SREE NARAYANA GURU
My spiritual quest happened in the youth. Even though I read Sree Narayana Guru, my feeling was that Guru was indeed a learned man but much lesser than the spiritual giants like Jesus, Prophet Mohammed, Buddha, Mahavira, Shankarcharya etc. who had far more followers. While doing Engineering, the leading thinkers were Kamu, Sartre, Kafka etc. Of course, Karl Marx and Engels and their vision on Communism and Socialism prevailed in those times.
Finally I was more inclined to capitalism as long as communism remained an Utopian idea and the communist leaders turned out to be fakes or opportunists who changed into capitalists when reached leader stage.
Some unexpected events upset my normal ways of thinking and seeing things. After a rough patch of turmoil and confusion, I realized that what is in one's mind becomes his world. Thus life is nothing but a creation of a small world from the whole due to ego and desires. (ego is not arrogance but the body consciousness, worldly identity of an individual). Such personal small worlds trap the individual to believe that he is part of the small world and 'others' or 'strangers' also develop as a result. To avoid this, the best way is to drop the ego and desires altogether, if one can help it.
Thus one shrinks or develops to one's own true core conscious state with no mind or world as its own, but the entire world as own identifying one with the nature first than with the beings and people who identify themselves with the other beings or people.
This is the enlightened state possible for any human being. This means any one can reach Buddha hood if they simply change their mind and detach the mind from the possessive feeling towards a few beings and keeping others out as 'outsiders'. There are no outsiders, unfortunately Most cannot do this because instead of letting go off the world, they grab as much as they can. A state of Dhrita Rashtra (Dhrita means to embrace.. Rashtra means land or property or wealth.
Thus most end up as Dhrita Rashtras than Buddhas. More interestingly Dhrita Rashtras may even laugh at the Buddhas as 'stupid' fellows. LOL ! People get attracted to the wealth and glamour of Dhrita Rashtras than the peace and quiet of Buddhas.. That is the way it is.. The attraction (gravity) is towards the riches than the life source which created the riches.
Invariably the Dhrita Rashtras die out and fresh ones become the self proclaimed owner of the properties.. They will also stay for some time, show off the riches to those who do not have them and feel good. Buddhas are very very few and keep quiet. Because all this is a game of gargantuan proportions.. Krishna Leela.. the game of the existence just to pass time with some fire works and fun to escape boredom. LOL !
Coming back to the subject, having gone through the complete circle, starting from Sree Narayana Guru progressing to other spiritual giants like Socrates, Shankara Achaarya, Sree Ramakrishna, Vivekanada, Ramana Maharshi, Buddha, Mahavira, Guru Nanak, Jesus, Mohammed, Prophet Ibrahim (Who said God is my friend), Al Hillaj (who declared 'An Al Haq'.. 'I am the truth' something similar to 'Aham Brahmasmi'. He was stoned to death by fanatic believers for 'playing God !), Sarmad (who declared Allah is the only God but refused to say Mohammed is the last prophet.. He was beheaded) etc and more crap from intellectuals and philosophers, I finally stumbled down on Osho.
Sree Narayana Guru was not 'stylish' enough when I was young. Jesus , Mohammed and Buddha appeared far more bigger than Sree Narayana Guru. Wise guys had warned me not to read Osho as he was just another Vatsyayanan who wrote Kama shaastra. Wise guys are always around with pre-judgments. They will remain that way and die out with the same information that they have hardened on. In short they dig their own grave on spirituality. They cant do any better either. Because they are fearful of losing their world in their imaginations. The same thing which Gurus advise to let go off.
Osho is no sex swamy. But someone who taught to go beyond sex to reach divinity in a different way than conventional wisdom. Through Osho, I could see where each of these spiritual giants actually stand. Or what spiritual heights these biggies reached, Or where the famous ones had slipped or caught pants down. This was an astounding sight indeed. My understandings as fed by the world crashed or blasted into smithereens..
