Nov. 02, 2003
The
human mind sees only the dark side of the picture. Indian population is seen as
a problem. India is described as the AIDS
capital of the world. In any positive rating India comes at the tail end. It is
quite depressing to know all this. But this is not the only truth.
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To me India is a land of Opportunities.
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No nation has the vast opportunities India has
today. Only that they are in potential.
In
the sixties there was a man in Cuddalore known as the Water diviner. He lived
on one meal, as he rarely got a client to utilize his services and pay for it.
He led an austere life by temperament. Life changed for him. Clients came in
quick succession. He became scarce. He was appointed state water diviner. Calls
came non-stop from all over the state. He was flooded with orders. He said
he did in one year as much work as he had done in the previous thirty years. There
was an American businessman doing business for $ 1 million a year. It was about
the same time. He came to India to see his son. He stumbled upon a business of
$ 70 Millions as if by luck. Later, it rose ten times in value. These
opportunities were always there for the water diviner as well as for the
American businessman. They were unaware of it. It was beyond their expectation
or imagination. For some reason, both of them came into contact with the
Spirit. The Spirit disclosed the unseen opportunities.
Tamilnadu
has over 250 engineering colleges. How was it possible for so many to sprout,
especially when we know at the dawn of Freedom there was only one engineering
college. Where did the funds come from? To found these institutions needs a
capacity for organisation. Some ten or twenty years ago no one saw these
potentials. Now they are there. They are opportunities in the field of
education.
The
truth is opportunities are there in all fields, social, educational,
commercial, financial, professional, medical, urban, rural, software and in
every conceivable field. A certain awareness – a social awareness – is needed
to see them and avail of them. As these are known facts, they need not be
enumerated here in detail or to exhaustion. The only point I wish to make is OPPORTUNITIES are
there all around us. Some people
exploit them. Sometimes many people avail of them. In that sector we see the
country move ahead quickly and marvelously. We hear of people in Tirupur
supplying knitwear all over India and Sivakasi getting printing orders from all
parts of the country. Social, mental awakening has done this much. Spiritual
awakening will expand the same opportunities many times more upgrading the
quality simultaneously. Spiritual
awakening will raise the position of India among the comity of nations.