Today on one side we see this un-controlled consumption
of resources without any regard to nature, consumerism or Bhoga vada. On the
other side is this fundamentalism, born out of anger against bhoga vada. We can
call it Krodha vada. These two vadas are the two haunting ghosts of today's
world.
I and II world wars had its origin in Ego clash, ego
clash between powerful leaders. The current situation of terrorism is nothing
less than a war, a perpetual war. In this we can see a clash between Bhoga vada
and Krodha vada, clash between consumeristic mind set and fundamentalism. Consumerism
is born out of Kama and fundamentalism is born out of Krodha leading to
destruction. The entire world is suffering because of this fight between Bhoga
and Krodha.
Every person is born divine, however because of culturing
and circumstances they end up being either consumeristic or religious
fundamentalist. Yoga can help us avoid this situation by normalizing both these
extremes, resulting in everlasting peace.
सुहृदं सर्वभूतानां ज्ञात्वा मां शान्तिमृच्छति ॥गीता ५- २९॥
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