way of telling us that ‘enough is enough’. Since most of us do not realise that mother earth has a heart and she, too, has feelings, we keep on hurting her without any kind of remorse. Just like we express our love and affection towards our mother, we should do the same with mother earth.
Majority of us thank anyone who gives us something or helps us in someway. But do we do the same with mother earth? How many of us have thanked her for the fresh-air, water, food, sun and many more things that she gives us since the time we were born. How many of us have apologised for inflicting so much pain on her? Many would counter question, how do we do this? Or how do we communicate with nature ? Well, the simplest and easiest way to do this is by praying or meditating with positive thoughts which most of us can do. You never know the impact of your pure thoughts. One must not forget that there is a deep connection that we all share with mother earth — a feeling, a knowledge that during times of need, she would certainly come and defend us. Hence, we must realise that natural disasters in particular are a wakeup call as to where we are investing all our energies. Are we too busy giving value to accumulating, hoarding, storing, stockpiling material wealth and possessions, and not giving enough time to the upliftment of the soul. It is quite unfortunate that we need such disasters to bring the world together as one big family. Isn’t it time to be wise and not commit the same mistakes that we have been committing till now? If only our vision would remain the same for all the time — a vision of oneness, embracing all, being non-judgmental, creating harmony in a relationships, so that we can be there for each other no matter what, as a family would be.
So let us all come together as one to support every member of the global human family and start respecting mother nature who is a life-giver. Remember that no status or wealth would ever matter during disasters. The only thing that would matter would be our good karma, which would help us tide over bad situations and carry us forward.