To Osho, Jesus is just "An over ambitious young man who did not deserve to be crucified" Prophet Mohammed was "One who treated women like cattle". Buddha's ego, jealousy and fear of women and Mahavira's crackpot rituals were just expected slippages !
The awe and fear in mind towards these biggies vanished after reading Osho. That Jesus and Mohammed were not even enlightened as an ordinary Rishi of India was a shocking revelation. The pomp and glory that Jesus and Nabi get or projected, reflect only the vested interests of the clergy who use Jesus and Nabi as a facades to further the clergy's own interests. Spiritually, Jesus and Nabi were babies. They are blown out of proportion by vested interests. The head reeled. half the world is looking upon on someone who are spiritual babies compared to the fully grown accomplished enlightened Rishis who are left unsung as they offered no miracles or heaven. The followers decide how desirable the enlightened one is ? LOL !
Now the real ones who attained enlightenment only mattered to me. Frantically searching for them landed some unusual names. Unheard Rishis and Zen Masters and Sufis who are hardly even heard. The whole projection of someone as model only reflects the vested interests of the clergy. The world that I used to know was upside down. I was suddenly in the middle of a world of lies with no footing. Floating in the air, telling lies and hiding unpalatable truths.
But I was no longer upset. Because I was now confident of the consciousness within which knows 'too much' if only one cares to know more. As such as one wants to know, is available. If one stops knowing and close his mind, he is closing his own window of knowledge. Unlimited knowledge. As much as one wants and more is within. One only has to crack open the lid of the mind and leave it open for ever. "sathyatthinte mukham pon paathram kondu maraykka ppettirikkunnu" (The face of truth is hidden by a golden cap /seal/cover). LOL !
I just had one query left. Where does Sree Narayana Guru stand among this hall of fame (and shame as only the super consciousness knows) of spiritual giants ?
A Chartered Accountant replies :
Pradeen Kumar: dear Laluji, Sree Narayana Guru is the most pious, unblemished and flawless soul the mankind has ever seen since the Big Bang. How many of us take pride in and understand how great the teachings of our Gurudevan are? Have you ever tried to assimilate what exactly our Gurudevan said about many things in his life? Gurudevan once said ““പലമതസാരവുമേകം” means “the meaning of all religion is same” in other words, my religion, your religion, their religion all one and same.
There are many Gurus and Saints who came prior to Gurudevan but all of them talked mostly about greatness of their religion but Gurudevan said “wait brothers, it is not only my religion but your religion is also great because meaning of all religion is same” What a great thought man! Doesn’t that sound great and make you feel virtuous. I definitely feel fulfilled and dignified for being part of his community.
See the shape of the world today. People kill each other in the name of God. Yes, they believe that they kill for God, to please his God. People kill each other for Religion, in the name of religion and for the God of their religion. People say to each other that “Your religion is wrong, mine is right” They say that my god is perfect yours is not. Look at Chekavar’s, they have never proclaimed that our religion is the only religion that is great and our god is the only god that is perfect? Never say that, you can’t say that because you are the one who follow the teachings of great Gurudevan ““പലമതസാരവുമേകം” means “the meaning of all religion is same”
“പലമതസാരവുമേകം”-“The meaning of all religion is same” this is the only attitude that will lead this world to compassion and brotherhood. Can you identify one principle that is better than ““പലമതസാരവുമേകം”-“The meaning of all religion is same” which can keep this beautiful world filled with bliss and rejoice? The message of compassion towards other religion was the greatest message of Gurudevan. This message is going to be the base and will lay the foundation for universal brotherhood and love in this world in the years to come.
We “Chevakars’ belong to the doctrine of Gurudevan that makes each one of us the best soul in the world. We are messengers of ““പലമതസാരവുമേകം”-“The meaning of all religion is same” and “FEEL VIRTUOUS FOR BEING PART OF THE GREATEST DOCTRINE IN THE WORLD, THE DOCTRINE OF ““പലമതസാരവുമേകം” means “the meaning of all religion is same”
That is about it.
