Find the cause and save the world

First, let us look at what is happening around us, outwardly, without any bias, not as an Indian, not as a German, Englishman, American or Russian but as human beings.  One observes countries going through a great deal of confusion, great uncertainty; there is chaos. People have no direction. But, unfortunately, whenever we are conditioned, confused, uncertain, or insecure, we try to find a solution in the past.. There are fundamentalists who accept the Bible and Koran as their authority, there are the fundamentalists who look to Marx. So, when we are uncertain, confused, greatly disturbed, we look to the past, to some kind of authority, some kind of book, to find a direction. Now, in this country, as you observe, there are too many books and labels. So, here tradition is uncertain. You have all the leaders and gurus of the world here, but none helps mankind.

What is the root cause of all this confusion? When one can find the cause, then one can end it. A cause has an end. We are asking what is the cause or what are the causes of this confusion, this lack of integrity, this sense of desperate degeneration. What is the root of all this? Most of us play with symptoms. We say it is due to overpopulation, bad governance. Throughout the world it is the same — lack of leadership and morality.

These are all symptoms. When we begin to enquire into the cause, each one of us will give different opinions. But we are caught in this great turmoil that exists in the world. Every nation is preparing for war. All countries are supplying armaments to the rest of the world. They are talking about stopping nuclear wars, but not ending all wars. Why have human beings reduced themselves to this condition? This is very important to ask.

Now, what is the cause? Is it that you have so far looked to political leaders and religious leaders, with their particular ideas, with their particular systems, to help you, so that you are always depending on others to guide you, to tell you what to do? Is that the root cause of this, or do you blame the environment? The environment is the government having no proper leader, no righteous guru. That is the environment - something outside of you.

Is it possible to be a light to oneself and not depend on a single person? But when you depend on others, you lose energy.