Sunday, April 5, 2009
Life Has Become so Cheap
Nityaananda!! Gauraanga!! Hare Krishna!! It is very sad to hear of so many people being killed by random shootings. A person who has no history of violence just comes out and begins spraying bullets on other people in public. Where do you think this pre-mediated action is coming from? It is the direct implementation of the extreme violence, people are seeing on TV and Movies. Violence is misunderstood as power. According to the Vedas, you become what you associate with. The subtle consciousness gradually becomes violent by seeing such things and then it manifests in action. And after it happens, all others can only give their condolences. But they don't even want to acknowledge the cause for it what to speak of doing something about it. Some statistics from the Screentime.org are as follows:
Number of murders seen on TV or movies by the time an average child finishes elementary school in USA: 8,000
Number of violent acts seen on TV or movies by age 18 in USA: 200,000
Percentage of Americans who believe TV or movie violence helps precipitate real life mayhem: 79%
Percentage devoted to media stories about crime, disaster and war: 53.8%
In the ancient Vedic times, death was a very serious thing. Nowadays death has become a normal unnoticeable event. This is the symptom of Kali Yuga. Since there is no spiritual quality to one's life, death has become so cheap and widespread. All the channels of broadcast should be used to telecast bonafide spiritual programs which promote peace, happiness, health, well-being and spiritual happiness by authorized Mantra Meditation. Unless we learn to love God by chanting His primary Holy Names daily, we will never become free from our violent and offensive natures and never be able to attain peace and happiness.
Daaso'smi, BR Sadhu Swami Gaurangapada.
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