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Stress and Justice DR Shriniwas Kashalikar
Stress and Justice DR Shriniwas Kashalikar
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We experience stress; when we cannot come to terms with a situation, which appears from the media reports; to be injustice.
If we accept it as a wish of God and not allow ourselves to be disturbed; then actually there is stress of accepting surrender and remaining inert and impotent.
Alternatively; if we were to reject and revolt against the unjust situation, then we get stressed; because; we have no clear and objective comprehension of the situation and no convincing road map to establish full proof justice.
We are under stress; when we try to forgive someone; even when we are not convinced. In fact; through; such arbitrary (and unjust?) forgiveness we experience stress of being coaxed to be unduly sympathetic, sentimental and gullible. We get stress of being helplessness and pitiable!
Alternatively; we are stressed; even if we contemplate or try to take revenge in a vindictive manner. This is because we dont have unprejudiced and objective assessment and evaluation; of the crime or mistake; of that individual and dont have the knowledge of appropriate and just punishment or prayashchitta; to bring him/her to justice.
NAMASMARAN enables and empowers us; to see the underlying active divine reality.
Through NAMASMARAN; we overcome; our casual and superficial perception of the situation and dont accept or reject it. Instead; we keep focused on the underlying divine reality, and gratefully welcome its verdict (which is always just); while wholeheartedly discharging our duties.
In the same vein; through NAMASMARAN; we are no more gullibly and sentimentally forgiving or vindictively punishing; any individual. Instead; we are happily witnessing the divine operations underlying and discharging our duties!