Perpetual existence, sustenance and destruction are the fundamental phenomena of nature’s law. There is no other way to understand the operation of the universe. We see and experience this drama on both, macro and micro levels.
Together, these three aspects of nature’s law show us that every new thing that is created must go through the other two phases eventually. For instance, a flower appears, stays for some time and unfailingly passes away, only to be re-born in another form, continuing to be a part of this cycle forever.
Every new solution has an inherent new question. And every answered question goes on to raise further questions. This is the drama of life. But if we attempt to stop acting and respond to it with an attitude of inaction, it will lead to adharma. On the road of life, the driver cannot afford to stop. Because it is safe not to drive, Driver means he has to be on the road. He must stop only to rejuvenate himself and get back on the track and resume the steering.
When we see life in this perspective, driving becomes a duty, not a mere joy ride or a deadly boring task. The Mahabharata teaches us by many examples that we must not stop fighting. Only in fighting, one experiences contentment; because that is how life is designed.
An ideal king or a leader is not one who works for us. Instead, he works in a way that we find our calling and work for ourselves. He is a good fighter in life, being in the helm of affairs. Otherwise, a deluded citizen would only reach a stage of dreaming to believe that he can move everything without the citizen really doing anything. Such citizens are easily deceived by foolish and cunning leaders.
In the Mahabharata, we see that Krishna inspired the Pandavas in such a way that they could work for themselves, put in their cent percent efforts with an endeavour that attracted the grace of God and brought them victory. And they perpetually fought for Dharma and passed on the legacy to the next king, who would similarly continue this battle of life and the legacy. But when this legacy halts, adharma becames more prominent and emerges victorious. And it stay until someone comes to fight the great battle to push adharma as far as possible. The greatness of a leader does not lie in him changing everything for us; instead he changes the phenomenon of no one taking the lead to inspire so that everyone or at least a sizable portion of the population becomes responsible and performs his or her duty.
A large number of parents become dutiful and their kids respond appropriately, the teachers teach compassionately and the students take to education seriously, the responsible citizens pay tax and the government servants work effectively, etc. In this way, the cycle of life continues to roll forever. Of course this is an ideal situation, when the ideal situation is followed to large extent it is called as Dharma Rajya or Rama Rajya, when it is not followed then it is kali yuga. But at no point of time it will be pure black and white. Even in the most difficult situation one can practice the Dharma cycle, as Vibhishana did it in Lanka or as Hanumana did it in Kishikinda.
We must choose what we want to be – a part of this organic execution or an obstacle, making it inorganic and invoking the anger of dharma, the laws of nature.
being a part of moving wheel of life dharma follower, and causing harm to this moving healthy wheel of life is the soldier of adharma and they will clash forever. we are part of either one of the side, broker of the wheel or the mover of the wheel.
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