Facts of Life- 40 years ago and now
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*40 ʏᴇᴀʀs ᴀɢᴏ*, ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ. ᴛᴏᴅᴀʏ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀғʀᴀɪᴅ ᴏғ ʜᴀᴠɪɴɢ ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ.
*40 ʏᴇᴀʀs ᴀɢᴏ*, ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ ʀᴇsᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴘᴀʀᴇɴᴛs. ɴᴏᴡ ᴘᴀʀᴇɴᴛs ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇsᴘᴇᴄᴛ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴄʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ.
*40 ʏᴇᴀʀs ᴀɢᴏ*, ᴍᴀʀʀɪᴀɢᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴇᴀsʏ ʙᴜᴛ ᴅɪᴠᴏʀᴄᴇ ᴡᴀs ᴅɪғғɪᴄᴜʟᴛ. ɴᴏᴡᴀᴅᴀʏs ɪᴛ ɪs ᴅɪғғɪᴄᴜʟᴛ ᴛᴏ ɢᴇᴛ ᴍᴀʀʀɪᴇᴅ ʙᴜᴛ ᴅɪᴠᴏʀᴄᴇ ɪs sᴏ ᴇᴀsʏ.
*40 ʏᴇᴀʀs ᴀɢᴏ*, ᴡᴇ ɢᴏᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇɪɢʜʙᴏʀs. ɴᴏᴡ ᴡᴇ ᴀʀᴇ sᴛʀᴀɴɢᴇʀs ᴛᴏ ᴏᴜʀ ɴᴇɪɢʜʙᴏʀs.
*40 ʏᴇᴀʀs ᴀɢᴏ*, ᴠɪʟʟᴀɢᴇʀs ᴡᴇʀᴇ ғʟᴏᴄᴋɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄɪᴛʏ ᴛᴏ ғɪɴᴅ ᴊᴏʙs. ɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴏᴡɴ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ғʟᴇᴇɪɴɢ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ CITY ᴛᴏ ғɪɴᴅ ᴘᴇᴀᴄᴇ.
*40 ʏᴇᴀʀs ᴀɢᴏ*, ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ғᴀᴛ ᴛᴏ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ. ɴᴏᴡᴀᴅᴀʏs ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ᴅɪᴇᴛs ᴛᴏ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜʏ.
*40 ʏᴇᴀʀs ᴀɢᴏ*, ʀɪᴄʜ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴘʀᴇᴛᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴘᴏᴏʀ. ɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴏʀ ᴀʀᴇ ᴘʀᴇᴛᴇɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ʀɪᴄʜ.
*40 ʏᴇᴀʀs ᴀɢᴏ*, ᴏɴʟʏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴘᴇʀsᴏɴ ᴡᴏʀᴋᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ sᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ. ɴᴏᴡ ᴀʟʟ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ᴛᴏ sᴜᴘᴘᴏʀᴛ ᴏɴᴇ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ.
*40 ʏᴇᴀʀs ᴀɢᴏ*, ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ sᴛᴜᴅʏ & ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʙᴏᴏᴋs. ɴᴏᴡ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ғᴀᴄᴇʙᴏᴏᴋ & ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴡʜᴀᴛsᴀᴘᴘ ᴍᴇssᴀɢᴇs.
ғᴀᴄᴛ of ᴛᴏᴅᴀʏ's ʟɪғᴇ....
Let's look at why this is happening
Why Life Feels So Different Today
A healer’s and spiritual perspective on the changing world
Many people say, “Life was simpler 40 years ago.”
Relationships felt stronger. Families stayed together. Neighbours knew each other. People seemed less anxious about the future.
But instead of seeing this only as decline, a healer sees something deeper — a massive collective transition of consciousness.
Humanity is not simply changing; it is evolving through emotional, social, and spiritual transformation.
Let us understand what is really happening beneath the surface.
1. From Survival Living to Emotional Awareness
Forty years ago, most people lived in survival mode. Society followed fixed roles — marriage, children, career, duty.
There was less questioning.
Today, people are asking:
Who am I?
What do I truly want?
What is my purpose?
This awakening brings freedom — but also confusion and fear.
When individuals begin questioning old structures, certainty disappears. And uncertainty often feels uncomfortable.
So what looks like instability is actually the beginning of self-awareness.
