Yes I know you must be wondering as if the topic is not complete or I missed something? This blog is not related with politics or religious division either. No, no I am not going to write about terrorist attacks again. They are becoming something very common now a days. We do need a solution to that with Talks, if that does not work perhaps force.
The year started on a very strange note – people wrote if 2016 is similar to 2008? The world bank reduced forecast of world GDP growth rate to 2.9% however had a positive outlook on growth of India. However, as we read news like this, we tend to think – ok make this strata analyse this. How about the developing countries as a whole? How is Europe doing? How about China? So we try to divide and look at each as individual or strata or country, isnt it? We are all interdependent, we must think of the whole world. If we look at worldwide trend, we realize that 2.9% is lowered expectation, that is a cause of concern. When such concerns are raised we must do one thing – turn inwards. This inwards is applied on an individual level as well as a local level e.g. the smallest strata we are considering for growth for example country. Look for options for improvement locally. When we see troubles in GDP growth worldwide – the best option to consider is looking for improving economy at country level – increasing local consumption, improving livelihood of the citizen by infrastructure or other basic needs. Because these small steps add to the monolith of global GDP, isnt it?
The other thing to keep in mind is – when a hungry person eats, that adds to his/her health. If a stuffed person eats extra, his/her health may deteriorate, isnt it? When we are seeing world GDP, we must concentrate on the underdeveloped not on developed world as the driving force for growth. In the end once again – we are all interdependent.
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3 Comments
rummuser · January 17, 2016 at 8:24 pm
Yes, we are. Just think about the morning cup of tea that you drink. How many people are involved? The planter who planted the bush, the plucker, the factory worker, the packer, the transporter, the marketeer, the shop keeper, the one who brews and so on and so forth. We simply need to increase our conscious awareness.
KRD Pravin · January 21, 2016 at 9:28 am
You are right -> A cup of tea teaches us interdependent co-arising http://business2buddha.com/2011/04/23/a-cup-of-tea/
Unfortunately recently Rahul Gandhi (Pappu) missed the whole thing but still said something similar. I honestly feel that he does not know that, he just spoke it but was not sure about the spiritual connection of that.
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