Baba
Plight of exploited: solution
Namaskar,
During the holidays and weekends, companies organise various types of "fun" gatherings like picnics and seminars etc whereby the employees pass even their leisure time under the "protective care" of the company. They even take family vacations with their company. Employees are led to believe that the company is actually their family. Once this idea gets set in the mind, those employees will march to the ends of the earth to get the job done for their cherished company.
Here we take a look at how big capitalists cast their spell on many of their employees. Certainly there are a growing number of citizens whose eyes are opened wide to capitalist exploitation. Yet, at the same time, those capitalists continue to control and steamroll large sections of the workforce. Their special tactic is to brainwash employees into being loyal to the company - when in reality the "company" is the huge profit-making by a few vaeshyas [wealthy exploiters]. All others suffer at the hands of their ruthless exploitation.
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In response our approach is two fold. First, create more vikśubdha shúdras, i.e. conscious employees who possess the requisite awareness and fighting spirit to stand up to capitalist exploitation. Second, introduce and implement the workings of Prout's cooperative system. By this dual approach, we can handily overcome the current vaeshyan rule, i.e. rule of wealthy exploiters.
Vaeshyan era in full swing: many exploited
Currently, however, the vaeshyan era is running at high speed - and that spells disaster for employees. Here it should be known that employee means all levels of employees from common laborers to high level managers. Some may be thinking that employee only refers to those low paying jobs. But that is not the case. Because in the height of the vaeshyan rule all get exploited - all become shudras [toiling mass].
Prout theory states, "Consciousness should be developed among shúdras in order to protect them from the inhuman greed of the vaeshyas [wealthy exploiters]. All non-vaeshyas slip into shúdra-hood on the eve of a shúdra revolution." (1)
The point being that even many fancy white-collar, higher level employees are getting viciously exploited and brainwashed in this current capitalist structure. Because these so-called well-paid employees work day and night to please their executives and in return are left with nothing left in their life but their job, and the mirage that they are great. When in fact they are mere lackeys for their higher ups – carrying cellphones 24 hrs per day and never getting one ounce of time to even consider and reflect upon their own life. But even then they continue on in their toil as they live out their delusion. Certainly not all employees fall in this category, as some are alert to the tendencies and tactics of capitalists. However, a large swath of the labour force are pinned down in this way.
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So whether hourly wage earning employees or big-time managers, all are just pawns in the midst of capitalist exploitation. Because those cunning capitalists have convinced everyone to join their team by selling their soul. However, with every passing day, there is a growing rise of vikśubdha shúdras, i.e. conscious employees who possess the requisite awareness and fighting spirit to stand up to capitalist exploitation. As this number increases and we spread the name and ideals of Prout, the faster capitalism will meet its end.
False family feeling strategy
The common theme these days is for companies to not be a mere company but rather to be "a family". In this way they project themselves – such as the Walmart family, the Google family, the Apple family, the Nike family etc. By this way those top CEO's suck more of the blood of their employees.
And they get success. One reason is that in our western capitalist countries the general populace does not have big, extended families. Nor do they maintain a strong connection with their unit family. Devoid of that, the company is able to step-in and brainwash the employees to think that the company is really their main family, and that the employees should sacrifice for the company and think first about the company's well-being. Like this those company executives train and mold the minds of their employees in order to set the stage for massive, uncontrolled exploitation.
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Not easy to awaken those employees
Indeed those manipulative vaeshyans [wealthy exploiters] have done such a masterful job of brainwashing and winning over their employees that if anyone tries to awaken those exploited employees then those employees become angry and lash out. In roaring fashion, they come to the defense of their company and become hostile toward any who approach.
So those employees do not like to hear any talk about brainwashing or psychic exploitation. Instead they blame that whistle-blower for being a troublemaker, jealous of their job, etc etc. When dealing with these exploited and brainwashed employees one must behave in a very delicate and psychological way. It is just like dealing with a very sick person who is not in proper health due to some disease. The mental condition of those brainwashed employees is no different from those sickly people. This is the state of affairs nowadays.
Ananda Margiis are aware how this is all going on, and in society there is a growing number of vikśubdha shúdras who are keen to overturn capitalist exploitation. They may not know how or what to do, but they see the capitalists for who they are. Our duty is to awaken more and more the extreme exploitation that is going on. Everyone must be made aware and society must advance into the next era.
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Suffocating grip of capitalists
Under the vaeshyan rule, the entire society falls into the grips of capitalist exploitation. All levels and grades of employees get exploited from upper-level management all the way on down to the basic laborers. That is what we see going on today.
Prout philosophy says, "Today the whole human society is subjected to ruthless exploitation by capitalists. Capitalist exploitation has brought the very existence of humanity to the brink of extreme catastrophe by spreading its exploitative tentacles into every aspect of human life." (2)
Next we see how through their brainwashing maneuvers capitalists have gained control of the society.
