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It is interesting that people always think their time is worse than the
"innocent" time that went before them.
If you actually read Ramayan, Bhagvat and Mahabharat, you can see how nothing
has changed - everyone's time is just as complicated, cruel and manipulative as
now.
Was Druva's father and step mother any less careless, cruel or negligent than
parents of today ?
Was HiranyaKashyap any less mean and manipulative than corporate leaders of
today ?
Was Sahastrarjun any less greedy than our politicians of today ?
What Vaman did at Bali's yagna, was that any less shocking than what many
minorities do today - ie ask for a small concession and than swallow up the
rights of the majority population ?
We can see that Dashrath's family life was as complicated as any depicted in TV
serial of
Yadu and Kuru kul went gone beyond what is considered "decent" even by today's
standards. Their men and women were more daring, more audacious and more
unconventional than people of any other time. Kidnapping, eloping and love
marriages in Dwapar yug can put our modern kids to shame. Heroes and
villains of Mahabharata were cruel and kind in equal measures. Just like
us, they too constantly defied the Gods and modified religious conventions to
suit themselves.
So - let's not bang on about our lives being more complicated or less
conventional than before.
Let us look our own lives and work towards transforming that into Sat Yug. Even if that's just in our own home to start with. Let's accept that life "IS" as good as it gets. Let's work on the life we have HERE and NOW.
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