My spiritual quest happened in the youth. Even though I read Sree Narayana Guru, my feeling was that Guru was indeed a learned man but much lesser than the spiritual giants like Jesus, Prophet Mohammed, Buddha, Mahavira, Shankarcharya etc. who had far more followers. While doing Engineering, the leading thinkers were Kamu, Sartre, Kafka etc. Of course, Karl Marx and Engels and their vision on Communism and Socialism prevailed in those times.
Finally I was more inclined to capitalism as long as communism remained an Utopian idea and the communist leaders turned out to be fakes or opportunists who changed into capitalists when reached leader stage.
Some unexpected events upset my normal ways of thinking and seeing things. After a rough patch of turmoil and confusion, I realized that what is in one's mind becomes his world. Thus life is nothing but a creation of a small world from the whole due to ego and desires. (ego is not arrogance but the body consciousness, worldly identity of an individual). Such personal small worlds trap the individual to believe that he is part of the small world and 'others' or 'strangers' also develop as a result. To avoid this, the best way is to drop the ego and desires altogether, if one can help it.
Thus one shrinks or develops to one's own true core conscious state with no mind or world as its own, but the entire world as own identifying one with the nature first than with the beings and people who identify themselves with the other beings or people.
This is the enlightened state possible for any human being. This means any one can reach Buddha hood if they simply change their mind and detach the mind from the possessive feeling towards a few beings and keeping others out as 'outsiders'. There are no outsiders, unfortunately Most cannot do this because instead of letting go off the world, they grab as much as they can. A state of Dhrita Rashtra (Dhrita means to embrace.. Rashtra means land or property or wealth.
Thus most end up as Dhrita Rashtras than Buddhas. More interestingly Dhrita Rashtras may even laugh at the Buddhas as 'stupid' fellows. LOL ! People get attracted to the wealth and glamour of Dhrita Rashtras than the peace and quiet of Buddhas.. That is the way it is.. The attraction (gravity) is towards the riches than the life source which created the riches.
Invariably the Dhrita Rashtras die out and fresh ones become the self proclaimed owner of the properties.. They will also stay for some time, show off the riches to those who do not have them and feel good. Buddhas are very very few and keep quiet. Because all this is a game of gargantuan proportions.. Krishna Leela.. the game of the existence just to pass time with some fire works and fun to escape boredom. LOL !
Coming back to the subject, having gone through the complete circle, starting from Sree Narayana Guru progressing to other spiritual giants like Socrates, Shankara Achaarya, Sree Ramakrishna, Vivekanada, Ramana Maharshi, Buddha, Mahavira, Guru Nanak, Jesus, Mohammed, Prophet Ibrahim (Who said God is my friend), Al Hillaj (who declared 'An Al Haq'.. 'I am the truth' something similar to 'Aham Brahmasmi'. He was stoned to death by fanatic believers for 'playing God !), Sarmad (who declared Allah is the only God but refused to say Mohammed is the last prophet.. He was beheaded) etc and more crap from intellectuals and philosophers, I finally stumbled down on Osho.
Sree Narayana Guru was not 'stylish' enough when I was young. Jesus , Mohammed and Buddha appeared far more bigger than Sree Narayana Guru. Wise guys had warned me not to read Osho as he was just another Vatsyayanan who wrote Kama shaastra. Wise guys are always around with pre-judgments. They will remain that way and die out with the same information that they have hardened on. In short they dig their own grave on spirituality. They cant do any better either. Because they are fearful of losing their world in their imaginations. The same thing which Gurus advise to let go off.
Osho is no sex swamy. But someone who taught to go beyond sex to reach divinity in a different way than conventional wisdom. Through Osho, I could see where each of these spiritual giants actually stand. Or what spiritual heights these biggies reached, Or where the famous ones had slipped or caught pants down. This was an astounding sight indeed. My understandings as fed by the world crashed or blasted into smithereens..
