Who Knows the Way??

Thousands of Years ago, Moses was to lead his men to a promised land. It was a daunting task that God had bestowed upon him and he had to go through a lot of hardships during their journey. My knowledge of the old testament is rudimentary and I am not sure whethere he was hundred percent successful in the task. Therefore I will not talk much about it but take it as an inducer into this display of train of thoughts

Today, We live in an extremely complex world, not that it was less complex before but the complexity is increasing at a tremendous pace. I never get tired of thinking how Information and Communication Technology (Mobiles, Internet blah... blah...) have changed the world. I also never get tired trying to comprehend this Huge Universe. Human mind has a limitation that it can work in one to three(or may be four or five but not all) planes of abstraction at a given point of time. I am on the verge of completing a quarter century on this planet and in my own little experience I keep hitting at some questions for which I don't have any answers but can't resist often wondering about them. I don't know how relevant these thoughts are but off we go:

• Every one knows that technology is changing at a rapid pace and also changing lives at a rapid pace. But as Humanity are we going forward or backward? If the question seems trivial, I beg to differ.
• There are many experts, academicians and leaders who speak about inclusive growth and sustainable development. I have always been intrigued by these aspects of humanity. We have so much surplus in this world and yet so much poverty. There will not be a happier day in my life than that day when no child born in this world is deprived of his right to childhood. But will that day ever come?
• A Man is limited by space and time and therefore even the best of the leaders in this world across various spectrums and fields may not quite well comprehend where the world is heading to.We can only try to predict but do we know where we are going?
• I am ready to place all my cards and say that Humanity is going through an extremely crucial stage and we can succeed as Mankind only if we search for answers in the spiritual realm. It is in this regard that Mother India needs to provide answers not only for herself but for the entire world for she holds in her bosom the highest spiritual wealth. It is beyond doubt that there has been tremendous western influence among the young generation of this country. We will win if we take the best of both the cultures and are bound to loose if we replace the inherent strengths of our culture
• Material Prosperity is not the clear indication of Happiness and at the same time we can not have complete happiness in this world with poverty creating ruckus in two billion lives.
• I am not a hundred percent optimist by birth but at one point of time I realized that there is no point in being pessimist. Therefore, it has been my endeavour to be an optmist at all times and am optimistic that I will turn an out and out optimist. But the question still haunts Who knows the way?