I read the ‘NAMASKAAR’ column with a keen interest. I’m writing to you about the article ‘One’s nature cannot be changed’ in a recent BCA Journal, authored by Mr C N Vaze. I appreciated this column and it has always fascinated me. It has a lot of learning, relearning, and material to introspect and work on oneself to become a better human being.
He has rightly said a lion cannot be expected to eat grass, or a fox will always remain धूर्त… For human beings, I will share a conversation between Lord Brahma and Naradaji, when Lord was seeding this planet with the various species, he would give details of that creation to Naradaji, when it was the turn to create humans, the Lord said about human beings, इसकी प्रवर्ति पानी की तरह नीचे ही गिरने की होगी, नारदजी विस्मय से बोले, प्रभु, ऐसा अनर्थ क्यो कर रहे हैं, ब्रह्मा जी ने उत्तर दिया, इसे मैं एक ऎसी चीज़ दे रहा हूँ, जिसे ये इस्तेमाल करेगा, तो मुझ पर भी राज करेगा, वो था दिमाग, विवेक… We as human beings need to use our विवेक, the biggest blessing bestowed on us, or we will live a life worse than animals and endanger the whole planet. And we should keep changing, and everybody can change; change is constant. Dinosaurs became extinct as they could not change, and tomorrow the human race will become extinct.
COVID-19 did try to give a wake-up call, but what we see today is better not said. I learn from Kabir, Rahim, Tulsidas, and many such saints.
My appreciation to Mr Vaze and the Editorial Team.