17 April 2015 - QA 2

What role can the media play in creating a better world today?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

The Media has a great role to play in creating a better world. The media connects people together everywhere. Through the media, one comes to know what all is happening in different places across the world. So the media is also responsible to show the good that people are doing and how the society is getting impacted because of that. When we understand this, then our field of experience expands.
Through the media, one person’s life becomes more universal, and no longer stays limited to him alone. All this becomes possible only through the media. The actions a person the results he gets becomes a message that reaches the lives of millions everywhere, and this is possible only through the media.
When you get to know that someone is suffering or repenting for their actions, then you will learn from that; you will learn not to indulge in the same wrong actions. So when we watch other people’s actions and their experiences, then we also learn from that.

Through the Media, a person gets to know about the developments in the field of science and research. He gets to know about different cultures in the world, and different social problems in the world, and this broadens his vision and expands his experience. Our life gains a new depth, and at the same time we expand our vision and sight towards newer heights in life.