It is a historical fact that over several millennia, attempts have been made by sages and saints or prophets and pioneers of reform to make the world a better place by asking the masses and classes to have higher values in their life. Values like love, honesty, compassion, etc. were emphasized upon by many of these reform leaders, but we find that the world instead of becoming better, has been gradually sliding down the moral ramp or scale of values. So what has been the cause for this downfall?
Why has there been degeneration when hundreds and thousands of attempts were made to stop the rot?
According to learned saints & sages, in actual sense, it is humanity that differentiates a man from a demon or a devil. YES!! We all have experienced this in our lives that people with devilish traits or bad-sanskaras are not only unhappy with themselves but they also make others unhappy leaving no stone unturned. Such people, in seeking their selfish ends, don’t care at all that their actions are hurting others & causing mental agony to them. Out of arrogance, they always end up violating rules of conduct and morality as well as social conventions.
That is why it is said that ‘ A demon does not know the value of honesty, faithfulness, obedience, and civility, whereas, for a man, these are basic values’. Crudeness and wickedness are both combined in the temperament of a demon while man’s disposition shows balance and discipline combined with sweetness. Thus honesty, faithfulness, integrity, civility and etiquette, discipline or self-control, and balance of mind are human virtues that help to maintain stability, peace, and love in human relations, thereby preventing troubles, quarrels, and squabbles and consequent peacelessness in the world.
However, the scenario that we see today is very grim & worrying because the society is gripped tightly by devilish forces that force man to indulge into various kinds of anti-social, cruel and destructive activities, as a result of which he commits crimes, disrupts social life by resorting to sabotage and vandalism and destroys the peace of the community. Passions like sex-lust, anger, avarice, attachment, and arrogance would lead a person to devilry, hence its quite obvious that a sex-ridden person, would commit offenses like eve-teasing & sexual assault, thereby violating social peace and order. Similarly, a person swayed by anger carries its fire and smoke here, there and everywhere, inflicting mental pain and the resultant remorse on all around. With his harsh words piercing like poisonous arrows, his fiery fuming eyes, and his boiling temper, he commits so many offences, all at once.
Likewise, a person dominated by greed, attachment, or arrogance is liable to commit similar acts. It may thus be said that humility and voicelessness are human values whereas self-conceit and other passions are devilish traits & as the best creation of God, it becomes mandatory that for humans to possess these values or virtues. But what we practically see today is that owing to the disruption of these human values, the world has turned from heaven into hell & hence, by re-establishing these values alone, can New Age be ushered into this world. So, let’s make a strong resolve to live our life strictly on principles laid down by Supreme & achieve our ultimate goal of becoming a Divine Being.