Prout philosophy states, "Rapacious Vaeshyas or capitalists are taking advantage of this intellectual inertness [i.e. brainwashing] and have spread a subtle web of exploitation into every corner of society, enabling them to suck the vitality out of the collective body. Through this process the Vaeshyas are insidiously perpetuating their reign of exploitation." (3)
How all become shudras
Throughout His Proutistic teachings, Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar has discussed the mind-set of those who get exploited by capitalist in the height of the vaeshayan era. Those who give way to this mentality are verily shudras. Unfortunately, now in the early part of this 21st century, many fall in this category.
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Prout philosophy states, "Shúdras [the toiling mass] live only for physical enjoyment. They neither bother about ideology nor give any value to rationality. Of the three aspects of time – past, present and future – they think only about the present. They have neither the time nor the inclination to think about the past or the future. Religion, spirituality and a genuine social system have no significance for them..."
"Shúdras are always sleeping. They can perform work only if someone wakes them up. Once the work is done, they go back to sleep. In order to maintain the cáturvarńika (i.e. shudra, ksatriya [warriors], vipra [clergy & intellectuals], & vaeshya) social system, some work will have to be taken from the shúdras [toiling mass]. Consciousness should be developed among shúdras [toiling mass] in order to protect them from the inhuman greed of the vaeshyas [wealthy exploiters]. (All non-vaeshyas slip into shúdra-hood on the eve of a shúdra revolution.)" (4)
Conclusion
Here following Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar - the Propounder of Prout - is sounding the call how corrupt capitalists aim to root out the cooperative approach.
Prout philosophy states, "The main reason for the failure of the cooperative system in different countries of the world is rampant immorality which has been perpetrated by capitalist exploiters so that they can maintain their economic exploitation." (5)
More and more are awakened to the extreme degree of exploitation carried out by capitalist leaders. That is enough to spell the demise of capitalism coupled with the rise of the God-centered teachings of Prout.
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Prout philosophy states, "We are near the last stage of the vaeshya era [rule of exploiters]. If an impact is created, it will help the suffering humanity. It is the most opportune moment for creating an all-round revolution. This is a new sub-theory under Proutistic theory and may be called gati vijina´na - the science of dynamics in PROUT." (6)
Namaskar,
In Him,
Kalyansundaram
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Cooperatives are a key asset
Once there is a critical mass of vikśubdha shúdras wherein employees and citizens are critically aware of the capitalist exploitative machinery, the Proutistic system of cooperatives is the only way to organise society so it can permanently slip away from the grips of present day blood sucking capitalists.
Prout says, "Cooperatives, run by moralists, are the only safeguard against capitalistic exploitation." (7)
Next we learn more about important aspects & vital components of the cooperative system.
Prout says, "The success of cooperative enterprises depends on three factors: morality, strong administration and the whole-hearted acceptance of the cooperative system by the people." (8)
So the Proutist system of cooperatives is the main way to re-build the society in the socio-economic sphere. To achieve this, there must be a widespread movement amongst people to seek out a solution to the vaeshyan rule. Other key factors include an organized approach and strict moralists.
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How cooperatives operate
In the cooperative model, the fair-minded earnings of the collective are rationally divided between all participants.
Prout theory states, "The total profit of such co-operatives should be distributed amongst the workers and members of the co-operative according to their individual capital investment in the cooperative and to the service they render to the production and management of the co-operative." (9)
As Shrii Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar describes above, in the cooperative system the profits are shared based on the merit system - but all are guaranteed enough funds for the necessities of life. In that way, all members of the cooperative earn a fair portion based on their investment and work ethic. This is one of the revolutionary qualities of the cooperative model.
The Proutistic model of the cooperative system is quite grand and dynamic. It is a win-win situation. All involved in the cooperative benefit greatly according to the degree of their activity and investment. Plus there will be cooperatives in all aspects of socio-economic life: Farmers cooperatives, artist cooperatives, banking cooperatives etc. Here below Shrii Prabhat Ranajan Sarkar guides us about how the farming / agricultural cooperative will work:
Prout philosophy states, "Cooperative managers should be elected from among those who have shares in the cooperative. Members of agricultural cooperatives will get dividends in two ways – according to the amount of land they donated to the cooperative, and according to the amount of their productive manual or intellectual labour. To pay this dividend, initially the total produce should be divided on a fifty-fifty basis – fifty percent should be disbursed as wages and fifty percent should be paid to the shareholders in proportion to the land they donated. Local people should get first preference in participating in cooperative enterprises." (10)
Similarly, the profits and gains of every cooperative will be rationally and justly shared with all members, according to their level of involvement etc.
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Those who come forward
Ananda Marga ideology states, “According to our philosophy, when consciousness arises in individual life then a person begins to move in accordance with certain instructions, certain guidance. In collective life as well, when this stage comes, those who are well advanced, who understand better, who are more courageous, more firmly established in morality, who are truly righteous, they have to take the lead, to assume the mantle of leadership. In such times those who worry about what others will say or think, or worry about being criticized, and due to this fear hide behind closed doors thinking that if they take action their good name will be tarnished, such people are not true human beings. They are beggars, begging for reputation. They have no manliness; they have lost the courage to move ahead. At that time those who come forward and say – “Let’s go. I’m with you. If trouble comes, let it come. I’ll take it on my shoulders” – such people I have given the name sadvipra.”
