ERODING DEMOCRACY – PREVENT IT
OR ELSE WIILL PERISH


Our nation accomplished independence in 1947 and became a Republic in 1950. But at what cost? At the cost of so many indispensable and valuable lives (at that point of period) of freedom fighters, armed forces personnel, innocent and noble common men, women and children. All these sacrifices of human lives, well, I thought would yield fruitful, useful and purposeful results to the citizens of our nation to lead and live an economically affordable, environmentally peaceful life without any threat and fear to men, women and children of our nation who had great aspiration and hope in our democratic system of government. But all their aspirations, and hopes are being destroyed as the democratic system and its value started deteriorating cancerously.

What is the democratic system of effectively governing suppose to be:

Government OF THE PEOPLE
BY THE PEOPLE
FOR THE PEOPLE

And now what’s the condition prevailing

It’s Government OFF THE PEOPLE
BUY THE PEOPLE
FAR OFF THE PEOPLE
Indeed and indication of dangerous and alarming situation and needs to be totally eliminated.

If only the rulers (governments) of the post independence days had taken adequate measures and steps to prevent damages being caused to the democratic system of governing, the present state of affairs leading to threat, damages and danger to common people and their whatever belongings would not have taken place.

By and large there had been slackness by the governments ruled the nation in the past few decades and governing presently, did not emphasize and insist much of importance for democratic values thereby ignoring the democratic rights of the common people who were instrumental in putting them in the position of power they had aspired and looked for by exercising their democratic rights of voting in good faith and trust, of leading a
Peaceful and happy living. There are exceptions and this truth cannot be overlooked and denied as we really had some good people responsibly governing the nation during their period but were not supportive by the colleagues in the ministry with unethical vested interests and with out transparency in discharging their dutiful acts.

Many things the common man looks for their mere existence are beyond their reach due to spiraling cost. The cost of living has shot up beyond ones imagination, reach and affordability, this itself is a clear cut evidence, there are flaws and loop holes in our democratic system which needs to be rectified and set right permanently on a war footing. Prices of daily usable commodities for human survival like cereals, pulses, fruits and vegetables etc continues to shoot up without systemized and proper government control over the traders and hoarders as MIGHT IS RIGHT policy squeezing common people to skeleton. Petroleum products, which are the prime source of price increase of all commodities, are highly priced when compared to their actual cost of production in the name and under the pretext of oil pool deficit. If there is an oil pool deficit is it common people responsible for it? Have common man created this deficit? Lack of poor governance proper management and transparent conduct by the government alone is responsible for this and accountable for this, instead of passing on this burden on the common and general public to suffocate and make them suffer. See the funniest part is when the government smells the increase in the crude oil price in the international market; they are super smart in hiking the price immediately and passing on the burden to the common and general public. Similarly when the crude oil price in the international market falls down, all connected in the ministry are keeping mum without taking prompt decision to slash down the prices. I am only citing only one example, many such things happens and goes un-noticed by the people responsible to note and set right things. What a malady of fate common people have been succumbed to? Pharma products, basic health care and hygiene products have already become beyond access to poor people due to its unaffordable price for these sector. Thanks to some of the NGOs and few of the kind hearted private sector hospital administrators who are humble and benevolent enough to offer free treatment, surgery and like facilities in their own limited capacity to the needy and poor ones.

Education in general and higher education in particular and most particularly professional education has become a trading commodity and only rich class can enter into the fray and avail this facility for their children and the common men’s children are forced to laborious employment for their existence instead of continuing education. There are so many problems that exist preventing the growth, well-being and prosperity of poor and common people. Is there any permanent solution to solve all these problems and restore democratic values for the equal benefit and betterment of our citizens without any exception? Why not

Government has to initiate actions and remedial measures on war footing to restore democracy to its real sense and effect for the betterment and benefit of all citizens, instead of letting it go Scot free to the path of peril. Government is expected to adopt and implement stringent measures. By means of new laws, acts and ordinance etc applicable to the whole of nation and any violation of these should be subject to heavy punishments and penalties without any exception whatsoever. The misconception and difference of opinion between judiciary and legislature (a recent development) seems to be on an increase. If only the legislature considers the democratic values in its real and true sense the judiciary would not have interfered with. Let Legislature look after their work leaving the judiciary to manage law and to deal with its offenders.

