Bunch Of Thoughts: The Mission - II

II. Final Refuge For Mankind:

Theme: The driving urges of modern sciences - Permissiveness and Competition" both lead to  social disruption, conflict, wars, destruction of peace. Source of real happiness is inside not outside. Moksha - "Chatuvidha Purushartha" offers the final solution.

Detailed Explanation:

  The first word Permissiveness means an individual is free to do anything. This self centered  choice leads to the disruption of social fabric as every individual is worried about himself which leads to conflict in the society. Everyone tries to impose his choice, ideology on the society which leads to conflict.

 The other one is competition. It is said that competition should be healthy. Its our experience it no longer remain healthy due to its nature. Even in sports which is played for joy, people ready to do anything to win. And why competition? It is to raise standard of living which is totally linked to physical enjoyment. For this individual needs wealth to accumulate more and more physical objects. To achieve more and more wealth power becomes necessary. This keep on increasing and after certain limit stringer nation began to exploit weaker nation.

  Lets see in the history. In order to raise standard of living and in competition with neighboring country. European countries began to occupy other countries all over the World. Wherever they went they left trail of blood, wars, hunger behind them. Same is the case with communist Russia and China in different way.

 So, both Competition and Permissiveness have led society away from happiness. There is no end to desires, it keeps on increasing.

Our Shastras have declared, "Na jatu Kamah Kamanamupabhogena shamyati" the desires are not quenched by enjoyment of sense. Even after the body becomes old and dilapidated, desires continue to be young : Trishna na jeerna vayameva jeernah. This is exactly the predicament in which the modern man is finding himself.

Solution:  Our Sanatan philosophy says real happiness lies within. A person is enjoying music, he is very happy. But when he heard news of death of his near and dear one, he become sad. He no longer enjoys the music. This shows that our happiness based on external objects is only temporary. This is only delusion which makes us to keep running in search of happiness outside. 

 We can observe from our experience that a restless mind can never be happy.When the mind is calm and peaceful than only we can enjoy happiness. When we throw stone in water, ripple gets created. Until ripples calm down, we can't see the bottom.

 When a man discovers this, he detached himself from external objects and no longer dependent on external objects for happiness. He is in inner peace. That is the highest state to which man has to aspire and ultimately reach – the state of Mukti or Moksha.

  All our Sanatan training teaches us to achieve mental peace. Patanjali in his Yoga sutras has advised that we should be happy when we others prosperous not jealousy. 

 So, competition and craze for sensual enjoyment never leads to happiness. Self- restrain is necessary for the preservation of social fabric as well as development of an individual. "Chaturvidha Purusharta" concept can instill the spirit of self restraint. This four-fold goal of life – Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Moksha – helps one to lead a self-restrained, balanced and harmonious way of life.And that arrangement envisages duties and obligations for the individual on both the planes – personal and social. Rules of behaviour – Dharma – conducive to achieving the supreme happiness of man will guide and control all the material aspects of life – Artha (politics and economics) and Kama (fulfilment of physical desires)