MORAL AND SPIRITUAL DEPRIVATION OF THE MODERN MAN

Modern man has become too preoccupied in the pursuit of materialistic things. Money has become an end in itself and not an means to an end. This excessive urge for materialistic gains has made him ignore the spiritual and moral aspect of his life. He considers them obsolete and unproductive. Today man is motivated to do something only if he is assured of reasonable profit. He has no time or inclination to pause for sometime ask himself where it is leading him. Such is social environment that even a child cannot remain unaffected by it. It is so easy to console child with a promise of gift and divert his mind from something parents have no patience to deal with.

Life is so mechanical. A child till he become an adult, is pressurized every moment to excel and become skilful so that he does not lag behind in his studies. He is not given any lesson in the art of living. The total stress is on the art of how to earn a living. Undoubtedly there are certain basic physical needs which cannot be met by money hence the need to prepare for a means of livelihood. But man is not merely a creature who will be satisfied with getting only food, shelter and clothing. He has a soul which needs to be nurtured. But today it is a pity that the spiritual aspects of the personality is totally ignored. No wonder the youth feels so restless, demoralized and dillusioned. Modern man has dug his own grave by rejecting the moral and spiritual values upheld in the ancient scriptures of the whole world. All the holy books contains the pearls of wisdom which the man has disrespectfully rejected. Money has become God. It is the sound of money that man responds and not the chiming of the bells in churches, temples, etc which were once considered the abode of GOD.

Modern man has become too preoccupied in the pursuit of materialistic things. Money has become an end in itself and not an means to an end. This excessive urge for materialistic gains has made him ignore the spiritual and moral aspect of his life. He considers them obsolete and unproductive. Today man is motivated to do something only if he is assured of reasonable profit. He has no time or inclination to pause for sometime ask himself where it is leading him. Such is social environment that even a child cannot remain unaffected by it. It is so easy to console child with a promise of gift and divert his mind from something parents have no patience to deal with.

Life is so mechanical. A child till he become an adult, is pressurized every moment to excel and become skilful so that he does not lag behind in his studies. He is not given any lesson in the art of living. The total stress is on the art of how to earn a living. Undoubtedly there are certain basic physical needs which cannot be met by money hence the need to prepare for a means of livelihood. But man is not merely a creature who will be satisfied with getting only food, shelter and clothing. He has a soul which needs to be nurtured. But today it is a pity that the spiritual aspects of the personality is totally ignored. No wonder the youth feels so restless, demoralized and dillusioned. Modern man has dug his own grave by rejecting the moral and spiritual values upheld in the ancient scriptures of the whole world. All the holy books contains the pearls of wisdom which the man has disrespectfully rejected. Money has become God. It is the sound of money that man responds and not the chiming of the bells in churches, temples, etc which were once considered the abode of GOD.


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