What would be an Ideal World?

    An ideal world would have to be one with peace, so that there would be harmony amongst all, and every one would respect each other. Everyone would be generous and so poverty would not exist. The rich would not get richer and the poor would not get poorer. People would not be judged by wealth but by personality. There would not be evil rulers like Saddam Hussein. In fact, there would not be a president. But there still would be a government. We would not need a military source, as there would be peace everywhere. Nuclear and atomic bombs would not exist. There would be no sickness and crime. There would be no pollution. It would not be like New York. It would be a safe, fresh and clean environment. There would be friendship and trust. People would be closer to God.

Do we have an Ideal world now?

No

Would an Ideal world exist?

    Ideal world means Ideal life. It also means that it will never exist. Many reasons have caused me to reach this conclusion. If one were to ask anyone what an ideal world would be, they would reply peace, love, happiness etc. They are right. But the only problem is that the world’s option for wanting this is wasted. The amazing number of problems makes this ideal world impossible. People are corrupt. People are materialistic and there is no way around this fact. There is a saying that the ‘grass is greener on the other side’. All or most of us can relate to this, as we have experienced it at some or the other point in our lives. Hence, one can never be satisfied, so in reality the Ideal world cannot exist

- Master Nilesh Balani, 14 years, New Jersey (USA)
(2000)

Spirituality motivates children to do more spiritual practice

    As I was driving the car to the children’s satsang, God graced me with the idea of spreading Spirituality with the help of the children attending the satsang. This would give them an opportunity to do seva. I was very excited about the whole idea. When I spoke to a parent regarding organizing this, she said it was a good idea although she was skeptical about the children’s willingness to do it. Unperturbed by her skepticism, I decided to ask the children and leave it to them to decide. After the satsang was over, I asked the children whether they were willing to help in spread of Spirituality, with the aim that it would be our way of expressing gratitude to God for introducing us to chanting* the Lord’s Name, and also spreading it to as many people as we can, so that they too derive benefit from chanting the Lord’s Name as we did. The children unanimously, without any hesitation, volunteered to do so. Even the very quite and shy ones, too. As I was leaving, the same parent came back to me and was very happy at the children’s response and said “Talk about Faith”!