Yuva Bharati - August 2007 - Vivekananda Kendra Prakashan

egions where Abhimanyu was shown tothe bereaved father. The “dead’ son insteadof displaying familiarity and affection, onlyexpressed disgust to and ignorance of thevisitor, Arjuna. He asked, “who is whosefather? In what drama did you play therole of my father and when? When andwhere did I act as your son? You and Imight have met on many an occasion, atmany a place for many a purpose, in manya role in the past as but travellers or actors.I do not know who you are. It isunbecoming of you to drag the dreamrelationship or stage-role-play into reality.In the flood of infinite time, many awooden piece floats. While floating thepieces may for a while hit, meet orseparate. Is it not foolish to think thatearthly relationships are true? They areas untrue and transient as the dreamrelationship. You go away from this place.Else, I may have to get you out forcibly”.Arjuna was shocked by the treatmentmeted out to him by the person whom heloved most as son. The delusion, as a result,was shattered. Normalcy was restored.Crisis was well managed and overcome.Truth, absolute truth may have to be madetangible to manage and overcome a crisiseffectively.It may be easy when everything andeverybody is in order functioningmethodically as per the set track. Theentire nature and the people with whomthe managers have to work are notsubservient machines or tools. Even theysometimes go out of control. Thereforecrisis in one’s life is an unavoidable factor.To manage a crisis one should developstrength and skill to face problems andenough resourcefulness to solve them.Krishna is an exemplary manager of alltypes of crisis.Problem facing capacity withstrength and equanimity; problem solvingcapacity with skill and resourcefulness; andsolving the problem for the benefit of allin the future as well with love andlargeheartedness are the essential traits ofa crisis manager.25 YEARS OF VK RDPGuest worshipping Anna Poorna DeviSister Priyamvada leading the prayersYUVA BHARATI - August 200712