“This is the way it has been and the way it will always be. However, in collective life at the critical juncture between one great age and another, in this transitional stage of great change, when it becomes impossible for the common man or even ordinary sadvipras to take up the leadership, then Parama Puruśa through his special grace arranges that leadership. At this time on the earth humanity is witnessing such a yuga sandhi. On one side there is the rubbish heap of the past and people are clinging to that rubbish heap because they have not yet been shown the way out. And on the other side, there is the call of the new. Under such conditions what will that Mahásambhúti do who gave guidance to the human race in the past? With courage he will call to human beings and declare: “Give up the rubbish of the past. It can only harm you and lead you to your death. Move ahead. Answer the call of the new. I am with you. There is no reason to be afraid.”” (11)
References
1. Human Society - 2, The Kśatriya Age
2. Prout in a Nutshell - 13, Capitalism Three Spheres
3. Prout in a Nutshell - 13, 'Capitalism Three Spheres'
4. Human Society - 2, The Kśatriya Age
5. Prout in a Nutshell - 13, Some Specialities of Prout's Economic System
6. Proutist Economics - Economic Dynamics - 1
7. Prout in a Nutshell - 13, Some Specialities of Prout's Economic System
8. Prout in a Nutshell - 13, Some Specialities of Prout's Economic System
9. Prout in a Nutshell - 14, Cooperatives
10. A Few Problems Solved - 9, Some Specialities of Prout's Economic System
11. Ananda Vacanamratm - 9, The Significance of The Word “Yuga”
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== Section: Important Teaching ==
Best way to garland
Ananda Marga philosophy states, “Not only the gods are fond of the fragrance of flowers; devotees also want to string garlands for their beloved Iśt́a with the fragrant flowers of the devotion of their hearts. If a flower has no fragrance, it has no value for a devotee. One should remember that the fragrance of a flower and the tender sweetness of a devotional heart together make a perfect combination. What does the perfume of the flower represent? The worldly activity which a devotee does with a heart filled with love is the perfume of the flower, and the overflowing devotion for one's Iśt́a is the tender sweetness in the devotee's heart. With these two together, the devotee makes a garland. Now, if there are fragrant flowers, but there is no sweetness in the devotee's heart, then the devotee cannot make a garland for his or her Iśt́a – then there is no question of garlanding Him at all, and though the flower basket may be full of flowers, they wither with the pain of emptiness and the agony of unfulfilled yearning. Then if the Beloved does not accept the garland, what is the use of holding the basket full of flowers." (1)
Reference
1. Namah Shivaya Shantaya, Shiva in the Light of Philosophy
== Section: Important Teaching ==
Types of sin
As we all know, in our Ananda Marga system sin comes in two forms: (a) Doing destructive deeds and (b) not doing our assigned deeds. Here below Baba explains further.
Ananda Marga philosophy says, "Sin is also of two types. An action of yours that brings harm to others and brings about your own downfall is called pa´pa [sin]. In this kind of karma, harm to others goes hand in hand with your own degradation. Humans become far removed from Parama Purus´a by such actions. I said before that pa´pa is also of two types - pa´taka and pratyava´ya. An action that should not be done but that is nevertheless done, is called pa´taka. And an action that should be done but is not done, is called pratyava´ya. For instance, one should not steal; so if anybody steals, that will be pa´taka. And if one knows full well that nursing a patient is good, but refrains from doing so, that will be pratyava´ya." (1)
By the above we can easily understand that not doing things that ought to be done is also a type of sin known as pratyava'ya. And here below Baba clarifies this crucial matter.
Ananda Marga philosophy says, "That which is not done but should be done is called Pratyava'ya." (2)
References
1. Discourses on Krsna and the Giita, 'Bhajate Ma'mananyabha'k'
2. Prout in a Nutshell-12, 'Sin, Crime, & Law'
As we all know, in our Ananda Marga system sin comes in two forms: (a) Doing destructive deeds and (b) not doing our assigned deeds. Here below Baba explains further.
Ananda Marga philosophy says, "Sin is also of two types. An action of yours that brings harm to others and brings about your own downfall is called pa´pa [sin]. In this kind of karma, harm to others goes hand in hand with your own degradation. Humans become far removed from Parama Purus´a by such actions. I said before that pa´pa is also of two types - pa´taka and pratyava´ya. An action that should not be done but that is nevertheless done, is called pa´taka. And an action that should be done but is not done, is called pratyava´ya. For instance, one should not steal; so if anybody steals, that will be pa´taka. And if one knows full well that nursing a patient is good, but refrains from doing so, that will be pratyava´ya." (1)
By the above we can easily understand that not doing things that ought to be done is also a type of sin known as pratyava'ya. And here below Baba clarifies this crucial matter.
Ananda Marga philosophy says, "That which is not done but should be done is called Pratyava'ya." (2)
References
1. Discourses on Krsna and the Giita, 'Bhajate Ma'mananyabha'k'
2. Prout in a Nutshell-12, 'Sin, Crime, & Law'
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