THE REAL OWNER – Editorial

There is a well-known slogan among communist leaders that those who work in the factory are the owners of the factory, and those who plough the field are the owners of the land. How is this possible? A question may arise: if a worker in the factory becomes the owner of the factory, then the chef who prepares the food is the owner of the meal, and the street sweeper who cleans the street will be the owner of the road. The doctor who operates on the patient is the owner of the patient, and the plumbers or electricians who work on the house are the owners of the house. This is not correct. No right-thinking person can think like this. It is only meant to arouse sentiment among the people. Then who is the real owner?

 

If we think deeply, Parama Purusa is the ultimate owner of everything because He created this universe and all are His progeny. So everyone has the God-given right to enjoy this created world and utilize it in the proper manner. All should have access to the minimum requirements for their personal care and survival. Everyone should have that degree of ownership. Plus, those with special talents and merits may get more but only after all have their minimum needs met. The gross over-accumulation and seemingly unlimited collection of wealth and property are not condoned by Prout. The unbridled over-accumulation of physical possessions while others starve is unacceptable in the Proutistic model.

 

According to Prout, none of the movable or immovable property of this universe belongs to any particular individual. Everything is the common patrimony of all, and the Father of all is Parampurusa. All living beings can enjoy their rightful share of this property, like members of a joint family in the Da’yabha’ga system. As members of a joint family, human beings should safeguard this common property in a befitting manner and utilize it properly. They should also make proper arrangements so that everyone can enjoy it with equal rights, ensuring that all have the minimum requirements of life to enable them to live in a healthy body with a sound mind.

 

We must not forget even for a single moment that the entire animate world is a vast joint family. Nature has not assigned any portion of this property to any particular individual. Private ownership has been created by selfish opportunists only. A member of a joint family cannot be called a social being if he does not possess the sentiment of oneness with the other members or if he does not want to accept the lofty ideal of joint rights and principles of rationality. So according to true spiritual ideology, the system of private ownership cannot be accepted as absolute and final.

 

So everyone has the right to enjoy this created world and utilize it in the proper manner. All should have access to the minimum requirements of their personal care and survival. Plus, those with special talents and merits may get more but only after all have their minimum needs met. So all should follow the rule that Parampurusa is my Father, Paramaprakrti is my Mother, the whole universe is my homeland, and we are all citizens of this universe, brothers, and sisters.

Avtk’ A’nand Prabha’ A’c