In an ever-changing world, conventional governments cannot cope, so what can we do about it?
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The way we govern our countries has remained unchanged for centuries. It is clear now that the traditional models for government are losing their power because people are beginning to recognise that government should put people’s lives and feelings first, above commercial interests.
Part of the job of any government is to maintain law and order to protect the public, a task which cannot be dismissed easily. There are conflicts around the world – potential or active – which have complex driving forces. It is often impossible to determine right from wrong in these situations, but ordinary peace-loving people have to be protected. When this duty of protection becomes corrupted by the desire to control for other reasons, things go badly wrong. We can see this happening everywhere.
This is the situation now, but what about the future? If things remain unchanged, it’s not likely that the outcome will be a good one. In any case, whatever happens, global warming is likely to disrupt everything that has been put in place so far by governments round the world. Where populations are migrating away from equatorial regions and coastlines to avoid the effects of sea-level rise, it is very unlikely that the structure of conventional country borders and their governments will remain intact. If that is the case, then what is next?
In 1970, an Indian lady and guru now known as “Shri Mataji” introduced the world to a way of achieving a long-awaited inner awakening, otherwise known as “Enlightenment” or “Self Realisation” which actually allows people to feel the internal connection between all of us on Earth. An inner change occurs which makes it far easier for us to become more altruistic and to prioritise the feelings of others over our own. In this state, good, fair, open government becomes easy because we feel more satisfaction from being with and helping others. In short, we begin to love others more, and when we love others unconditionally, we feel the love from them as well, and this leads to fulfilment of all our true needs and desires.
When you achieve your inner awakening you will feel the effect of it as sensations on the central nervous system – like a cool breeze on the hands – and you will also be able to experience a state of “Thoughtless Awareness”, which has been the goal of meditation practices throughout history. Getting Self Realisation takes only minutes. You can find out more here. Everything done by and for Sahaja Yoga is free-of-charge.
Here are the words of Shri Mataji from her book “Meta Modern Era”, written in the 1980s, on the current state of governments worldwide. Their relevance today is clear:
“Real democracy is only possible when people truly imbibe democratic principles and respect ethical values above everything else. People who are power-crazy and who want to make money by any means, cannot be said to have the right democratic ideology. Democracy cannot be managed by people who are greedy, of loose character and self-centred. Those who are womanizers, or who drink while they are working on solving the national problems, are, in fact, the true source of their nation’s problems and of the whole world at large.
Politicians should be dedicated to the welfare of the people, but sometimes politics becomes like a game of chess, in which the sole aim is to stay on board as long as possible. The politicians do not want to leave their seats, to which they are glued, until they are forced to admit defeat. Until the last moment of their lives, they want to be in a state of political intoxication. They only resign when one foot is definitely placed in the grave. Such low-level people cannot work for a real democracy. For democracy, you need very noble, honourable, learned and compassionate visionaries, who have only a benevolent attitude towards the people and total dedication to the ideals of democracy.”
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
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These are her suggestions, again written in the 1980s, for government in the future:
“My humble plans for a future global system:
These are certain ideas I have for individual and social transformation after Sahaja Yoga has established awareness of ‘collective consciousness’. (This is the state one achieves as a result of internal transformation through Self-Realisation). He also feels the All-pervading Power of Love that does all living work. As a result, one sees the world as one nation, one sees one truth about human beings and their different ideologies. One develops a truly global perspective….
… The state of ‘collective consciousness’ that I refer to will give us the sustaining strength and wisdom that we need in pursuit of Global Government. Through this state of consciousness, we can easily develop:
1) A political system that will easily secure effective participation in decision-making, not according to selfish interest, but in accordance with the laws of Truth.
2) A balanced economic system catering for the essential requirements of human Consumption based on the barter system. A truly global system would provide the machinery for evaluating the right ratio of distribution according to supply and demand, but even more importantly, on a truly humanitarian basis.
3) A social system based on righteous and noble values can be developed without any problems or disharmony because with collective consciousness, each individual can feel contented only if the whole collective is contented.
4) The manufacture of machine-made goods should be balanced with hand-made products, with full consideration given to Mother Earth and ecological problems. If more artistic goods are produced, the consumption of matter will be less because people will want to preserve such things.
5) Technological systems can be worked out by truly benevolent scientists to provide for the essential as well as the highest human needs according to the law of benevolence, instead of enhancing so-called progress which is fuelled by the human weaknesses of lust and greed.
6) A global system can be set up to preserve all those cultures that are benevolent in nature and to foster mutual respect and co-operation between all kinds of races and cultures.
7) A global educational system can be made simpler for children and concentrate more on making them compassionate and dynamic, proficient in their own language, as well as one or two international languages.
8) An administrative system can be developed that is run by mature, saintly people, who are flexible and have a capacity for self-correction.
These idealistic ideas may sound fantastic and impracticable, but with the dimensions that we touch in our awareness of collective consciousness, I have found from my personal experience that they are, in fact, very easy to execute. In Sahaja Yoga we have thousands of Yogis from at least forty-five nations (now many more – ed) and I have found out that these ideas are working very smoothly among them on a very down-to-earth level. Thus, the ideals have become concrete truths in the light of glorious reality.
The door of Sahaja Yoga is open to everyone, and every human being can achieve collective consciousness. The only problem is, that the freedom of choice of the individual has to be respected because he has ultimately to enter the area of total freedom. Thus, there may be many who may not sincerely seek their salvation. But if later on they see the multitude of Realised Souls enjoying the bliss of collective consciousness, they may also desire to get into their higher evolutionary process. This is how all evolutionary processes have worked in nature.
The guiding and controlling force that acts is the Spirit. This is the collective being within us, which manifests in our attention and makes us collectively conscious. We can then feel our subtle centres and those of others – on our fingertips. Once we learn how to correct them, we can easily overcome all our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual problems. In this way, we are creating a new angelic society which ultimately solves all man-made collective problems: Immorality and poverty, violence and corruption, destructive personal habits of human beings like alcoholism and drug abuse, problems of ecology, of economic exploitation and aggression, narrow nationalism, religious fundamentalism and the scourge of war. These are the cancers of modern times because so-called human freedom has allowed man to blindly jump into a greater darkness of ignorance.”
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi