From the Mighty Pen of Sanjay CONTENTS SINCERITY 4Sincerity in our Life (From the Mighty Pen of Sanjay) ...................3 4Women Empowerment - Need of IN OUR LIFE the Hour(Editorial )...................... 4 4Beating the Stress at t is an auspicious sign that an increasingly large number of Workplace.....................................7 educated people have, now, started raising their voice about 4Celibacy- The Foundation of the need to practise values in order to improve the quality of Happy Married Life......................9 I 4 life and to make the world a better place to live in. It is a sign of this Whatsapp: A Boon or a Curse...11 4Wishing you a Very age and also of intellectualism that once people take up a topic Happy New Year.........................13 for serious discussion, they begin to analyze it, dissect it, 4Morning Musings & describe it and give a detailed explanation of it from various Night Notions.............................14 aspects. For an in-depth study, and in keeping with the spirit of 4Balance is Blessing....................15 4 the times, it is alright. But, all these discussions and descriptions Leader’s Choice: Competition or Cooperation................................18 lose their purpose and charm if we merely intellectualize them 4Celebration of the Birth and do not give spiritual content to them and put them into Anniversary of Dada Lekhraj as practice. Vitamins are of value as they remove certain “The World Spiritual Upliftment deficiencies and provide us certain essential nutritive Day...............................................19 4 components. But, mere talk of Vitamins, without taking the Give Yourself and others vitamin R as 2019 Christmas Gift that will required one in our physical system, would not help us. So also make your coming New Year .....23 may be said of values. Talking about Values has its own value but 4Lead us from Darkness to Light...25 it has no relevance unless we implement them. 4The sense of Responsibility Another thing to which we must pay proper attention is that Energized us Spontaneously......27 4 most people talk about Values for two reasons. One of these is Elevation and Complete Liberty of the Artist’s Mind...........................29 that it has become fashionable to talk about them. There is a 4 Self-Realization & God- wave or current, and one would like to go with the current and not Realization....................................31 against it. Years ago, Brahma Kumaris Organization published a 4Peace of Mind...............................33 book on Moral Values, Attitudes and Moods. At that time, 'Moral Values' was not a popular subject and a publisher would think Rates of Subscription for “THE WORLD RENEWAL” many times before investing money on publishing a book on this INDIA FOREIGN subject. But, now, it is perhaps one of the most popular subjects Annual Rs.100/- Rs. 1000/- for conversations, discussions, dialogues, conferences and Life Rs. 2,000/- Rs.10,000- articles. Even the United Nations Organization(UNO) , now, Subscriptions payable through focuses on values in solving some of the world's greatest Money Order/Cash or Demand challenges. In 1971, in New York, I wrote a piece on the topic: Draft (In the name of ‘The World Environmental Pollution and Mental Pollution. I approached a Renewal’) may be sent to: prestigious Newspaper to publish the piece. They did not Om Shanti Printing Press, consider it a current subject and expressed regrets. But, now, Shantivan–307510, Abu Road, Rajasthan, India. epnvironmental ollution is number one on the global agenda and For Online Subscription speakers at International Conferences also talk about 'mental Bank: State Bank of India, PBKIVV, pollution' in that context. Today, people might talk on the subject Shantivan;A/c No.: 30297656367, of values to show that they also are with the spirit of the times but A/cHolder Name:‘World Renewal’, the need in this case is that they should themselves realize the IFSC:SBIN0010638 For Detail Information: importance of Values and not merely be carried with the current Mobile:09414006904,(02974)-228125 flow. (Contd. ..... on page no.34 ) Email:[email protected] Editorial4 The World Renewal December, 2019 about female empowerment with a difference. WOMEN His personal belief along with Godly EMPOWERMENT - revelations motivated him to start a new-age NEED OF THE HOUR spiritual educational institution, and entrusted the responsibility of its functioning on the young Brahma Kumari sisters and mothers, n Page 7 of Times of India 3 under the leadership of our first December 2019 Issue, we see a Administrative Head, Mateshwari Saraswati. Omother affectionately hugging her 24 This unique Centre of Spiritual Learning year-old daughter, Sub-Lieutenant Shivangi, emphasised simple practices to transform who has scripted history in the sky, by personal outlook and attitude, and engage in becoming the Indian Navy's first female Pilot! regular study and self-empowerment through She has been inducted as SSC (Pilot) after Spiritual Wisdom. Though other completing her NOC course from Indian religions/cultures have always taught the Naval Academy in Kerala. There is another above, here the main subjects of picture showing her receiving the qualification Implementing Spiritual Values and Inner wings from the Chief of Southern Naval Powers, and Application of Spiritual Command, Vice Admiral AK Chawla. She Wisdom in day to day life were being taught expressed her happiness by saying, “It's a from a totally new foundation of being proud feeling for me, my parents and it's a God's children, and not devotees. different feeling. I have been craving for No doubt the teachings had to be evolved this since a long time…It will create more afresh from theShrimat Bhagwad Gita and opportunity for women who want to join direct teachings of Supreme Incorporeal Defence...” Father, God Shiva, through the Founding Another very intriguing headline was Father, Pitashri Brahma Baba. Some deep noticed: Bohra girls learn to defend self in secrets of human endeavour relate to wake of Vadodara rape. Another young girl remembering that human beings were once has become well-renowned for starting a pure and worship-worthy like their campaign on emission of gases from ancestors, Shri Lakshmi and Shri Narayan, chimneys and so on. It appears that there are the double-crowned deities and rulers of the so many heroines playing their respective perfect era of peace and happiness: Satyug roles as per their individual passion and or Golden Age, and it is our duty to return calling. We applaud these brave and Nature, the World and ourselves back to committed women for their initiative and that most beautiful stage. achievements, now and in the future. As per the teachings of the Bhagwad Gita, Long ago, in 1936-37, the Founding Father there had to be a formal educational system for of Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya bringing about self transformation from Vishwa Vidyalaya, which was then known as ordinary human beings to elevated, self- Om Mandali, had the great vision to bring realised Sahaj Rajyogis. The Founding Father December, 2019 The World Renewal 5 knew very well that the hundreds of young that have plagued humanity for thousands sisters and brothers who had gathered together of years. needed intense spiritual effort-making to do The lives of these spiritual path-breakers away with the age-old social stigmas and became a treasure-store of inspiration to orthodox ways of living, especially where hundreds and thousands, who went on to females were considered inferior and accept this original teaching from the Supreme insignificant citizens. God's ways are strange, Being, and practice living with soul- as they say. He is known as Bestower of 1) consciousness while leading family and Spiritual Knowledge, 2) Third Eye of Wisdom professional lives.As is normal, it was difficult and 3) Divine Vision & Trance Messages. for the people ofKaliyug to perceive such high Each day of those 14 long years of new ideals in daily life, until they had undergone learning, healthy discipline and the Foundation Course of Godly Knowledge community-life became the most precious and Sahej Rajyoga. Today we have milllions years of their lives, as it enabled the 370+ of Rajyogis, sisters and brothers, leading pious inmates of the first batch to transport their lives while fulfilling their worldly affairs with consciousness above worldly possessions, dignity and success. They are all over the relations, status, restrictions and world, speaking different languages, materialism to adorn the uniform and holding down various professions, but consciousness of 'Angels-in-the-making'. sharing the same spiritual wisdom which This brought them the practical experience of has been disseminated from the original a spiritual birth based on unlimited attitude, source, the Ocean of Spiritual Wisdom and pure thinking and diet, elevated vision, new Bestower of the Understanding of Rajyoga language and divine karma. Meditation. It was probably the first time in the history of Contrary to common belief that the journey humankind that Soul-Consciousness and the of Spirituality should only be undertaken once Supreme Being's remembrance became an one is retired or in their twilight years, the integral, loving and natural part of day to day application of these principles of Spiritual life. There was no renunciation of action, but Learning and Rajyoga Meditation are for renunciation of negative thinking, attitude, all ages. It may be formerly conveyed to and interactions. They became Messengers students from Kindergarten to University, as of God to share the guidance of re-emerging every individual in our present world is in one's eternal, powerful stage of being a soul need of leading a balanced life that caters to or spirit that manages the physical body, modernity and technology, but never loses rather than being influenced and subdued sight of inculcating spiritual principles for by the external costume and energies.