Inspiring the Youth

 

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Inspiring the Youth

Swamiji on his 6^th April discourse said that the senior sadhaks have experience and the youth have intelligence/knowledge (to deal with the fast changing technical and business environment). Considering what Swamiji said, what follows gives a kind of road map for us to guide the youth in a certain way.

Youth means humanity in the making. They are not as conceited as the grown-up humanity, so there is still a chance for them to create a new possibility in the world. But expecting the youth to do something miraculous when the older generation is unwilling to make any changes with themselves is an empty dream. 

Generally, the nature of youth is such that though they are high energy, they are also reactionary. So, if the older generation does not show sense and inspiration towards proper, sensible living on this planet, then the youth will do worse than us. It is extremely important that whatever our age, we youthfully go about and show them that all of us can make a difference. 

Over 50% of India is youth. An unhealthy, unfocused, untrained half a billion youth is a recipe for disaster. But this same half a billion youth could be a tremendous possibility if only they are healthy, trained and focused toward something. 

Right now, this nation is poised on the threshold of a possibility. For generations, people have lived in the same conditions. Now, for the first time we can take a large mass of population from one level of living to another. How well we facilitate the youth will determine whether we use this possibility to the full extent. How healthy they are, how focused they are, how trained and capable they are will decide where the country goes. 

Youth are capable of either immense destruction, or if they have the necessary stability to use their energy in a positive and constructive way, they are capable of immense construction. The most important thing that needs to happen to youth on the planet is that they need to become meditative. Whether they are in academics, vocational training, or they are simply doing whatever they wish in their lives, if they are a little more stable, this energy which we call as youth could be put to better use, for their own wellbeing and for everyone else’s wellbeing. Hence, what Swamiji is doing with the youth in Samarpan, is giving them the inner strength to become the bulwark of the nation as we progress towards our Centenary Year.

Life meanders around a bit, but truth is like a straight line. The question is only, how close are we to the truth? How many times in a day or in our life do we touch it? That will determine the quality, the content and the profoundness of our life, the life of our youth.  Every time we touch it, something phenomenal will happen within us, which will keep us running.