An increasing relevance in a degrading world.

"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary, the evil it does is permanent"

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."

"I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people."

"Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err."

"A "No" uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a "Yes" merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble."



Hope. It's probably the most important phenomenon in this world. It reminds us that even in this morally-corroding-away world of ours, we can't give up. He's one person who never ever gave up. He believed that even as years go by and we face the atrocities that he predicted for this world, we shouldn't lose hope. His views transcended all concepts of time and space and his ideas are probably easier to explain than those of great spiritual leaders and preachers alike.

In spite of all the crap that's been written about his methods (and some of it may even make sense), it's now when a lot of us realize that at least half of what he said wasn't complete hogwash. I mean, come on... the man had a knack of pulling off the concept of what many of us call "high thinking". He could look at a problem in a most unbiased, profound, logical and fiercely rational way... a quality that even most engineers today don't possess. He was emotionally stable, compassionate and highly caring.... qualities that put the best psychologists to shame. What's more... his greatest strengths were his undying will to serve and to let his work speak for what he is, and not heaps of accolades or glory... Smug doctors, ring a bell ??

So the way I see it... He was not just a person responsible for motivating a people, but he sowed seeds of himself in each one of our consciousnesses ... seeds that we have not nurtured and cared for as these years have gone by. We have forgotten the feeling of the most motivated that we have ever been, in order to have our cake and eat it too. What we don't realize is that it's ok to want to be the best and have the best things in life... but not at the cost of your humane spirit.

This post is actually very unlike me... I normally never ever write about things that bother me. And come to think of it, this doesn't really bother me, so much as remind me constantly of his relevance in this world today. And it leaves me thinking that, there is a big void in most lives today that needs to be filled by someone like him.

I miss him more today than I ever have. May his soul rest in peace.