Articles, Personal Development - Monday, March 30, 2009 11:49 - 1 Comment

The Future is in your Hands

by Brahmachari Shubamrita Chaitanya

Aum Amriteswaryai Namah

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We are living in a time when there are glaring problems in the present which can assume gigantic proportions as time passes. The lists of challenges in front of us are many; Global warming; Food crisis; Water crisis; Unemployment; Poverty and Starvation; Rise in Terrorism and violence; Erosion of values in society but to name a few contained in the big list. We can hear many people showing concern and initiating discussion about these challenges. The discussions that get translated into action are few and far between. Why? Because other thoughts often find their way into our minds to try and dissuade us. For example:
“What can ‘I’ - a mere individual - do to bring about a change in the situation? My efforts are so limited. It has to be taken up by society or the Government”. Yes this is true in a way, but both society and the Government cannot be described as a person, but an entity that comprises of us individuals. We are not separate from these entities and thus have a responsibility towards them. Many have a narrow vision towards life and think:
“Let me make my own life secure and stable. Why should I be concerned about the world?” Amma gives a beautiful example of such people; it is like a person staying in the 10th floor of a building looking at the fire in the ground floor and saying:
“Why should I be worried about it? I am in the 10th floor. Let them handle it”. We are all interdependent beings and if we do not address the situation, it will soon affect us as well. The Youth have to be Problem Solvers and not Problems to be solved.

Let us look into some of the aspects of how we can shape our Future for the Good. I will call it the ABCDE of this process.
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