And greed has roots in a cunning heart,
where the mind is not functioning properly and greed takes over.
Same thing for terrorism.
Same thing for any politician to go out of the way and do bad things.
Now this Ukraine - Russia tension is
creating a worldwide stressful impact.
Seeing the reactors being hit,
it is not a small thing.
What can we, as individuals, do?
At this level, to tell you the truth, nothing can be done.
There is nothing which is in our hands.
We can collectively pray and, hopefully, bring about some sense in the political leaders,
so they can also become stronger and take action.
In order to establish peace, sometimes
a lot of chaotic things have to go on.
When we witness, when we read
all the ancient literature﹘ Greek times, Roman times﹘ and how these crusaders, also under the name of religions
tried to spread peace and love, created so much of violence.
Now, can we stop this violence by another level of violence? I do not think so
And can we also sit back and relax and say, “Okay, let God handle this matter”?
That is also not the case. So, deep down, when we study the human nature,
we often talk about this pollution and that pollution
water pollution, air pollution, chemical pollution, noise pollution
But, they all have their roots.
Why do the industrialists
keep on discharging their toxic effluents
into water channels or in shore systems and affect the oceans?
It is greed
and greed has the roots
in a cunning heart,
where the mind is not functioning properly and greed takes over.
Same thing for terrorism.
Same thing for any politician to go out of the way and do bad things.
Greed is the main thing and ego fuels the action.
Can we change the individual by enforcement? I do not think so
The moment you enforce something, people rebel.
Even a small child,
when you say, “Do not do this, otherwise I will punish you,”
they will still do it quietly, when you are not there.
And we are talking about Presidents and Prime Ministers,
premiers of various countries, who have bloated ego, much more than a little child.
They are not going to be stopped, just because you put some economic embargo on them.
It is not going to do that
Like vaccination, ‘How to prevent it?,’ that is the main thing.
What could have other countries done better?
Was there any measure to deter,
before they proceeded? To warn and not to do anything is a bad thing
It is a bad decision
And I am, especially, talking about some other comparative powers,
which are far more stronger than the Russian powers
They show the teeth, but they do not bite them.
You know what I am trying to say?
America, for example, they warned Russia not to do it. but
after giving the warning, what are they doing?
They are keeping quiet, which is unfortunate
At the same time, we have learnt lessons.
I am also a U.S. American citizen. We have learnt a lesson during the Afghan war.
If a small country, like Afghanistan, cannot be controlled and regulated,
can you imagine America daring to regulate Russia?
It can only create more and more, I think, problems throughout the world.
So, I think many countries, if they are wiser
I think, let one country suffer
That is a bad thing for my part to say,
that one country might still suffer. but something good will come out of it, for sure
As a result, the Russians themselves, those who are not in favour of war,
will also decide something politically at home
Similarly, Ukrainians also, they will learn their biggest lesson also
whom to trust and whom not to trust.
And other countries also will learn bigger lessons that, “Look,
when such powers become too aggressive, even America, Canada, Britain, France they do not come along or Germany,
So, can you trust them?”
So, the whole world is in a boiling state at the moment; there is no settling at the moment
And once Russia has witnessed a success in occupying Ukraine,
right or wrong, we are not here to judge and discuss about the whole thing.
Any action to prevail violently is always wrong
justifiable or not, but it is always wrong
Other countries will also learn the lesson from this that, “Look, when Russia is aggressive
and
responsible countries, powerful countries like the United States are not able to do anything,
will you be able to stop the next move by another country, like China, for example?”
So, I think we are too small in a way to talk about all this at an individual level,
and also I am not really very
sure about how even country heads
can help go through these situations
So, be prayerful, that is the only thing we can do. When nothing else works,
from our side prayer is the only instrument. We surrender to God and say,
“May Thy will be done”.
At an Individual level,
like what we have done so far,
we have ashrams in
Romania,
we have Ashrams in Denmark
we have few abhyasis practising Heartfulness way of meditation in Poland
so, we have shared their addresses etc., in case
these
Ukrainian refugees are
passing through their way, they can stay there as long as they like.
And we have also raised some money locally in Europe.
That is how we can financially help such displaced families.
But as far as war is concerned, I think it is beyond us to handle it.