Forgiveness is austerity. This simple message of Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi carries in its womb the seed of future world peace to be effected in her name and thus is the message most profound. She, the Mother of the universe, has had to endure the unbearable pain of her children annihilating each other down the ages. Yet, she will not overly interfere with the cosmic process of self-evolution and thus has, more often than not, left humanity to work out the problems of terrestrial evolution to itself, herself merely overseeing the worldly process and suffering silently the pain of her children for, eventually, it is always the mother that suffers the lot of her offspring. Political reconciliation between nations over past differences is not merely a matter of diplomacy and policy but is founded on the moral-ethical-spiritual principle of adjustment, acceptance and forgiveness. If past differences continue to plague present relations, the world may never see peace. World War II was effected in the wake of disastrous differences between the victor and the vanquished at the end of World War I. If the Allied Powers had been not so very severe in their treatment of Germany in the Versailles Treaty and had been more merciful, who knows whether Hitler would have ever been able to muster the critical mass of national support to promote his evil designs? Had they listened then to the feeble voice of a frail old lady in dependent India, the history of the world would have been different. Today, that voice of truth is gaining amplitude. It is time now to heed Holy Mother's Word : ' Forgiveness is austerity.' Shall we lend our ears to her and change the human condition? Or shall we persist in our past inertia and keep 'settling' things along the old line of blood and violence? A recent unique historical illustration of the reconciliation of the majority blacks with the minority whites in post-apartheid South Africa should set all of the world to think along similar lines of forgiveness of past sins in the bid to build a better future. What Nelson Mandela achieved in South Africa may be achieved elsewhere as well for uniformity is the rigorous law of nature and history does repeat itself. Mandela was profoundly influenced by Mahatma Gandhi's personality and teachings and Gandhiji in turn has acknowledged his indebtedness to Swami Vivekananda's teachings. And who was Swamiji but the child of the Divine Mother, our mother Sri Sarada Devi? Thus, quite imperceptibly, Holy Mother's divine influence is working in the world to bring about peace and harmony among her children. And this message,'forgiveness is austerity' will be the bedrock on which inter-personal relations as well as international relations will be built to usher in a new age of prosperity, peace and progress even unto the divine.
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