One World Family And The Global Citizen
If the Divine animates each one of us, are we not all part of one great consciousness, one great world mily? Thousands of years ago, when human beings were blissfully free from ne concepts of international travel and iwas and resident permits, at a time hen the longest distance a traveller ould hope to cover was no more than a we miles per day, Indic scriptures poke of essential human unity. Sadhu aswani would say, "Children of the art, yells are one." We are global citizens enjoying multiple citizenships-consumer citizenship; flexible citizenship; even nobility citizenship; but in Vedic terms, we are, and always have been, members f the One Family of God's CreationVasudaiva Kutumbakam. Experts tell us that it is technology, apical, flow of travel, trade and human potential that define global citizenship. Together, they constitute a new sense of belonging, a new sense of unity anda loyalty to a broad common ideal of humanity. But in India, we have a different 'take' on this. The Rig Veda tells us: "Let noble thoughts come to us from everywhere." The idea here is that we are essentially spiritual beings not the bodies we 'wear' as outer garments. This is our real identity-not our race, religion or skin colour! The Atman, the soul, transcends all these divisions. When we respect everyone's peace and happiness for all. This is why India has welcomed so many races and religions from ancient times. We don't believe in fighting or dying for our religion; but we would aspire to live up to the ideals our religion places before us! The Atharva Veda proclaims this truth: "We are all born on this planet;/ Thsame sky covers us;/We gaze at the same stars/We breathe the same air;/... We may live individually/But we can survive only collectively. I am told that there is a magnificent archaeological site in western Africa-the vast ruins of Jenne in Mali. Apparently, this was a city of over 1,00,000 people one thousand years ago-a world-class metropolis in the first millennium. A visitor to the site observes: "Its art was stunning. Its architecture reflected a tree complex society...What struck memost, however, was the fact that it had been completely ignored by western archeologists for decades, because they found no evidence of military constructions! The Jenne civilisation did notfiits strength through military conquesor intimidation of its people, but through cooperation. It was a great cibuilt not on fear, but friendship!" This world is a garden of God. Krishna is in all and we all are in Krishna! When we have this vision o the One-in-all and All-in-one, we will grow in the spirit of brotherhood of all creation. Our hearts need to be saturated with love, for love is the light that willillumine the world. For this, we needillumined hearts that can behold the vision of fellowship, unity and brothhood. Love is what we need to build a new world of brotherhood and peace.(Abridged from Gita Publishing House,.
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One World Family And The Global Citizen
If the Divine animates each one of us, are we not all part of one great consciousness, one great world mily? Thousands of years ago, when human beings were blissfully free from ne concepts of international travel and iwas and resident permits, at a time hen the longest distance a traveller ould hope to cover was no more than a we miles per day, Indic scriptures poke of essential human unity. Sadhu aswani would say, "Children of the art, yells are one." We are global citizens enjoying multiple citizenships-consumer citizenship; flexible citizenship; even nobility citizenship; but in Vedic terms, we are, and always have been, members f the One Family of God's CreationVasudaiva Kutumbakam. Experts tell us that it is technology, apical, flow of travel, trade and human potential that define global citizenship. Together, they constitute a new sense of belonging, a new sense of unity anda loyalty to a broad common ideal of humanity. But in India, we have a different 'take' on this. The Rig Veda tells us: "Let noble thoughts come to us from everywhere." The idea here is that we are essentially spiritual beings not the bodies we 'wear' as outer garments. This is our real identity-not our race, religion or skin colour! The Atman, the soul, transcends all these divisions. When we respect everyone's peace and happiness for all. This is why India has welcomed so many races and religions from ancient times. We don't believe in fighting or dying for our religion; but we would aspire to live up to the ideals our religion places before us! The Atharva Veda proclaims this truth: "We are all born on this planet;/ Thsame sky covers us;/We gaze at the same stars/We breathe the same air;/... We may live individually/But we can survive only collectively. I am told that there is a magnificent archaeological site in western Africa-the vast ruins of Jenne in Mali. Apparently, this was a city of over 1,00,000 people one thousand years ago-a world-class metropolis in the first millennium. A visitor to the site observes: "Its art was stunning. Its architecture reflected a tree complex society...What struck memost, however, was the fact that it had been completely ignored by western archeologists for decades, because they found no evidence of military constructions! The Jenne civilisation did notfiits strength through military conquesor intimidation of its people, but through cooperation. It was a great cibuilt not on fear, but friendship!" This world is a garden of God. Krishna is in all and we all are in Krishna! When we have this vision o the One-in-all and All-in-one, we will grow in the spirit of brotherhood of all creation. Our hearts need to be saturated with love, for love is the light that willillumine the world. For this, we needillumined hearts that can behold the vision of fellowship, unity and brothhood. Love is what we need to build a new world of brotherhood and peace.(Abridged from Gita Publishing House,.
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Dada JP Vaswani kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy : Dada JP Vaswani Speaking Tree ,Times of India