A Step towards Spiritualism

                         The Indian Philosophy believes in rebirth. After death each and every person takes birth in one of the eighty four lakh yonis, according to his virtues, deeds and karmas in the previous birth. The human yoni is the rarest and the best. We reincarnate with a purpose, the purpose of developing and advancing our soul through experiences of life. All along the way of life we meet other people, the people of our own soul group, so also with the people of other soul groups. Subconsciously we feel a closer connection with like soul groups where as we make a distance with the people of unlike soul groups. Either of these soul groups teach us a lesson or cause some lessons to be learnt.

                        The universal law is- “We reap as we sow.” The Newton’s third law says- To the every action there is an opposite and equal reaction. The whole life is chain of actions and reactions. The universal laws are the underlying reasons for living and humanity. Each law is learnt through experience and pain. During the learning process habits and fears gradually are broken down. The joy of love and Devine light of love floods in and gradually replaces the darkness inside. The understanding of the universal laws, the universe and the Supreme brings enlightenment.

                           Right since birth, our whole life goes on weaving webs of twists and turns and we find ourselves in various situations that we are sure to deal with. How we face these situations and deal with them depends on our level of development. The process of development may be slow or fast, so also the outcome may be negative or positive. In general we ourselves are incapable of accessing our own development. Most of the people impose themselves to be the most developed and highly enlightened and that is miserable and sad.

                           The time and the space are the two vital constituents in our life. The time has the most important place in the process of development. We can hardly achieve or develop to our own wishes taking shorter cuts or rushing up fast. We cannot avoid or escape any experience, sweet or sour, pleasant or sad. Nothing is to be left out. All in whole is to be experienced. No two experiences are alike, they are not all over the same and they are never identical. No two paths are all the same, even the same path retraversed is not the same? To where the paths and the experiences lead us? Where they end up? What is the ultimate goal?

                        Every journey takes time. The space traversed consumes time. Our journey is long, may be tiring but sure enough it is rewarding. During the whole journey time our attitude must be positive. We must try to look for good in all the happenings, all the occurrences. Do not care what others say. What people talk about, how do the react or behave? It is none of our business. We are no judges; do not be judgmental to others. Keep patience, be compassionate. We are always responsible for our actions; we can not thrust them up to others. We need to be affectionate, adoring, loving. The vices, jealousies, the hatred, retard the process of development. Hinder our journey, take us astray, out of path, we are derailed. Our every step big or small, our every action, our every reaction make the difference, effect us and so also to others.

                           There are always chances enough for us to experience the worst. Think of the best and be ready for the worst. We are a minute part of the vast universal plan of the Supreme. Every person wants to be important as such we try is impose. We are apprehensive. Our over ambitiousness, lust of power and ego makes us aggressive; we deny the presences of Supreme. We invade the universal laws of nature. We cause humanity to put in destruction and peril, but always we claim to have a justification. We become selfish, self-centered and unhumanitarian. We endanger the whole humanity and the general.

                     The Adikavi Valmiki in the Yuudha kanda of the Shri Madramayan writes- “What wise men love to sow destruction through warfare in the world of human beings, which is constantly afflicted with adverse contingencies here, there and every where. The people who are being prayed upon by hunger, thirst, old age and so on, doomed as they are by fate and their actions, standing bewildered by melancholy and sorrow. The world of human beings, who though ignorant are yet addicted and to diverse pursuits and to whom what is in the store for them is not known. At places the merry making, music and dance etc is enjoyed by men full of delight, while others in distress are crying with tears streaming from their eyes and along their faces. Deluded by fondness of their kins and airy projects. Man does not foresee his own suffering. The world of mortals is full of sufferings and undone by delusion”.

                            All that is visible or invisible in one, outcome   of the same supreme and universal energy. We are not singular or apart. We are of the same source, the same light and same jnana. We need to hold our life and all that is precious closer to our heart and let it be the part of the beat and pulse of the universal connectivity. We all are the spirits of the Supreme, the Parmatman. Past is already past and the future is yet to come, we do not have any hold on it, live the present in complete perfection. Make best use of the present. It is in our own hold. It is the period of our development, our advancement. It is the situation we ought to be concerned about. It is of utmost importance, all the inspirations and creativity will emerge out of it. All the ingredients necessary for our development are linked with the present. Make best use of it, the growth will not occur otherwise and the life will stagnate. We need not to stagnate, we are to move onwards.

