We can see people enjoying their power all around us. Some people have power over many people and many things.
Some have power over a small area and over one or two people. Parents have power over their children;
peons have power over their small area of work; police have their own area of power;
children have power over their parents when the parents are old;
teachers have power over students.
All around us, we see people becoming tyrants in their small area of power. Outside their area of power they are normal and innocent people. This puzzled me. How can so innocent and good people be so selfish, arrogant, insensitive and cruel in their area of power.
The structures of our society make it impossible for people to develop a well integrated mind. Their mind is left undeveloped. As a result people do not see the connections between what they do and the consequences of their actions. Instead, they become more dependent on the exploitative structures of the society. They support the exploitative structures out of desperation. This results in the spread of more selfishness more insensitivity.
Everyone becomes weak someday and they reap what they sow. I have observed with sadness, how pathetic and helpless people become when they confront what they had spread when they were powerful.
I hope and pray that we realize that we are what we do and not what we say or dream.
I hope that people would act according to humane values and not according to the mindless and heartless rules of corporations and institutions. We may get salaries and money for acting against humane values and kindness. But, we must remember that we will one day face the same evil and we would be weak or our loved ones may face the same evils that we perpetuated.
Friends, our future depends on what we do today.
Our fate is in our hands. It is our choice what we do. We can choose human values and kindness. We will get a wonderful and beautiful world.