2. The Healing of Generational Patterns
Earlier generations often suppressed emotions to maintain harmony and survival. Respect existed, but sometimes it came from fear, obligation, or social conditioning rather than emotional understanding.
Today’s generation is challenging authority, setting boundaries, and seeking emotional validation.
Parents now learning to respect children is not necessarily a loss — it reflects a shift toward emotional equality and conscious parenting.
This is part of ancestral healing: old patterns are being questioned so healthier ones can emerge.
3. Relationships Are Moving From Duty to Conscious Choice
In the past, marriage was easier because it was socially expected. Divorce was difficult because emotional suffering was often hidden.
Now, relationships require emotional compatibility, communication, and personal growth.
People are no longer willing to remain where their soul feels unseen.
From a spiritual perspective, this shift reflects a movement from karmic obligation toward soul-aligned partnership.
4. Technology Has Connected Minds but Disconnected Presence
We live in an age of constant stimulation.
Social media creates comparison, pressure to appear successful, and reduced real-world connection.
Where neighbours once formed community, digital platforms now shape identity.
The nervous system rarely rests — and this contributes to anxiety, loneliness, and emotional fatigue.
The issue is not technology itself but unconscious usage without grounding.
5. The Cost of Modern Achievement
Earlier, one income could sustain a family because expectations and lifestyles were simpler.
Today, identity is often tied to success, productivity, and financial achievement.
People work more but feel less fulfilled because external success cannot replace inner connection.
Spiritually, humanity is learning that abundance without alignment creates emptiness.
6. Fear Around Parenthood and Commitment
Modern individuals are more aware of emotional wounds and trauma.
This awareness creates hesitation:
Will I repeat my parents’ mistakes?
Am I emotionally ready?
Can I give a child the life they deserve?
What appears as fear is often deeper consciousness.
People are no longer entering roles blindly; they want to do it consciously.
7. The Shift from Outer Image to Inner Healing
Earlier, appearing prosperous or socially acceptable mattered most.
Today, people are exploring therapy, spirituality, inner child healing, shadow work, and emotional intelligence.
This means humanity is moving from external identity toward inner authenticity.
And transformation always feels chaotic while it is happening.
The Spiritual Truth Behind These Changes
Humanity is moving from:
obedience → awareness
suppression → expression
duty → conscious choice
external validation → inner alignment
This transition feels uncomfortable because old systems are dissolving while new ways of living are still being created.
As healers and coaches, our role is not to judge the past or criticize the present — but to help people integrate wisdom from both.
The past carried stability.
The present carries awareness.
The future will require conscious balance between the two.
A Soul Reminder
It is easy to romanticize the past and criticize the present, but every era carries both wisdom and wounds.
Forty years ago, life offered stability, strong community bonds, clear roles, and a slower rhythm that allowed people to feel rooted. Yet many emotions remained unspoken, individuality was often sacrificed for acceptance, and people silently carried burdens they never learned to heal.
Today’s world offers freedom, self-awareness, emotional language, and the courage to question patterns that once went unnoticed. Yet with this freedom comes uncertainty, loneliness, comparison, and the pressure of constant change.
The past taught us commitment.
The present teaches us consciousness.
Neither time is better — both are teachers.
As souls evolving through generations, we are not meant to reject what came before nor blindly embrace everything new.
Our task is to integrate:
the depth of connection from the past
with the emotional awareness of the present.
When we honour tradition without losing authenticity, and embrace growth without losing compassion, we create a new way of living — one where relationships are both rooted and conscious, where success includes inner peace, and where progress does not cost us our humanity.
The real question is not whether life was better then or now.
The real invitation is to ask:
How can I bring presence, kindness, and awareness into this moment so that the future becomes wiser than both the past and the present?
Some More Soul Reminders
The past gave us roots, the present gives us awareness — the future asks us to integrate both with wisdom.
Life was not better then or worse now; every era carries lessons meant to awaken the soul in different ways.
The past taught us commitment, the present teaches us consciousness — true evolution happens when we honour both.
Progress is not about leaving the past behind, but about carrying its wisdom forward with greater awareness.
When we stop comparing generations and start integrating their lessons, we create a wiser way of living.
The real transformation is not outside in society — it is within the human heart learning to live more consciously.
Stability without awareness limits growth, and freedom without grounding creates chaos — balance is the soul’s path.
Roop Lakhani
www.Rooplakhani.com
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