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An Altar in Life Alters Your Life by Swami Tejomayananda, Worldwide

Head of Chinmaya Mission.

 

Dear Devotees in TBP,

 

Love and Love alone....

 

I am reproducing the above from today onwards for everybody's benefit.

I hope you all enjoy it.

 

Love and Love alone...

 

P. Gopi Krishna

 

In the world we see that people are looked upto for what they 'have '

rather than for what they 'are'. We give more importance to things

than values. But the important things in life are not things. Values

sustain life. In turn values can be sustained only when the goal is

spiritual and dedicated to a higher altar.

 

Deteriorating Values

 

Looking around the world we see a lot of chaos, commotion and

destruction. We hear a great deal about human values going down and

talk of moral degradation. We are told that God is all-pervading, but

we find that corruption is all-pervading. As a result there is concern

and worry regarding the future. Notwithstanding this, I would like to

tell you that such alarming situations are not new. If we read our

ancient books of mythology, we will find descriptions similar to the

state of affairs today. When Devarsi Narada came to this earth, he

found that people were suffering and there was no law and order. They

were not following any values or virtues. He was worried because he

did not know how these people would be saved. A reading of his

depiction of the times, without knowing that it was said by Devarsi

Narada, would lead us to think that someone has very aptly described

the present state of affairs in the world.

 

Socrates in his times said that children of his time had become

disobedient and indisciplined and did not respect their elders and

parents. He expressed concern about their future. This should not be

used merely as a means of consolation. We need to delve further and

find out the reason for this happening. Situations like these, exist

today, were prevalent in the past and if things continue as they are,

then possibly may remain in the future as well.

 

Contd....