Are we a NATION … or an unruly crowd of self gratifying individuals
- There is a difference between a cohesive group and a group of
unconnected individual
- Currently our ( money focused ) greed has much driven a wedge
between us as individuals & also between individuals & the nation .
Since we are grossly engrossed in maximizing self advantage at the earliest and
at the exclusion of everything else …. Everything else seems to have been
diluted to an extent of apparent irrelevance …it’s like when we drive on
the road , as if either the road belongs
to us or that there is no one else using the road at that time
- We have not only lost touch with reality , but lost connection
with our community , our nation – even losing connectivity with self ( absolute
no Self –Awareness )
- We are living on the ‘ surface ‘ in a ‘ fast food ‘ mentality ---
an absolute superficial life ,with no depth . GREED makes us purely
transactional with no sense of Purpose . There is hence no ‘ Greater cause ‘ in
life , there is no ‘ National agenda
‘ , we are moving disjointedly in
different directions – often at cross purposes . Since national objective can
not be best served by individuals independently maximizing advantage ; there is
so much dilution of National direction , pride and purpose & it invariably
results in dissipation of resources / energy
- People driven by money lose purpose immediately & money
too eventually ; where as money follows those who are driven by purpose . The
sad part is that this simple irony of life is missed on those who lose their
self –awareness to GREED .
- My friends , we don’t need to be awaken by external disasters to
get us together to respond ; just our individual and collective awareness can
galvanise us into a ‘ wholesome ‘ coherent body of being for a greater cause of
Nation Building – You only need to Wake Up !
Hi Yatin , while there is some merit in the points you highlighted, I tend to disagree on the overall underlying negativity with few points.I get a belief that our world view is getting largely shaped by unrealistic 'breaking News" approach of media ( which has become highly influential in 21st century than ever before)..many passionate people are working in different fields with a sense of purpose...Humans for centuries have had same emotions/feelings/desires .it is just that the manifestations of those aspects are changing..with media bringing the news faster to us & with our risk averse tendency to scan for negativity (for the survival built into our brains) ...we are finding it plenty..we simply have not yet adapted to live in the modern rapidly changing world ..& I am highly optimistic that we would transition well..because for humans our emotions, feelings, motivations have not truly changed for centuries:)
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