A pic. written by my husband, writer Mihir Bhuta...Lets understand Sadbhavana..

What is Sadbhavana...?
I am always fascinated by the names honorable chief minister gives to his undertakings. They are never simply appellations but the definitions of his endeavors. It shows his deep understanding of Life, Human nature and Philosophy. When I heard the name Sadbhavana Mission it started the train of thoughts. Why this name and no other. What is the meaning of the word Sadbhavana.
Bhavana is a word which, like many other Sanskrit words, is difficult to translate. Bhavana is generally translated as feelings but it is grossly inadequate. This word encompasses much more than mere feelings.
Bhavana also means the passive thoughts. Thoughts which are not actively processed by our brain. Our brain never stops the activity, but most of that activity is not consciously directed. Ephemeral thoughts keep crowding our mind constantly, study of which is important to gain insight in to the contraction of our psych. These thoughts are the sum total of our past experiences, our nurture and our nature. Nurture can be translated as Samskara and Nature as Swabhav.
There can be Sadbhavana and there can be Durbhavana. Sad is a prefix for good and Duh is a prefix for bad. Both Sadbhavana and Durbhavana is always the involuntary and unconscious response of our mind. We may have created, or rather, it may have been created inside us, either Sadbhavana or Durbhavana due to our experiences, nurture and nature, mostly both. We may not know it but we are constantly responding to everything around us through our Bhavana.
Sadbhavanas and Durbhavanas are the prism through which we see the world. Sadbhavana cannot be directed towards anybody or anything. Responses are directed. Bhavana give the form to those responses. If the Bhavana changes than the responses change too.
Durbhavana gives birth to violence as the world seen through that prism appears hostile. Sadbhavana gives birth to peace as the world seen from that prism appears friendly. If one thinks deeper one finds that actually the world is neither hostile nor friendly. The world is just practical. Each one trying to gather as much happiness as possible during the life time. It is our internal prism that impart colours of Friendliness or hostility to the world.
And the Bhavana cannot be faked. Our response can be controlled by our minds, even faked to portray absolutely opposite Bhavana, but internally we do not change.
For instance Hindus have Durbhavana towards Muslims and Muslims court Durbhavana towards Hindus. These Bhavanas are due to the history of past one thousand years, as well as our natural distrust towards anything unfamiliar. Resultantly both have been trying to fight each other. The fight remains bloody, violent and futile.
Than we see some Hindus, and some Muslims too, feeling guilty for having irrational fear, distrust and hostility towards the other party. They do not put the guns down as that is not possible unless their Durbhavana have changed in to Sadbhavana. They simply start pointing their guns towards their own group. They start attacking the group they are born in to. Indian secular brigade is correct example of this sentiment.
These so called activists have given rise to the politics of reservations and appeasement. They want to pacify one party by hurting, abusing and depriving the other. They think that they are giving justice to Muslims by targeting Hindus and vice-a-versa. But they are actually doing a great disservice to the society. They are making Hindus more vigorous in their abhorrence towards Muslims and vice-a-versa.
Nothing really changes ever. The only correct course is not to appease anyone or apologize to anyone but try to change the internal prism. Shed all Durbhavanas and let Sadbhavana emerge. it is not as simple a concept as ‘let bygones be bygones’. The concepts is a lot deeper. The purpose is to change thinking pattern completely.
Once my wife mentioned to honorable chief minister that our son Akshat is a staunch adherent of Hinduism. His response was that the true religiosity is inclusive and not exclusive. Love for Hinduism is not in hating others but appreciating the basics of Hinduism.
Our secular brigade is displaying the worst kind of exclusiveness, where they are not including the Muslims in the main fold of Indian nationalism and not allowing others to do so.
The politics of appeasement is the politics of exclusiveness. Honorable Shri Narendra Modi tries to bring the era of inclusiveness instead of appeasement. After all we do not have to appease those how are our own.
The Modi-bashers are incapable of understanding the depth of his mind.