Book Title: Jain Oceans Drop
Author(s): Pratap J Tolia
Publisher: Vardhaman Bharati International Foundation

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________________ (4/2) analysis, lead us to the conclusion that the following factors are mainly responsible for the unrest, deterioration and downfall of the Modern Youths: (1) Lack of soul-centered consciousness or self-knowledge. (2) The Time, The Age, The Atmosphere created by a few power-craving, belood-thirsty, moneyminded, materialistic politicians and the so-called "diplomats" of the world. (3) Their own misfortune for having born in such an age and atmosphere. (4) Social Environment based on Materialism, Inequality, Poverty, Injustice and Hypocracy and regardless of Moral or Spiritual values of life. (5) Path-befallen misguided, careless parents and Guardians. (6) Inert, dull, Impotent Education and either soul-consciousnesslacking or underpaid-money lacking teachers and professors who take no interest in their students, neglect them and remain self-centered. (7) The reflection of the cultural, Literary and Entertaining means full of only the Material and bodily outlook: The Books, The Cinemas, The stage-shows, The Radio and Television, "The pollution of Internal Air" created by these all. Let us discuss some of the principal factors mentioned above. First of all, it is most consciously evident that the life of a newly born human being is hardly "soulcreated", it is centered sound only the bodily, materialistic needs. Nearly each and every human being has been uprooted and separated from one's own "soul" or "self". The cravings of an average human being are based only on the mad materialistic race of getting "more and more". Unless one is moulded towards the "soul" the "self" basically, which is the fountain of happiness and achievement within and unless one is convinced of the truth that he himself is the source of ALL so steady and eternal upliftment is possible. Secondly, it cannot be ignored that apart from the above mentioned internal and basic factor, the external and environmental factor also plays a great role in the downfall of the youths. In this factor Universal, Continental, National, Social, Cultural and Educational aspects and atmosphere should be relatively considered. As any human being and especially the youth, the growing human being cannot remain unaffected, unreflected and uninfluenced by the Age and environments, the outward or the external fault lies with the powercurving, blood-thirsty, materialistic politicians of the world who make "all" dance as per their will. They do not spare even the saints or learned men and scientists or Artists. People from all walks of life remain influenced by them. Places of all parts of the earth remain in control of them. When the same and sound "grown ups" cannot take themselves free from the ditches or the influences of these "power and possession minded" politicians, how could the younger growing generation remain unaffected and uninfluenced from the atmosphere created by them all? The wars, either hot or cold, have been fought because of them since the time immortal as the History recalls. Gujarati Port Meghani has rightly said :

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