SHRI SAI LEELA - Under Construction

SHRI SAI LEELA – APRIL 1986snakes or scorpions, Shri Dabholkar tells us that Baba's attitude washumanitarian to the utmost and therefore he was against killing them.These are but a few examples chosen at random, but they amplyillustrate the point in question.But in the world in which we live, these ideals are sadly out of place.Blinded by self-love nobody has either the time or the inclination tospare a thought for others. The result is ghastly — in the place oflove, compassion, understanding, camaraderie — in short, all thesethat make life worth living, we have hatred, suspicion, competition,distrust. Man has moved away from man and this is the root of mostof our problems. Such is the trend in our social, professional, political,international and to a certain extent, even in family relationships. Thewell-known American poet, Robert Frost, has put this problem of theself-imposed isolation of the modern man very expressively when inhis poem "Mending Wall" he says, "Something there is that doesn'tlove a wall, that wants it down". But the neighbour says, "Goodfences make good neighhours". The poet makes an eloquent plea forpulling it down saying, "There where it is we do not need the wall...."Science has no doubt, brought the know-how in our lives and givenus the confidence and independence which comes with that kind ofknowledge. But on the other hand, it is fast de-humanizing us. Evenon the brink of extinction one nation will not trust the other, butsecretly escalate the process of manufacturing more deadly nuclearweapons.No doubt we have come very far from the teachings of our spiritualmentors But even on this darkening horizon a ray of hope appearsoccasionally when one sees the efforts made to help the blind or the5WWW.SAILEELAS.ORG