To Osho, Jesus is just "An over ambitious young man who did not deserve to be crucified" Prophet Mohammed was "One who treated women like cattle". Buddha's ego, jealousy and fear of women and Mahavira's crackpot rituals were just expected slippages !
The awe and fear in mind towards these biggies vanished after reading Osho. That Jesus and Mohammed were not even enlightened as an ordinary Rishi of India was a shocking revelation. The pomp and glory that Jesus and Nabi get or projected, reflect only the vested interests of the clergy who use Jesus and Nabi as a facades to further the clergy's own interests. Spiritually, Jesus and Nabi were babies. They are blown out of proportion by vested interests. The head reeled. half the world is looking upon on someone who are spiritual babies compared to the fully grown accomplished enlightened Rishis who are left unsung as they offered no miracles or heaven. The followers decide how desirable the enlightened one is ? LOL !
Now the real ones who attained enlightenment only mattered to me. Frantically searching for them landed some unusual names. Unheard Rishis and Zen Masters and Sufis who are hardly even heard. The whole projection of someone as model only reflects the vested interests of the clergy. The world that I used to know was upside down. I was suddenly in the middle of a world of lies with no footing. Floating in the air, telling lies and hiding unpalatable truths.
But I was no longer upset. Because I was now confident of the consciousness within which knows 'too much' if only one cares to know more. As such as one wants to know, is available. If one stops knowing and close his mind, he is closing his own window of knowledge. Unlimited knowledge. As much as one wants and more is within. One only has to crack open the lid of the mind and leave it open for ever. "sathyatthinte mukham pon paathram kondu maraykka ppettirikkunnu" (The face of truth is hidden by a golden cap /seal/cover). LOL !
I just had one query left. Where does Sree Narayana Guru stand among this hall of fame (and shame as only the super consciousness knows) of spiritual giants ?
A Chartered Accountant replies :
Pradeen Kumar: dear Laluji, Sree Narayana Guru is the most pious, unblemished and flawless soul the mankind has ever seen since the Big Bang. How many of us take pride in and understand how great the teachings of our Gurudevan are? Have you ever tried to assimilate what exactly our Gurudevan said about many things in his life? Gurudevan once said ““പലമതസാരവുമേകം” means “the meaning of all religion is same” in other words, my religion, your religion, their religion all one and same.
There are many Gurus and Saints who came prior to Gurudevan but all of them talked mostly about greatness of their religion but Gurudevan said “wait brothers, it is not only my religion but your religion is also great because meaning of all religion is same” What a great thought man! Doesn’t that sound great and make you feel virtuous. I definitely feel fulfilled and dignified for being part of his community.
See the shape of the world today. People kill each other in the name of God. Yes, they believe that they kill for God, to please his God. People kill each other for Religion, in the name of religion and for the God of their religion. People say to each other that “Your religion is wrong, mine is right” They say that my god is perfect yours is not. Look at Chekavar’s, they have never proclaimed that our religion is the only religion that is great and our god is the only god that is perfect? Never say that, you can’t say that because you are the one who follow the teachings of great Gurudevan ““പലമതസാരവുമേകം” means “the meaning of all religion is same”
“പലമതസാരവുമേകം”-“The meaning of all religion is same” this is the only attitude that will lead this world to compassion and brotherhood. Can you identify one principle that is better than ““പലമതസാരവുമേകം”-“The meaning of all religion is same” which can keep this beautiful world filled with bliss and rejoice? The message of compassion towards other religion was the greatest message of Gurudevan. This message is going to be the base and will lay the foundation for universal brotherhood and love in this world in the years to come.
We “Chevakars’ belong to the doctrine of Gurudevan that makes each one of us the best soul in the world. We are messengers of ““പലമതസാരവുമേകം”-“The meaning of all religion is same” and “FEEL VIRTUOUS FOR BEING PART OF THE GREATEST DOCTRINE IN THE WORLD, THE DOCTRINE OF ““പലമതസാരവുമേകം” means “the meaning of all religion is same”
That is about it.
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