Preciousness of Life and Other Tragedies

In Hindu philosophy, there is much importance given to the realization that our life is very precious. At a level, it is also done to keep people on the path of righteousness and to achieve a peaceful, prosperous and productive society. Sage after sage, and saint after saint has said the same thing - that our life is precious. But after centuries of progress and spiritual awakening, if we look around us, do we see people by large behaving in a manner consistent with this realization? 

There is so much selfishness all around, and wretched people making other people suffer, evil people using every opportunity to harass others, and so on. Number of 'good people' in our society in general is alarmingly low. People in general behave good with you if they need something from you,  otherwise you are nothing for them. People in general are wasting their own life in mundane race to collect more and more money, and wasting everyone else's life in the process too. Do they take some of the money to their 'afterlife' once they are dead? 

And those people who can't afford to waste their or other people's life, are busy wasting time watching short videos on their mobile phones! 

It won't be an exaggeration to say that in our society, there is absolutely zero realization of the fact that our life is precious. Or is it that there is a secret and quiet realization in our society that our life is "not precious"?

If we push this theory, it fits very well. Since life is not precious, people need to tolerate it, spend it, waste it, or do whatever with it, since nothing matters. Let wretched people harass innocent people, let evil people harass noble souls for their pleasure, because, since life is not precious, why be any good?

It is a great tragedy for our country that along with material progress, we are fast losing all the spiritual greatness achieved by our ancestors. It pains to understand what a shameful achievement we have made with this trend. 

Hoping for some miracle to save the soul of our people and our country.  

- Rahul