Scams after scams, enquiry commissions after enquiry commissions to probe into the scams with the net result of public exchequer being drained out without achieving any useful purpose- Corruption and bribe seems to be with no end in spite of having strong and forceful agencies and organizations like CVC, DRI, CBI, Enforcement directorate to control at center level and CBCID, Anti corruption Wing etc. at state level with certain vested interest having power and control (off the records) over this agencies.

The root cause of internal and cross boarder conflict is due to lack of educational facilities and employment opportunities for youth and youngsters in our country. If this is our weakness the neighboring and other countries are exploiting this weakness and adding to their strength.

Let our nation through out have one year just one year of corruption free administration without any criminal offences by people in power and position and then see the difference “ where we reach from where we were now”. You will ever love to retain the refreshed sates of a corruption free nation. Make every citizen without any exception whatsoever to declare their assets, wealth, possessions etc with their sources of income. For this create a foolproof mechanism with the help of our own IITians, IIMs, CA's, Legal experts etc. Implement the mechanism, put it to work and watch the result. Our nation will be placed economically and financially much above USA and European countries and let this be the beginning of our nation’s journey to be No.1 country in the world from all parameters. Let’s all be proud to be” second to none in the world”. Take it seriously and not as a joke –perform it and prove it to the people who have put you on your chair of power and position. Repay them by governing your country in a disciplined, responsible, transparent and ethical manner without any selfish-motive or quench for personal gains, instead have quest to fulfill your duties to your countrymen. Remember ‘YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE AND IF YOU LIVE RIGHT ONCE IS ENOUGH’
and thereafter you become the companion of God- believe it with full affirmation.

This posting is made without any prejudice whatsoever and is not aimed at to pinpoint any particular individuals and is an expression of my thoughts for the benefit and betterment of the whole society.

J.KANNAN

INTELLECT LEADS TO CREATION OF INTELLEGENT
MEN FOR BETTER LOVING, HAPPY LIVING &
EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE AT WORK PLACE

A detailed thinking on Intellect will reveal it’s meaning as: -
The mind, in reference to its rational powers.
The thinking principles
The mental power endowed with intellection.
The power of understanding apprehension and perception and ability to understand well.
The doctrine that derives all knowledge from pure reasons and culture of intellect.
The power of reasoning.
The power of drawing conclusions.
The power of determining right and truth.
Justification of an act or belief.
A cause of mind’s power of drawing conclusion to determine right and truth.

All positive meanings, encouraging and truthful outlook. It’s all meant for the well being of the human beings, social & business Society and the whole world. Kindly read fully to grasp more and more on the subject.

Now for my dear corporate readers- Each and every aspect of the below explained intellect can provide excellent solutions for ethical conduct of the business however big or small, with transparency, financial discipline, cordial relationship with all connected and related to your business, and excellent governance. You will find it for yourselves when you complete reading this with concentration and firm faith, dear corporate leaders.

When our intellect is clean and pure, the divine manifests with in us, when divine manifests within us our thoughts will be divine and pure and will get only clean & divine orders to execute from the manifestation within us, under all circumstances and from all directions.

Now let us in brief analyze the varieties of Intellects one by one: -

1. Alert Intellect: -

It is always better to avoid dangers rather than facing them, to conform with the good old saying PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE. This is obviously possible only when we are alert. As Swami Vivekananda had said “ Arise, Awake and stop not till the goal is achieved.

Carelessness leads to repentance and at times it very badly affects ones life and to avoid such a situation cropping up, one must cultivate Alert Intellect. Contemplation on Aadi Sankara’s words will help a person to develop Alert Intellect: -

“The mind is like a tiger roaming in the forest of sense objects. Those who have a
longing for liberation should remain very alert, not to go there.”

