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Across
Frontiers - Spring 2004
IN
MEMORIAM
DR.RASHMI MAYUR
DIRECTOR
SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
YOU
FEEL SOME ENERGY....HERE HE COMES...THE LAST TIME ON FEBRUARY
19, 2004. FINALLY, HE EXPERINCED
N I R V A N A
“ I dreamt once that I would live in a paradise, where
everyone experienced Nirvana – ultimate liberation and
salvation. At that time I was only a child, and daydreaming
was my preoccupation.
Then I grew up. I discovered a different world – a world
of cruelty , disease, ignorance, exploitation… As I traveled
around the world and saw more and more of life, my dream become
a nightmare. I became sad, pessimistic and hopeless. I felt
that no future existed for us r for our sacred Earth, which
was being plundered, that one day it would devolve into a
mass graveyard, its future dead – all by-product of humane
carnage.
Then, one day I as passing through the Amazon forests, and
suddenly I had a vision. All life around me awakened. The
sweet music of birds and animals filled the fresh air, the
rays of the Sun peeped through the trees and everywhere life
seemed to dance and sing in joy. Truth and hope became apparent
to me. I experienced that within the larger design of the
universe, we have a special purpose – a responsibility
to preserve all that has evolved through eons of evolution.
Since
that day, life has been a perpetual challenge to me. True,
the state of the world remains tragic, and human insanities
are ubiquitous .. but life need not to be tragic. We are here
to make a difference. We can hope to build an earth from our
fondest dreams and visions. Now I’ve stopped searching
for utopia – an ultimate destination of life. Shangrila
does not exist. Our purpose in life is to dedicate ourselves
to regenerating the earth and building a new human order of
equity and justice. If we devote our energies to our common
future, then we cannot fail to realize our dreams.
Our Vision is to integrate ourselves with the larger web of
life. For That, we must vanquish the arrogance to dominate
or conquer nature. Technological prowess is only superficial
and temporary; we are humble link in life’s complex chain.
Nature
teaches us the lessons of simplicity, reverence and unity.
Therefore, let us build a world of conservation, recycling,
use of renewable energy, non-exploitation, sharing –
for creative purposes. Such a world is not a fantasy, but
is well within our means. It’s a world with dedicating
our blood and tears to. Activists around the world are devoting
their lives to these noble causes. They are fulfilling the
ultimate purpose of life. They, as I, envision a new earthly
order one day, when every child everywhere will experience
joyful existence, happiness in unity with the universe, and
the ecstasy of being a pilgrim in the eternal march of evolution.”
Dr.Rashmi Mayur
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