What I seek to discuss in this article, was already known by our forefathers in ancient India. However, sadly all was forgotten and lost as the invasions and annexations happened through the centuries.
In India, and the world over, we need to regenerate the Higher values and Qualities of women because women are the foundation of Humanity itself. She is the first teacher of a child and she is who inspires heroic deeds and promotes clarity of objectives and a general life direction of a human’s life (may it be a male or a female child). All women are mothers. Whether they have biological children or not, because they care about the things and people around them automatically.
When the women of a nation hold themselves to high values of dignity, purity, integrity, honesty and peace, the nation will progress. If not, then the nation will 100% degenerate.
We have the example of our neighbouring nation Afghanistan, where the life of an average woman became miserable day by day and finally the whole nation is in shambles.
Now, the main question comes that how do we arouse these high qualities and values in all women so that our Nations can be rebuilt, Mother Nature can be protected and Life can be restored to normal.
When I watch violence and killings on the News, I see bodies being strewn around, a number which proclaims the death of humans. Is it not a Colossal loss for the woman who has taken 9 months to make the baby, then bearing non-describable pain to bring him/her into the world and then nurture him/her to Worldly life.???
There are some real-time steps that we as mothers and women in the society can take. Let us get our Naari Shakti together and start the change, one thing at a time. But before this, we all need to stand unified as the saviours and also the creators that we are.
- Let us create peace. Let us bring up peace loving children. Let us teach them from a young age to have a loving and compassionate heart.
- Train them on the futility of war and the power of communication.
- Teach the children to appreciate and enjoy the small things in life, a song, a butterfly, colours around us and protect the life around them because we as humans are the big brothers for the rest of the creation and it is our responsibility to protect them and ensure their survival.
- Raise them as open minded and open hearted individuals who have a sense of wonderment and allowance for human beings of different culture and skin colour.
- Let us all stand against Pollution and support cleanliness.
- Start with Waste Management at home, go back to our Organic foods, Give up synthetic and chemical-based products at home.
- Nations are as strong physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually; as their children are. So, as women or mothers in the family, it becomes our responsibility to see that we bring up such children around us.
- Let us educate ourselves and stay awake to everything that is happening around us.
- Let us prevent any kind of exploitation (whether it is for the maids and workers who are helping us in our house, factory, housing complexes, offices etc)
- Let us structure our time and make sure that each one of us has a goal to bring about some change around us.
We, as Women, are aware of our Power. Though we may not talk about it or express it often.
We are born leaders. We don’t have to be commanding officers to lead an army. Such is the power of women that she can build up a man or ruin him, build up a nation or ruin it, direct humanity towards peace or towards war.
What do you choose?
It is high time that we ‘own our power’ in our respective domains and look at life universally and finalise our nature of contribution to the coming generations and Mother Earth.
-Article by Monika Kaushik