                         We need not to despair over war, famine, poverty, disasters, diseases, decays and deaths. All have their own places in our life cycle. We ought to learn lessons from them. A new awareness will sweep into our consciousness; we are ready to receive the message of universe. This awareness is followed by a great awakening, a deeper sense of purpose of our life; we will attract people with similar awareness and purpose. A small earthen lamp illuminated can kindle up millions of other lamps, we need to illuminate a lamp .We will not be alone then. Our small steps, actions and words will make the difference. One small action full of kindness and love will have ripple effect on many around us.                                        

                       The whole world at the moment looks sitting on a volcano. We have performed miracles. Science and technology is supposed to be at the climax of destructive capabilities. The heroes of the so called super powers are sitting, ready to switch on their fingers on the triggers aiming the soft targets. So called democracy has gone to dogs and the communism to wolves. Space is stirred up and encroached, the oceans are storming, and the natural resources have been pocketed by a limited few, the capitalists, the industrialists, the politicians, the bloody hounds. The people are helpless.

                         In India the politicians boast, we are the biggest democracy of the world. We are a vast Prajatantra. In Prajatantra the Praja is ruled by the Tantra. The Tantra constitutes of the Ministers, Parliamentarians, Legislators and the officers dominated and purchased by the monetary powers from in and outside the country. They enjoy all the benefits, well being and the luxuries of life. Praja is only a voter, who votes to let the Tantra on wheels? Praja is the vote bank of the political parties; Praja is given assurances never to be fulfilled. Praja is divided on the name of protection, reservation, religion, language and privatization. Praja fights against Praja. Praja starves; dies of hunger, calamities, riots and disasters. Tantra divides the Praja and rules. Long live the Prajatantra.

                        Strangely enough the Tantra is so called secularist where as the majority of Praja is named as communalist. The Tantra very often inflames the sentiments and emotions of the Praja and exploits it. There’s no place for Dharma in secular India; Dharma has been marginalized, ignored, condemned and is left to extinguish. Vedas, Upanishads, Purans, Ramayana, Geeta, the ancient Indian history and culture is abused to prove the Tantra as secular and told to be fake and imaginary.  Ages old sacred places of worship and faith, the shrines of gods and goddess are insulted. Those promising to bring Ram-Rajya after the independence, after sixty years of independence file affidavits in court that Ram is a fake and imaginary character created by the poets. Ram has no Historical evidence at all. Ram-Sethu inheriting more than twenty four holly Tirthas of prehistoric age supposed to be built by Lord Ram to cross the Indian Ocean to reach Lanka is now told to be a natural accumulation of sand and rocks in the ocean. This ages old construction of the bridge is to be destroyed now because the secular Indian Government has given the nod to a multi-million Dollar Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project which requires breaking Ram-Sethu to make a route navigable for ships around the Indian Peninsula. In Ram -Sethu rests the faith and devotion of millions of Hindus all over the world.

                 A book published by National Remote Sensing Agency based at Hyderabad working under Department of Space suggests that about 1,750,000 years old bridge of primitive age may be man made. According to the epic Shri Madramayan the bridge was built by lord Ram and his followers to reach Lanka to rescue Sita. The appeasement policy of the government mouths to quote that the characters of the Indian Epics are imaginary and fake not to rely on. The inferences of the Department of Space are suggestive and misleading. It looks, only so called secular leaders in India know the truth about the distance past and the far future. Lord Ram was born in the imagination of Indian poet and the Ram-Sethu is a natural formation under the sea.

                        The denial of the pivots of the people’s faith, the Dharma and Spiritualism is yet another sad experience of modern advancement. How can one dare Dharma-The universal code of conduct and spiritualism-the process to realize the Supreme, to deny? Be sure I’m not talking of the so called secular political concepts of the Dharma. The Dharma and the Religion are not synonymous. Sadly enough we are living in an era of knowing that vanishes in gloom and leads to darkness. For ages we have been saying – “relks ek T;ksfrxZe;”.

                                 So called political super modernism and progressiveness has complicated our lives being self confused. Simplicity often has more to offer than extreme intelligence that often lacks wisdom. The learned souls walk on this Earth with God’s light in them, showing others the right path, making others life uncomplicated and peaceful. The materialism nourishes hatred, greed, jealousies and lusts because they all give us power and justification to remain in a comfort zone that does not get challenged on a self esteem, self development or self control level.

                  The life experiences and realizations bring awareness. The awareness is gradually transformed into enlightenment and is always followed by a great awakening and sense of purpose for life. It makes us spiritual. As our spirituality develops our thoughts of peace and love also develop. Now we are in a place to do our best, following our heart and soul and accomplish what is destined to us, a step towards spiritualism.

                            loZs%  HkoUrq  lqf[ku%]  loZs%  lUrq  fujke;k AA

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14-Dec-2007                                                                        Dr. Swami Vijayanand