MS91 - Act Now - Ukraine Situation - Some Thoughts

In this podcast, Mohanji shares his thoughts and observations on the conflict in Ukraine and the inhumanities resulting from it, inviting each and everyone to Act Now because it is Today that we can make a change for Tomorrow.

Transcript

Hi everyone,

It's been a while since we spoke.

Today I have a reason for coming to you and making this conversation.

I just saw a video where one of the refugees,

The displaced of the war,

A family and it's the child's birthday,

The daughter of the family,

Her birthday.

She is probably four years old or maybe three to four,

Very small child.

But she knows very well that she is a refugee and of course there is nothing available to celebrate and she wasn't expecting even a cake.

And her father somehow managed to produce a slice of a cake with a candle and brought to the child.

And the child was overwhelmed,

Crying.

So this made me feel like talking to you.

The world out there is not so happy always.

We should remember this.

We might have many facilities,

Many things at our disposal in many countries.

But when it comes to the displaced,

The needy,

The ones who are denied a smooth existence,

Consistency,

Continuity,

It is up to us to make a difference in their lives.

We can do something.

It doesn't matter what we do,

But it is important that we feel and we act on it.

The cause for my talking is that our people yesterday went all the way to Ukraine,

Crossed the border from Romania,

Crossed over to Ukraine,

The team from UK,

Vijay,

Jay and the local team,

The team in Romania who is connected to us,

They went to Ukraine and it was reasonably dangerous,

Reasonably,

Even though that particular place was okay,

It's still Ukraine.

So they took the risk for all of us,

For everybody,

All of us,

They took the risk,

They went,

They met the people who are displaced,

Who do not have homes anymore and they do not have much to be happy about.

And the war is still not over.

So what brings joy or what brings solace,

Some kind of companionship,

Some security,

Some hope in the hearts of people should be delivered if it is within our capacity.

There are small children out there.

There are women who are helpless.

I also happen to see a very,

Very sad picture.

There is a plaque on which it's written,

Children for sale and there are four children sitting there and a mother.

What I understood is that apparently they sold all the children,

She sold all the children because she could not give them food for three days.

And she decided to sell them and apparently people bought those children.

Just imagine,

Just imagine the situation.

And of course she is pregnant as well.

Another one is coming.

So these kinds of situations,

Manmade situations,

Helplessness,

All these things should shake our conscience.

We should think,

We should feel and we should act.

We have told time and again there should be no wars,

But we never meant it.

If we meant it,

There won't be any war,

Any displacement,

No bloodshed,

No snatching somebody's properties.

Now the cause of war is not important here.

The reasons are not important.

Action is important and action is important.

There are reasons for everything that happens in life.

But if we keep on digging the reasons,

We will not act because we are not in the present.

We are always in the past trying to find out the causes.

But understand something made the situation,

Act on it so that such situations do not happen.

If mothers cannot protect their children,

If a father cannot bring home happiness,

If the family cannot be together,

What are we talking about?

What is life?

What is happiness?

What is love?

This is time for us to think.

We must understand,

We must be very,

Very clear that this world needs help.

And the people,

Our people who are inspired to do things,

Who have gone to Romania,

Who are working from Odessa,

Who are working from many places to help the victims of the war of Ukraine,

Plus,

Please remember,

A war can spill over easily and become a world war.

Because when people are hurt,

Revenge can happen in them.

Even though it's a very negative feeling to be revengeful,

Only the insecure and the weak takes revenge on others.

Otherwise,

Revenge is definitely not a great thing.

It's not a good thing at all.

But unfortunately,

When people are tortured,

Suppressed,

Oppressed,

Or injured,

Even if they are emotionally injured,

There is a possibility of revenge happening,

If they have the capacity,

Of course.

If they do have the capacity.

If that happens,

World war can happen.

Situations can change rapidly.

Nobody is safe in the world.

Remember,

Man-made calamities.

This is all created by us.

Our insensitivity,

Our intolerance,

Our insecurity,

They created all these things.

There has been world conquerors who were weak people.

They conquered nothing except disturbing the lives of people they went to,

Where they went to,

Which places they visited.

They fought wars.

They killed a lot of people,

Disabled families.

We respect them as world conquerors.

That's all amazingly useless.

The peacemakers who brought peace in the lives of people,

Who enhanced the lives of people of every place,

Who gave people solace,

Comfort,

Who gave direction,

Hope,

These are the real heroes of our time and of all times.

Those who can hold their hands in the times of disaster and say,

Don't worry,

We will survive and bring them to light,

They are real heroes.

These real heroes are not people from a programmed society.

They are individuals becoming,

Taking on the responsibility and becoming leaders on their own.

All you need is conviction.

All you need is direction.

All you need is a clear purpose and you are there already.

It doesn't matter who you are.

It doesn't matter what you have.

But if you have a firm belief,

Conviction,

Strength of will,

Willpower,

Determination to do something good for the world amidst all the shelling,

Amidst all the problems,

Amidst all the situations,

Then you are a true hero.

We got to create a generation of heroes now from ourselves,

Within ourselves,

From our society.

It's important.

It's time to think.

So some of these sad pictures,

Just like a mother selling their children because she couldn't feed them,

People snatching food from the people who have it and killing them for it.

This is all insane.

We are not progressing in this way.

By taking somebody's house away,

Somebody's food away,

We will gain nothing.

Instead we will become degenerated further,

Further and further degenerated,

Fallen.

Revenge is a terrible thing.

Just like anger.

That's a sign of weakness,

Sign of insecurity,

Acceptance and bringing hope and light into the lives of people is what we should do.

As citizens of the world,

As powerful citizens of the world and determined citizens of the world,

No war,

No bloodshed,

No displacement.

Let there be harmony,

Peace and love and let us reach out.

Let us act.

Not tomorrow,

Today.

There is no tomorrow if you do not do things today.

Past,

Forget it.

It's done,

Gone,

Today,

For the sake of a better tomorrow.

But if you do not act today,

You cannot act at all.

I love you and I'm with you.

This is Mohanji for you.