From Editorial Desk

It took nearly twenty years before giving perception of Vichardharah a practical shape. There were no such things called BLOGS in those days. So, all perceptions crossing my mind were put down on a paper. And all that was written down was nothing but the way I have been living from young age, almost from my childhood. It was more of an experience based on my upbringing, behaviour, discipline, adhering to values, our cultural heritage, habbits, hobbies viz a viz close observation of social interactions, rituals followed, etc. Reading, from newspapers to biographies, history, our glorious past, stories about closely-knit and unified warriors, foreign cultures, global affairs, science, medical, sports etc., turned out to be an intense activity. With change of technologies, methods have changed but passion continues! Looking back in time, and at times of introspection, many doubts and incomprehensibilities, however, remained mysteries. Perhaps this curiosity and some unknown push took me to a spiritual course in my early forties. The journey continues, but even after attending various schools of thoughts, listening to multiple discourses of various faiths, the process of removing haze from eyes continues. Within the scope of our general functioning, compulsive actions & living conditions thrown at us by people and situations around in every aspect of life, the path is undoubtedly not everybody’s cup of tea. The clutter from the mind, however, is greatly removed through awareness, knowing what life is all about, the purpose* of our being here, so on and so forth… Endless misconceptions washed away simply with the understanding that how simple living a life is, and how we make it complex and invite miseries for ourselves by our everyday transactions. Say, the beauty and the irony of going through a spiritual process is to realize that whatever we are taught, all of it we knew it already minus the awareness!! The process hands over the keys and tools for use to counter every eventuality in life in the form of people, places, circumstances, conditions and whatnot. Uppermost awareness must get engrossed deeply within that all the teachings and learnings are for the seeker alone. We invite bigger troubles for self if we start preaching them as philosophy, which it is not. It is a way of living for the seeker as an individual.

With ever growing technologies, and in the so-called progressive environment, the minds of, starting from kids, adolescent, teenagers, youth, young adult, & even many matured, elderly and wise are equally directionless, clueless, particularly in the absence of value-based education at schools or from ever-busy parents at homes. Because of created glamour, marketing gimmicks, from invaders of a different kind, the youth is drifting away from realities, is distracted towards unreal, making him race and fiercely compete not for a big commercial success, but even for a simple survival. The end-result of this is stress, ill-health, depression, general unwell being of self in body & mind. At times, it appears that minds are being corrupted from an early age systematically and for a purpose. These ulterior & nefarious designs need to be understood. The long-term harms our future generations are going to face are comprehensively dangerous, should check and control is not applied and corrective measures not introduced & implemented, with an underlined urgency.

Kishoore Khanna, Associate & Torchbearer.
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