2.Discriminative Intellect: -

The capacity to discriminate is one of the most important functions of intellect. Those who posses this intellect will succeed in life irrespective of their profession. As a matter of fact the success of eminent people in the world depends on their power of discrimination. They are expected to make right and quick decisions. The world is a mixture of good and bad. One should discriminate between them and should take only good. The world is again like a mixture of sand and sugar, take only the sugar leaving the sand behind. Great people achieve tremendous success because they are endowed with the power of discrimination. All our decisions, motives and actions should always be guided by deep thinking and not by mere impulse and emotions and this requires a calm and cool mind which alone can discriminate between good and bad, right and wrong. In Bhagavad-Gita, Lord Krishna has given a wonderful definition on discriminative intellect (ref 18:30): -

“That intellect is pure which discriminates between what is good, and what is bad, adopts what is good, and gives up what is bad, so also, it discriminates between what is duty and what is not duty, the sources of fear and fearlessness, bondage and freedom.”

One should therefore, please understand the fact, that there is constant battle between the mind and the intellect, the mind rebels and does not accept the decision of the intellect and the intellect becomes superior to the mind and the mind refuses to accept the intellect in spite of best of efforts, and instead the mind plays trick intellect by attempting to convince the intellect through seemingly true arguments and unknowingly man falls prey to the tricks of the mind, thereby man get cheated and deceived by his own mind and intellect becomes slave to the dictates of the mind and thereby man looses the power of discrimination . It is of course very difficult to control the mind but not IMPOSSIBLE, through constant efforts of practice and determination. (Here it reminds me of the famous saying by Napoleon- IMPOSSIBLE IS THE WORD FOUND ONLY IN THE DICTIONARY OF FOOLS)

The factors that attribute to delude the intellect and make man lose his power of discrimination are attachment, grief, greed, lust& anger. These factors can be described as robbers, which rob man of his wisdom. Only by cultivating the discriminative intellect man can check and control them.

3. Determinative Intellect: -

Man has to strengthen the determinative faculty of his intellect in order to execute his plans and programmes. Discriminative faculty assists man to take right decision, but it is the role and function of the determinative intellect to put them in practice. Frequent change of moods, decisions and deferring actions reveals lack of determinative intellect. Therefore without firm determination man cannot action and realizes anything positive and fruitful.

4. Subtle Intellect: -

It is the capacity of the intellect, which can easily grasp the subtle truth in a very short span of time. There are too many things in the nature, which man cannot perceive through his senses. In Bagavad Gita Lord Krishna said (ref 18.61): -

“ In the hearts of all beings resides the lord” It means, though the lord is at all times present in our heart and mind and waiting for us with full of love and compassion, ever willing to grant us whatever we seek, unfortunately for man, has no time to respond to his call. Mind you that the Lord is eternally related to you and its man’s right to realize him and only by realizing him
we can swim across the ocean of all hurdles and barriers in life. It is rather a pity that even after knowing about the lord, man fails to realize him due to his crude intellect.

Please remember and retain what Swami Vivekananda had said, “ The study of Vedanta will help to get rid off superstitions and to understand the truth underlying everything, man essentially needs to develop a subtle intellect.”

5. Steady Intellect: -

Is a natural and spontaneous state of mind for a man of realization, as he is aware that nothing in the world can disturb him. Even an ordinary person can get immense benefit by cultivating a steady intellect. Intellectual conviction of reality will help a man to develop a steady intellect to some extend. Please refer to Bhagavad-Gita (2.70) to prove this, Lord Krishna has given a beautiful illustration on this.

“Water enters into the sea from all the directions, but the sea remains full and unchanged. It means, those who are devoted to God can easily withstand the shocks of life, happiness and misery, Victory & defeat (success & failure), gain & loss, praise & blame, attachment & hatred, honour & dishonour, heat & cold.”

Please do consider everything as WILL OF GOD and have firm belief that whatever happens is only for the good. Lord has further explained the state of steady intellect in Bagavad Gita (ref 2.56) as: -

“ He whose mind is not troubled in sorrow as it is bound to take place in every ones life), who does not hanker after pleasure and is totally free from attachment (devoid of his duties), fear and hatred is called a man of steady intellect”.

