The Present Crisis is an Indication of the Dawn of New Era
An Assurance to Global Community by Yugrishi Pandit Shriram Sharma Acharya Excerpts from His Discourse Delivered in 1986
The circumstances in which you are living today will not remain so in the coming days. There is going to be a drastic change in them. Two tasks will be carried out simultaneously: Destruction and Creation. You will witness the devastation all over the world. You will be alive to see it. I, too, will be there but in the subtle form. (Acharyashri voluntarily shed his physical sheath in 1990.) I will be on the battlefront with my subtle body. I, too, will go on fighting along with you during this transition period.
What will happen during this time? There will be disasters. You, too, will not be spared by the trials and tribulations in this period. You may think that you have a home, business, job, etc., so you will not suffer even if the whole world does. You should know when the thunderstorms or the fierce gales strike, no man remains safe. In fact, Nature is very angry with us. You are witnessing high temperatures in winter and cold in summer; either there are heavy rains and floods or no rains and droughts. That is to say, Nature may create such problems that you may not even get bread and butter.
When the pandemics spread, doctors say that they have not read or heard about them; that they were not taught about them. What medicine can they prescribe? Such pandemics are going to strike again and again. We are surrounded by the outburst/fury of Nature. We are surrounded by poison, by the shortage of daily necessities, by inflation and by corruption. In such testing times, I am worried about two categories of people. One is my soul-kins — who are my disciples of the Gayatri Pariwar. Now (in 1986), they are twenty-four lakhs in number. They are like my own children to me. I have divided my earned spiritual power into two parts. One part is to be used for the welfare of the entire world, and the other is for my soul-kins — the Gayatri Pariwar fraternity.
The twenty-four lakhs people are my family members, and the remaining five hundred crores of the human race are not precisely family members, but they are my relatives, neighbours, and friends. This entire human race is like — 'Amtavat sarvabhuteshu'. They appear to me like my own soul. 'Vasudhaiv kutumbakam' — This world is like my own family. I will save you and save the world. I am not a scholar. I am a Tapasvi (an ascetic). Since my childhood to date, I have lived the life of a Tapasvi. Therefore, whatever spiritual power a Tapasvi should possess, I own that.
This world is passing through an unprecedented turmoil. So what would I do? I would gather all the countries on one platform, and make a Chakravarti kingdom. That is, all the states would merge together to form a single global nation free of the narrow (and selfish) boundaries of 'nationalism' that are the root cause of all conflicts and wars across the globe. The entire planet would have one religion — Humanity. There would be one management. The setup would be such that all are equal, and they would have equal rights. They would live like a larger family. I have made a larger family (Gayatri Pariwar) in my life, and I am now preparing to knit the whole world as a family.
All the countries of the world are to be united. The 'haves' have grabbed the land, and 'have-nots' have nothing to use. This inequality has to be removed. All the people would share equally and live joyfully. In a family, there is one management, and each member has a share in the total earnings. I nourish a dream of making the world like a family.
I would not make you a millionaire; I would make you rich in virtues. I would make you empathetic, thoughtful, great, and like a seer. I would make you a Devata (God-like). I have a burning desire to transform you as well as the whole world. I would make the entire world so much happy, healthy, and harmonious that it would appear like a Heaven. The people living in this transformed world would look like humans on the surface, but from inside, they would be divinely restructured. The divinity would spread from their every pore. This is my Plan for ushering in a New Era.
Who Was Acharyashri?
Yug Rishi — who revived and rejuvenated the great traditions founded by seers Viswamitra, Vasishtha, Vyasa, Yagyavalkya, Kanaad, Charaka, Narada, and other rishis.
Yug Vyasa — who wrote contemporary commentaries on 4 Vedas, 108 Upanishads, 6 Darshans, 20 Smritis, and 18 Puranas. He also authored 3200 books on all aspects of life.
An ardent Freedom Fighter — who participated in the freedom movement of India along with Mahatma Gandhi and Madan Mohan Malaviya. He was famous as 'Shriram Matta' — one who was intoxicated with a great passion for freedom.
A great Tapasvi (ascetic) — who performed the arduous sadhana of Gayatri and accomplished the feat of performing 24 Mahapurashcharanas, each of 24 lakhs japa of Gayatri mantra, in 24 years.
The sculptor of the new era — who formulated 'Shatasutreeya Yug Nirman Yojana' (100-point plan for ushering in a new era) and laid a strong foundation for its implementation.
A spiritual scientist — who established Brahmavarchas Research Center, the first institution of its kind, to integrate science and spirituality and proved — "Science and spirituality do not contradict but complement each other."
A social reformer — who focused his wholehearted efforts on women awakening, de-addiction, dowry-less weddings, removing discrimination based on caste, color, and creed, thus presenting a model of society based on high ideals.
The leader of the 'Thought Revolution' — who offered solutions to all individual, familial, social, and global problems.
The Seer of the era — who gave the slogan of "21st Century — Bright Future," thus giving the message of the advent of the New Golden Era to humanity.
"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." — Charles Darwin
"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything." — George Bernard Shaw
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." — Leo Tolstoy