I will surely give a talk on this. But meanwhile it is not the result of a human technical error. It is the result of human greed for money which is the result of a competitive capitalism. It pushes the engines of production and the industry beyond what it can handle. There is a consequent compromise on quality with its attendant consequences.
It is important to understand that in the material world the presiding deity is Mahasaraswati. Sri Aurobindo reveals.
‘For the will in her works is scrupulous, unsleeping, indefatigable; leaning over us she notes and touches every little detail, finds out every minute defect, gap, twist or incompleteness, considers and weighs accurately all that has been done and all that remains still to be done hereafter. Nothing is too small or apparently trivial for her attention; nothing however impalpable or disguised or latent can escape her. Moulding and remoulding she labours each part till it has attained its true form, is put in its exact place in the whole and fulfils its precise purpose. In her constant and diligent arrangement and rearrangement of things her eye is on all needs at once and the way to meet them and her intuition knows what is to be chosen and what rejected and successfully determines the right instrument, the right time, the right conditions and the right process. Carelessness and negligence and indolence she abhors; all scamped and hasty and shuffling work, all clumsiness and à peu près and misfire, all false adaptation and misuse of instruments and faculties and leaving of things undone or half done is offensive and foreign to her temper. When her work is finished, nothing has been forgotten, no part has been misplaced or omitted or left in a faulty condition; all is solid, accurate, complete, admirable. Nothing short of a perfect perfection satisfies her and she is ready to face an eternity of toil if that is needed for the fullness of her creation. ‘
Nations and industries that take care into the minute details are greatly favoured by her.
Greed and negligence in manufacturing are therefore two obvious causes. The third is unconsciousness and inattention. Most accidents are due to an unintentional inattention. One takes things for granted and omits some small little black spot that calls for attention and then that becomes a door for the adverse forces ever busy in creating chaos and disorder. Can we rectify these possibilities without a considerable change of consciousness? Very unlikely, hence the urgency of the spiritual evolution that Sri Aurobindo and the Mother speak of.
As to families of those who lose their loved one, the only thing one can do is to pray that this sudden jolt burns away the heavy burden of ignorance that we carry, that the further journey of those who have passed away be smooth and they return with a happier fate. We in India believe in rebirth and the families need to remember that nothing is lost except to the senses and that despite our natural attachments each one is on their own unique journey. These events serve as a reminder that instead of wasting our life on transient satisfaction and pleasures of the flesh we should turn towards the True, the Permanent, the Eternal.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
