What is missing in our modern society ?
His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of ISKCON, would often given example , which illustrates the condition of modern society today. If we take a pack of dogs and put them in a locked room, what do you expect would happen? Would they be smiling at one another? Would they develop loving relationships amongst themselves? One would hardly expect that! In fact they would be barking, screaming, biting, quarreling and killing one another. A very similar situation can be observed in today’s society. If , ‘Knowledge is power’ what are we doing with all our knowledge if we are not being able to control the world situation today?
One need not blame the management of the government, politicians, bureaucrats, police officials, judiciary etc. or for the problems that the world faces today. We are INTERNALLY DISTURBED, so we create disturbances for others. We have to evaluate the nature of our mind to understand the ART OF MIND CONTROL.
When we forget our prime duty of serving God, we are forced to serve the misgivings in our heart such as lust, anger and so on . Presently, we have forgotten our relationship with God and hence the process of “yoga” is described in the Vedic texts in order to revive our loving relation with the Supreme Lord. There are various yogic processes for attaining the Supreme, but in this day and age of Kali Yuga, which is described as the age of quarrel and hypocrisy, there is only one way i.e. the chanting of the Holy names of the Lord. This is confirmed in the Brhad-Naradiya Purana:
Harer nama harer nama harer namaiva kevalam
Kalau nastyva nastyva gatir anyatha
“In this age of Kali Yuga the only process of self-realization is chanting the names of Lord Hari, chanting the names of Lord Hari, chanting the names of Lord Hari. There is no other way, no other way, no other way.”
CHANT HARE KRISHNA AND BE HAPPY.
Courtesy : Art of Mind Control – compiled by Sri Radheshyam Das
