Y2K and the Four Defects

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> Y2K AND THE FOUR DEFECTS

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> TENDENCY TO MAKE MISTAKES

>

> Obviously, the whole Y2K situation revolves around one big mistake - using

> two numerical digits to represent a four-digit year-date. That was probably

> the biggest mistake ever made in the history of business dealings. That is a

> mistake that has to be fixed millions or billions of times around the world

> before January 1, to keep things going as they are now.

>

> But, even in fixing that mistake, there is always the chance of making new

> mistakes. For example, today's (May 19) Bangkok Post notes, "Morning trade

> on the Stock Exchange of Thailand was cancelled yesterday when errors were

> discovered in the market's computer trading system." It seems that in trying

> to upgrade its system for Y2K, the stock exchange system accidentally

> introduced new mistakes.

>

> So fixing old mistakes and catching new mistakes is an important part of

> trying to escape the problem of the Millennium Bug.

>

> Of course, the other mistake that we made was to build a global culture on

> greed and the concentration of wealth to be used for materialistic purposes.

> Some people wonder whether Krsna is sending the Y2K problem as a way of

> extracting us from our crazy greed.

 

"When a servant artificially tries to imitate the all-powerful master, he is

said to be in illusion. We are trying to exploit the resources of material

nature, but actually we are becoming more and more entangled in her

complexities. Therefore, although we are engaged in a hard struggle to conquer

nature, we are ever more dependent on her. This illusory struggle against

material nature can be stopped at once by revival of our eternal Krishna

consciousness."

TYS, ch 6

 

How beautifully simple Prabhupada has made the goal of our lives! Now we have a

hard struggle for existence to preach and perfect our lives, but at least our

struggling can now head in the right direction.

 

your servant, Tribhangananda das