In course of
the next ten years, the mission proposes to accomplish quite a few
projects on priority basis. (The projects in hand are already being implemented
speedily.) In this period, one million such new volunteers of both sexes will
be recruited and trained for creative schemes, who though finding it difficult
to give their whole time, are at least prepared to donate a few hours each day
regularly for this work. It is planned to associate ten million social
architects for this great change.
For achieving
total literacy amongst the illiterate masses, each literate person will be
asked to resolve to educate an average of ten individuals and in this way
express gratitude to the Creator for getting an opportunity for his/her own
education. In this way, this movement will make such a contribution in
spreading literacy which otherwise won’t be possible by opening any number of
schools and allocating any amount of funds for literacy. As regards corrupt
practices attempts will be made to make the tradition of unpretentious marriage
ceremonies a norm instead of exception. Simultaneously, other regressive trends like belief in
superstition and socially damaging activities would also diminish and
ultimately disappear altogether. Once collaboration of each individual in the
society is assured by way of regular donation of a little time and money, this
small contribution itself will help in proliferation of many creative welfare
schemes.
On awakening
from the slumber of illiteracy, the two-third illiterate masses will find
themselves in a new state of awareness and therefore will be too eager to
acquire knowledge through the print media. They will yearn to quench their
intellectual thirst by reading books. In such a situation, unless provided with
creative literature conforming to the requirements of the new world order, they
will go for cheap literature; which would be worse than being illiterate. Hence
the human being of the new millennium needs new creative literature in all
languages. Provision for it, though a formidable and demanding task, will have
to be made.
So far, this
movement for the New World Order is being carried out amongst the masses by the
enlightened volunteers under the direct supervision of the headquarters at Shantikunj,
but it is expected that in the days to come greatly talented individuals in
many fields will also join this crusade. The latter would be the elites of the
society, enlightened intellectuals, financiers, artists and great men committed
to the welfare of mankind. In modern world, most persons are engaged in
pursuing their narrow self interests, but soon they will be inspired and
compelled by the cosmic spirit to take up assignments under compulsions of the
environment of the New Age. Generally, people find it difficult to spare time,
money or resources for other persons, but in a crisis, an impulse from within makes
the individual take a course of action to which one is not ordinarily inclined.
When prophets, saints, revolutionaries and great social reformers appear in
this world, a large number of persons come forward to follow in their
footsteps. The sudden appearance of millions of Bhikshus (missionaries)
in the time of Buddha and Satyagrahis (passive non-co-operators towards
injustice) with Gandhi shows that unless insensitive, deaf, dumb or disabled,
human beings do respond to the contemporary requirements of humanity, the
planners at Shantikunj are fully engaged in preparing the methodology for
activating such individuals in the Twenty-first Century. They will be seen
emerging with the advent of the new millennium.
As mentioned
earlier, most of the holy rivers of India have their source in the Himalayas.
The headquarters of this mission at Shantikunj in the Himalayas will
also prove to be the fount of the virtual holy river of enlightenment, which
will provide direction and inspiration to millions around the world. May God
make this generator of power sufficiently strong to provide dynamism to
competent persons for this noble cause!
-By Shri Ram Sharma Acharya
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