Ours is a country where people uphold their values learnt at the feet of their grandparents, parents and Gurus. We would rather die than part with our values. Though many persons today are shedding off the values learnt in childhood for materialistic gains, we still find many people across the world who are developing and maintaining divine values. The whole world today is in turmoil and confusion. We have lost all faith in God and fight over petty matters, giving the ‘I’ utmost importance instead of ‘We’ for whose welfare we were taught to work for. We believed in joint the family system, in sticking together in joy and sorrow. But today we find nuclear families, members of which do not know whom to turn to in adverse circumstances as well as with whom to celebrate good times because of lack of family members.
As children we were taught an important value called ‘Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise’. However today’s youngsters believe in burning the midnight oil and getting up late in the morning, due to which they cannot enjoy the beautiful sunrise; they do not physical exercise, resulting in poor results at examinations and ill-health.
The need of the hour today is to focus on values, because values determine the actions we perform. Our old values of thrift and shunning of material comforts are giving way to luxury and overspending. We have to educate our youth about values before they get lost in their quest for wealth and power. The onus is now on Educationists and Spiritualists to educate today’s generation about the ‘real’ wealth of our country and teach them to uphold and enhance it.
Editor’s note: Rajyogi Brahmakumar Nikunj ji is a writer at www.brahmakumaris.com and can be reached at nikunjji@brahmakumaris.in.
