NATURAL AND NUCLEAR DISASTER STRIKE JAPAN-AN AFTER THOUGHT

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Japan ,the land of the rising sun, bore the brunt of nature's fury and is shell shocked. The twin forces of nature – Earthquake and Tsunami worked in tandem and tore apart the economic, emotional and psychological fabric of Japan. Now a pall of gloom descends on the country.
In this moment of misery and distress the world empathizes with the people of Japan. We all salute their fortitude, perseverance and in domitable spirit in waging a grim battle against the severity of the onslaught caused by the natural calamity. We pray to give them strength to overcome the crisis and peace to the departed souls.
The catastrophe raises a few disturbing questions. What rankles one's mind is the frequency of the natural disaster? What steps can be taken to avert such misfortunes? Is this process irreversible? Who is largely responsible for such happenings? What is nature trying to convey to us? To what extent is nuclear in any form viable? It is immensely lethal with dangerous, manifold consequences. It is like sitting on a live bomb.
Man has forgotten to its own peril the fundamental and universal truth about the invincibility of nature. We are trying to subvert nature in the name of development and have not been working in consonance with nature. Hence to a great extent man has been the catalyst behind such occurrences.
This horrifying tragedy reminds us that man has moved away from spiritualism and holistic living. We no more look inwards.The more we move inwards the more compassionate we become and the thought process that emerges out of it has a different quality and dimension. All answers to major problems lie inside us not outside. Let us pray to our masters and the almighty to illumine our inner being.
Nature is in a punishing and unforgiving mood. The only options for us are to accept the blunders we have committed, repent surrender and pray for redemption. We appeal in reverence to the pious and enlightened souls who understand the movement and astrology of nature and who live in deep bonding with existence to use their unlimited powers to save mankind for now only their "mercy pleas" will be heard by the almighty.
Will nature give us another chance to redeem ourselves? Or has the wheel of destruction started rolling. The answer lies in the womb of Mother Nature. All we can do now in to pray ,pray and pray individually and collectively.
                        --RAJESH KASHYAP