A doubled edged image!

 

I am fascinated by the writings of this man called Solzhenitsyn. Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) was a Russian novelist, philosopher, historian, short story writer and political prisoner. Solzhenitsyn was an outspoken critic of the Soviet Union and Communism. He helped to raise global awareness of the Soviet Gulag forced-labor camp system. He quite often wrote about the human debaucheries and the evil that dehumanized the society and the country.

Solzhenitsyn cites, “In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface. We are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousand-fold in the future.”. Usually we are interested to stand with ones with whom we have a close affinity and, in some sense, which are based on the factors that aligns with our own ideology. If you carefully notice even our standing with political parties or leaders (religious or political) in many cases are biased probably because we share same religion, race and ethnicity. Let us not forget that evil always tries to portray a "noble" cause to destroy human race and throw people into confusion.

Evil and inhumanity has its own dirty color that skillfully blends using good as its face value and divides people at its depth. Today, all you see around is the gross evil in all its form is degrading the individuals and society. But do you notice, where the source is from? It’s the human heart. Bible states that clearly, “The heart is more deceitful than anything else and incurable -who can understand it?” How often we are interested to check the state of our heart? The change of behavior and restraining evil begins with individuals who look for a source who is from outside and bigger than his imagination, God.

Solzhenitsyn again remarks, “It is impossible to expel evil from the world in its entirety, but it is possible to constrict it within each other.”. Every human heart is a place of abode for God. A God who is holy and has an ability to transform you and me into a person who can display a true human nature. What else can be the biggest message than the message of love? Unfortunately, cowards use undue power to limit the powerless and vulnerable for their selfish ends. Jesus chose to die on the cross for the salvation of entire human race. The picture of Love is immensely displayed. If we ask for help, the same God is willing to transform our heart. Every action has its impact. Solzhenitsyn states, “Thus it is that no cruelty whatsoever passes by without impact. Thus, it is that we always pay dearly for chasing after what is cheap.”.

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