Monday, October 10, 2005

ART OF LIVING FOUNDATION UNLIMITED

ART OF LIVING FOUNDATION UNLIMITED

(The First Spiritual Company from India)

Jai Guru Dev,

Learnt from Uday regarding the mega events of February 2006 last week only. He also informed that to meet the growing expectations of the people, AOL has decided to meet their various needs in the areas of Education, Media, Healthcare etc through many ambitious projects, and for this purpose AOL also need money.

No doubt, money has a very big and growing role in the modern societies. I am very happy to see that Guruji also recognized the role of money without any reservations. This is KALI YUGA or the AGE of MONEY. Those thinkers / philosophers, who described the money as the enemy of Humanity / Spiritualism, were either Communists or Idiots without any doubt.

Money can’t be cultivated in the fields or grown at the plants or trees. It can’t be manufactured in the factories also. But even then it comes and passes thru our hands. From where it comes then? Money comes from Market. Money is a fruit /product of the Market, whereas the Market is the real/ ultimate force just like Nature or the God. One can say that the modern TRINITY is consisted of GOD, NATURE & MARKET only.

To have money in abundance to meet the requirement of human being, various projects/ missions aimed at the welfare of human beings, one must have total, unconditional and irrevocable faith in the Market. Without full and firm faith, it may be difficult to meet the requirements of the most pious Cause even.

India had a tradition to collect donations to pursue Noble Causes since ancient times. Similarly Other societies of this globe had similar provisions. In the west, such traditions evolved into the EQUITY CULTURE, a few centuries back, but in the East, natural evolution of such a phenomenon was stunted by the Brahminists, Islamists & Buddhists. It resulted into most disastrous consequences for the East, which was subjugated by the West. Europeans had Colonies all over the world on the Strength of Innovations like Market, Science & Technology, while East has no option other than to follow them in spite of having reservations & dislikes for such innovations for long time. There was hardly any contribution of the East to the mankind / humanity particularly in last millennium.

It raises some very pertinent questions also about the so-called Spiritual Legacy of the East particularly Hindus. Does Spiritualism promotes / encourages the Innovation/ discovery or shun them? In fact Spiritualism was dominated by the Brahminsim/ tradition during the last millennium in India. However, now we have started taking very liberal & keen interest in such western innovations but even then we do not forget to criticize west in our every dialogue. It seems to be a diabolical stand only.

There is nothing bad if we discard or depart from some of our useless and irrelevant traditions and display full and firm faith in such western innovations to make our lives and planet better. It is going on also and the success stories of Indians in the areas of Science/ Technology/ Software etc are very impressive also. But still some thing seems to be missing.

Market has a very big role in the lives of future generations. No one can escape the Market as has been witnessed by the examples of Russia, China & Eastern Europe during the last century, when Marxism/ Communism tried unsuccessfully to throttle the evolution of the Market.

Just like any other Spiritual concept Market is also a Neutral Force. It can be utilized for the betterment of our lives, but at the same time it is capable to destroy the planet also, if is allowed to be used by the enemies of Humanity.

I am an Original Investor in the Infosys, company promoted by Shri narayanMurthy, who definitely has strong spiritualistic leaning, which may be so visible and direct as possessed by our Guruji. This Banglorean & his company not only changed the face of corporate India today but also changed the perceptions about Indians around the Globe. I invested in the INFOSYS in 1993, on the basis of one or two Spiritual Statements only as contained in their prospectus at the time of IPO. Today this company is inspiring Indians and corporate India beyond my imaginations even. Benefits are not limited to employees or Shareholders only. Whole nation had the material / spiritual benefits of presence of Infosys.

Potential of our beloved Guruji & AOL is definitely exceed than Hon’ble NarayanMurthy or the Infosys. If NarayanMurthy has succeeded in transforming corporate India then our Guruji is bound to shape the destiny of our Planet & all humanity for better only . But to make this happen, AOL must be willing to have full faith in the supremacy of the Market, which is also a spiritual force only.

India has become the hottest destination of the worldwide investor community. AOL will have billions of dollars in their coffer, if they just decide to enter in the Global Equity Market.

Let me request to our beloved Guruji to offer Equity in the AOL to the worldwide investor community instead of asking donations, so that first but gigantic Spiritual Company is born at our planet.

Let the AOL show the World that MARKET does not mean PROFIT always. Let Performance be allowed to replace the concept of Profit to redefine and enlarge the scope of market.

To end the supremacy of Money in our world, it is very necessary that some new innovative parameters are devised. It will be possible only when AOL will present their few Annual Reports to their esteemed shareholders.

Will Guruji oblige our Planet & humanity by giving Birth to-

ART OF LIVING UNLIMITED

or

AOL FOUNDATION UNLIMITED

JAI GURU DEV