6. Mature Intellect: -

Nature takes care of physical maturity. However, to develop intellectual maturity, one has to work tirelessly, and nature cannot do much on this. Deep thinking, responsibility and sincerity are very essential to develop mature intellect. Our thoughts, words and actions should originate out of deep thinking .Any signs of impulsive, silly and controversial statements made by any person, in particular a person holding responsible position, is a clear indication of immature intellect. A matured person should ever be ready and willing to take up responsibility as they will be respected and honoured at all time, as long as they hold this responsibility. Therefore be aware of ones responsibility towards FAMILY, Society and Nation.

A sincere person never commits anything wrong intentionally, even if such a person commits a mistake out of ignorance it should be considered as an error and not as a mistake. If a person is sincere enough about his purpose, he will be able to develop mature intellect and people will have faith in his words and deeds.

7. Vast Intellect: -

Is a kind of intellect, which transcends narrow, mean and selfish ideas and motives. Man must let go his individuality and identify himself with the whole existence and he will be known as a man of Vast Intellect. Lord Krishna through Bagavd Gita (ref 6.32) shows us how to develop vast intellect and it is: -

“He who judges pleasure and pain every where by the same standard as it applies to himself is the man of HIGHEST ORDER, and it is known that Unity underlies the diversity- Man should identify himself with others and take part in their joys & sorrows, understand the sufferings and miseries of others and be kind and compassions towards them. The only and right way to, develop Vast Intellect.

8. Simple Intellect: -

A man of simple intellect is one who possesses child-like qualities. Simplicity, straightforwardness, truthfulness, innocence, unstinted faith apart is also free from ego, suspicion, hypocrisy and calculative mind. Such a person does not hide anything. Their thoughts, words and deeds are always in conformity with one another. They are outspoken, talk candidly without any reservations even if others misunderstand. They are non-prejudiced by nature as prejudiced mind is the root cause of suspicions.

9. Sharp Intellect: -

Main characteristics of sharp intellect are presence of mind, right understanding, sharp memory, ability to find solutions to problems of different kind and nature. This should be developed from young age. A person with sharp intellect can impress and convince any intelligent person. Sharp memory is one of the signs of sharp intellect. Spent leisure time with genius and intelligent persons discussing with them matters of interests and your work experience at work place or something useful and worthy while to increase your wisdom. Never indulge in Gossip with -be it anybody, as it will create an opaque in development of sharp intellect.

There is an appropriate verse in Lord Krishna’s Bagavad Gita (ref 2.63) means: -
“From loss of memory comes the destruction of intelligence and from the destruction of intelligence man annihilates.” Do not ever allow this to happen in your life. Implement this “A” principle in your living i.e. BE ACTIVE, ALIVE and ALERT.

In the midst of your work and other related activities please do remember God and surrender the fruits of your action to him. Be a wise man endowed with sharp intellect and please do remember God while performing your duties.

10. Positive Intellect: -

Only with positive thought and attitude one can achieve success in life. Faith in self and God, courage, strength, and fearlessness are the characteristics of positive intellect. For a man of intense faith nothing is impossible in this world. Never harbour negative thoughts as it can cause tremendous damage to ones personality. What makes the difference between man and man is the difference in the concentration. What makes one man great and another man weak and low is also the same concentration. Allow positive, strong and, helpful thoughts enter into brain from the young age itself. All powers are within you, you can do anything and every thing-believe in this firmly and do not believe that you are weak instead, stand up and express the divinity, strength and force with in you.

Strong faith in the ideal, right understanding, concentration and self-confidence only will lead to success. Have thirst for knowledge; knowledge only can remove ignorance and guide to intellectual growth and wisdom. Those who are able to cultivate all the above aspects of intellect will face only success in all walks of their life. Be A COMPLETE MAN WITH PERFECTION AND HARMONY.

IF YOU TRY YOU WILL NEVER MAKE IT. IF YOU DO YOU WILL ALWAYS MAKE IT. THEREFORE DO IT AND MAKE IT HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE.

Please pour in your questions if any and in case you seek any clarifications on this, do contact me, and the same will be attended to and replied with answers.

With all the best of intelligent.


J.KANNAN