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corruption. Hence he is unable to discriminate right from wrong. Those who are leading organizations, business enterprises, institutions and governments, how can they be corrupt? Is it not wise to have a clean conscience and enjoy freedom from anxiety and all kinds of worries?
If you do wrong actions and sinful deeds and treat them lightly today, Vou will not hesitate to perform serious crimes tomorrow. If you allow one sin to enter and dwell in your conscience, you certainly pave the way for the entry of a thousand sins. Your conscience will become blunt and lose its sensitivity. The habit of doing evil deeds will pervade the whole body like the poison of a scorpion.
Do you know when you are corrupt; your children who are indeed enjoying the fruits of your corruption are mocking at you? After all they are well informed and knowledgeable. Your parental mask it too thin to hide the contempt of your children. You are no more the role model of your own children. Is this disgrace not enough?
Our society is fast reaching a stage when the immunity of conscience of people holding position of consequences is challenged by the corruption, as HIV would do to the body of an AIDS patient. The corruption has seeped into every stream of our life-blood. Can we save ourselves as a civilization?
Spiritual leaders have evolved morals, codes and teachings of righteousness. Beautiful hymns, songs and prayers have been written and composed. But the annihilation of conscience by corruption appears frightening. Religion has not been effective in evoking the conscience. Who then will? Can our conscience be redeemed? "A movement through Foundation for Unity of Religious and Enlightened Citizenship (FUREC) against corruption has to make a new beginning."
4 July, 2005
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