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often painful. Every individual has spark of divinity & spirituality. Hence rational by nature. Strike the right chord & you bring out the sweet music chariot. Can't move on one wheel. So in success, personal endeavour plays a pivotal rdole. Religious Violence
Innumerable heinous misdeeds have been committed in name of God under garb of religion. In middle ages to Jihad or religious wars of mohamedians against unbelievers in. Allah crusades were instigated by the church for alleged religious ends in the claim for partition of India on communal basis are burning examples of atrocities committed in the name of God. Knowledge of God is a controversial issue. It is chasing after a black cat in dark chamber, some declare knowable & some assert him as unknown.
Prophets, seers, avataras, Tirthankaras, all preached non-violence, as violence is suicidal & dooms truth, harmony, brotherhood & justice. Violence is sunset defeat, non violence is victory. Man is inherently non violent although he becomes violent owing to surroundings & circumstances. War in Mahabharat & Ramayan glorify violence for restoration of justice. Celibacy chastity, continence is mental condition outward behaviour of man. Possession breeds jealousy, animosity burglary, dacoity in society. Untouchability is a blot & cancer of society. Inhuman deprivation of so called untouchables in every sphere of life unavailability of rights status privilege are still recorded in society. Some take pleasure in violence of disliking showing hatred towards group of people & having anta gonistic feelings towards others. We should not breath jealousy, hate, anxiety, fear or terror. Everyone wants peace, riches & beauty. Religions have tried to tame violence but have not succeded. Sharp words, bad gestures is also violence. One says violence is innate in man. Others say violence is a result of the social cultural heritage in which man lives. Most common expression of violence is anger when my dear ones are attacked when my country or religion is attacked or my ideas, my principles, my way of life is attacked, my habits & opinions are attacked or you tread on my toes or insult me, such anger is morally justified. We can look at anger without any explanation, justification without saying I must protect my good. May be I was right, wrong or stupid.
Violence created by environment, inherited, produced by society or circumstances, but it is possible to be free from it. Sex, Food, position, power, comfort is corrupting you or destroying the world. But you are responsible for your anger or violence. You have to learn how. to look
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