Be the change ,The Beacon of Hope

Welcome back to Tea break with Life !     Greetings :)

Earth is a  magical land of beauty, love and happiness, Sadly  today all we see is darkness and dark things happening , Why ? Should't this be changed back to what it actually must be ? Well the change begins from YOU !   


 Today everyone welcomes change in science , technology etc but why can't we work for a change that will make a better world for everyone ? We have reached a point where we can't believe people like Mahatma  Gandhi or Mother Teresa existed ! That is maybe because We can never think of doing what they did !!!!

 Leo Tolstoy once famously said "Everyone thinks of changing the world but no one thinks of changing himself ".

 Over time I feel the situation has changed into being " Nobody believes change is possible due to failure in changing oneself". Yes this week I wish to have a discussion on Changing the world and changing ourselves as I truly believe both of them go hand in hand .  Recently I was talking to a friend and I brought up my dream of bringing a change in lives of at-least a few people in our world even in the smallest way possible(ps:which even I am not sure if I can)   and as expected he was quite surprised to hear me saying that as my ambition , well thankfully he did't see me as some lunatic . So my friend I know you will read this Thank you :)) . Now this made me think about why these days very few people believe in change and I came to a point where I know the probable reason . Compared to the  20th century most  people don't think its necessary to bring a change in other people's life instead work only for their lives respectively . Now this change has come because of not being able to change ourselves and I say this from personal experience because 2 years ago I too did't believe in change and even today not completely. This happens because of our internal idea of the world and I can tell you the hardest fight in the world is to change ourselves . The issue with bringing change in us is that we will keep failing in that battle and people fear failure !  Whenever I hear stories of college life or youth of my previous generation the topics that made college life was of a better world , politics in the world , social reform etc and today its all about getting a good job, finding a partner and getting settled ! 

Now coming to the broader picture of the world , everyday news that comes out are heartbreaking and sad !  The great Buddha left everything he had to find a solution for the suffering people, Jesus Christ gave his life for the love he had for us and Krishna is said to be the personification of Love, today followers fight in their names? Why not see the pure love all these men had for humanity ? The problem is lack of love for humanity inside us . 

 "We were greeted by this world when we opened our eyes to this magical journey years ago and  someday our old friend Death will come looking for us and between these we have few magical moments to love, love and love " . 

Now the question  if change is possible in the world and the answer is a big Yes ! I have had friends and seen people of all type and from all backgrounds , the magic I noticed was even in the most ignorant somewhere inside there was love and goodness . It was just not explored or a layer of ignorance was covering it . So the point is if we can bring that side of people outside then a beautiful happy and  loving world is truly possible ! 

You my friend reading this  sitting in a comfortable room with a laptop or a smartphone in your hand and food a call away, now for a second just think that there are 1000s of children and people your age who are not having food, water or clothes ! And next time you say the words" Life is so unfair to me " please think about these people .  Next time when you drop into a club or a party for the sake of having a party and no reason for it , please think about the people who die daily without food and shelter .  Next time before you become angry at someone realize even before you speak the words you first hurt yourself and finally next time before you get ready for revenge realize the famous Gandhian words " An eye for an eye only makes the world go blind" .  Its time we the gifted and lucky section of the population come out and become the voice of the voiceless , until and unless we are ready to be political there is no point in criticizing politicians .  

One of my most favorite quotes is from the Narnian fantasy world which is " To beat the darkness out there you must defeat the darkness in yourself "  and it is so true . We live in a world of darkness with terrorism, oppression , poverty etc but in-order to defeat that at first we need to defeat the darkness inside us . Every  one of us including you and me have some sort of darkness inside us and until we are able to defeat that there is no question of bringing change in the world . This is one of the most difficult things to do  just because of our ego , which does't let us accept the mistakes we have done .

The greatest understanding each person needs is that our happiness depends on happiness of people around us and not our goals or material processions. I am not asking anyone to give their life for social service or coming to public service (politics) but don't live a life for profits instead live a life for love , don't live a life for revenge instead live for forgiving and most importantly success is not in the account balance you have or the luxury cars you own but in the smile you should have when our old friend Death comes to take us , that is possible only by sharing happiness with everyone you can always!  Next time try having a smiling face always and try to spread it , I can tell you it feels good :))


Mantra of life must be the great Gandhian words " Be the change you wish to see in the world " and I myself am a warrior in this battle within myself and have fallen several times but at-least I am in the battlefield , Are you ready to enter ? Are you ready to be the change and beacon of light ? Are ready to start the revolution of love ? If yes let's together start building an oppression free world based on Love and sharing ! Like the wolf who fell in love with the moon a person trying to make a perfect world may never achieve it or live to see such a day but the battle is worth it !  People who become so profit oriented and selfish its affecting everything from family to true love and everything  . The solution is to change from being selfish to being into the Self in a spiritual way .

Finally as I conclude this blog I would like to welcome all sort of feedback on this as my philosophy and goal of life is a  product in progress and not something fixed , so any suggestions and reviews are welcome  , but the idea is simple" Live for everyone not for you alone and then the world will start working for you "

" God is nothing but Love and Love is god  "

Let's together pledge to Be the Change , Be the Beacon of hope in this troublesome times for the many and this is not to be seen as a  service or sympathy to anyone instead its the duty of our life and we do it for ourselves ! Let the change begin from YOU !  I was very reluctant to write on this topic as it directly talks on my ideas and worldview but then I thought its better to be judged standing for what you believe in than to have a image of something you are not :))

" In this magical journey both you and me only have a few moments and lets work together in those moments to contribute to the world and make it magical for everyone "

I will end with a Tolstoy quote as I began with one "The sole meaning of life is to serve Humanity "

OM Shanthi !
Let The revolution of Love triumph !
Cheers
"Love, Love and Love "

-Sreesreshta Nair (SN)

All picture credits @pexel and Google images for quote .