Let us pray for the victims of September 11th attack.

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Let us pray for the victims of September 11th attack.

September 11th.

Come september, many disasters are happening around the world.. Katrina storm in

US, earthquake in Japan, and Indonesia, air accidents in many countries, floods

in India, bomb blasts in many countries, and so on.

In this context let us remember the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attack in

NewYorkThis day has changed the history of the world .People have seen cruelty

in the original form and some have not even recovered from the great mental

depression. Ne sweetenings words can satisfy those affected. It appears that

NewYork city is stiil not fully recoveerd from that shock. Billions of dollars

have been lost and business and economy is affected heavily. Let us express

our feelings towards the sufferers of the tragedy on September 11, 2001, at New

York and share with all some of the feelings of millions of educated on

" Terrorism " and about the difference it has made in our lives, individual and

collective. " Terrorism is the the calculated use of violence (or threat of

violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or

religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimindation or

coercion or instilling fear among civilians creating anarchy and

pandemonium. The targets of terrorist acts can be government officials,

military personnel, people serving the interests of governments, or civilians

and women and children are the most affected one. Acts of terror against

military targets tend to blend into a strategy of guerrilla warfare. According

to one view, one person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighter. Random

violence against civilians (noncombatants) is the type of action. "

Let us also recollect the other great historical event that occurred on the soil

of United states Of America a superpower on the same date viz. 11th September.

Coincidently the appearance of Swami Vivekananda on the platform of the

Parliament of Religions of Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago is also on

September 11th in 1893 and preached the importance of love among all religions.

Strangely the great Swami, in his very first lecture, spoke mainly on tolerance

and Universal Acceptance. He said, `we believe not only in Universal tolerance

but we accept all religions as true'. He quoted from a famous hymn to God Siva

written by Pushpadanta several centuries ago, which stated, `As the different

streams having their sources in different places all mingle their water in to

the sea, so, O Lord, the different paths which men take through different

tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee'.

He then concluded with the following wonderful

words, which appear most appropriate to be quoted before: `Sectarianism,

bigotry, and its horrible descendent, fanaticism have long possessed this

beautiful earth. They have filled the earth with violence, drenched it often and

often with human blood, destroyed civilization and sent whole nations to despair

Ö let us sincerely hope that the actions taken during the last one year may be

the death knell of all fanaticism, of all persecutions with the weapon or with

the pen and of all uncharitable feelings between persons wending their way to

the same goal' Though we are yet to find out what all ideas worked behind that

tragedy of September 11, 2001, we can be sure that an extreme fanatic ideology

that considered all other ideologies as worth nothing and itself as the only

worth living ideology was behind the dastardly act. The further events have

revealed that this fanatic ideology was inculcated into receptive minds of the

youth who become the instruments of terror that

revealed itself at the W.T.O. and other important places,in America. Fanaticism

drives away all reason and thus persons with fanatic ideas act like robots,

rather, like animals. Fanaticism is the fuel by which the machine of terrorism

works. Fanaticism has been there in human life whenever people have been

deprived of their spiritual food. What is this spiritual food? The disciplines

or values of life that lead persons to realize their oneness with the Universe

and with God and thus come to love humanity and God resulting into peace

evrywhere. The Vedas, the oldest available scriptures to humanity,The Holy

Bible, The Holy Koran and all other religious scriptures say that all this

creation is God alone and should love each other -. It implies that this

Divinity is in every creature as its fundamental, inalienable nature. That is

why Swami Vivekananda proclaimed the `Divinity of man' in his many lectures in

America. He thundered, `Ye, the divinities on earth, sinners? It

is a libel to call a man so'. When this idea of the Divinity of man is widely

taught, not only in our schools and colleges but also in all churches, mosques,

pagodas, Tabenacles and Temples where most innocent minds throng in millions,

then only people will get their highest respect and regard, irrespective of

their gender, wealth, intelligence, power etc. Then only the very idea of

harming anyone, be it for any cause, would appear abhorring. Then alone can

violence be radically uprooted from society. In spite of the utmost technical

and science education that people are getting now a days, the love and respect

for fellowmen as a brother in God is lacking. This is what has made our

scientists and politicians prepare nuclear weapons, biological bombs, ultimately

killing all the fellow-feelings in the hearts of people. Is there any wonder if

such people indulge in wholesale destruction of their fellow-beings as in the

`program of Hitler' or `the tragedy of September 11

of 2001' in New York? This is the mental impact that Terrorism of September 11

has made on the thinking men like us. The difference it has made in our life

is that it has awakened a sense of urgency to educate people against falling a

prey to the `brain-washing' ideologies masked under various garbs . In killing

innocents, there can be no religion except Demon's dance. Men who join such

fanatic's training camps are generally the poor and the deprived. They are

`brainwashed' to think that by killing others not of their fold, will confer on

them the gift of `Heaven and its unending joys' as a reward for their religious

and pious act! This is made possible in general where people don't have basic

freedoms of democratic rule, but are lead by nose as it were by selfish

politicians. We have to stop all help to such non-democracies and

pseudo-democracies. We have to push on with meaningful education supplemented

with scientific skills and spiritual `values' that will make

our men and women not only efficient but also good. Goodness can be summarized

as truthfulness, a feeling of brotherhood of whole humanity, a sympathy to serve

the needy and a firm conviction that humanity is one Divine family and to hurt

anyone would mean bringing unhappiness on ourselves. Let us make a simple prayer

thus: `Oh God, please bless us all with the will to spread these ideas of love

and brotherhood to all our brothers from wherever irrespective of cast, creed

and religion. Let all the nations, organisations, cultural societies join

together to spread the worst after effect of terrorism.

Ref. Newyork Times,

Washington times , The Indian Express, Vivekananda.org, Cinmaya.org

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