Thursday, 22 November 2012

ADULTERY IS NO SIN



ADULTERY IS NO SIN

Moralists and male chauvinists may lower the eye brows and read the complete text before daring to raise the eyebrows again. During the reading try to stop thinking like “I already knew you might say only something disgusting like that”. Without such prejudgements, the message will be clearer.

Adultery may happen among adults. Children are taught to call it sin. Once the children become adults, they realise the truth that adultery is a natural gushing of unsatisfied or suppressed energy that can happen with either sex. It is just natural as blocking the free running river by a dam. The waters are bound to rise and gush out of the available openings. This is the natural tendency of water.

But there is no sin in this natural diversion of gushing energy. Absolutely.

The eye brows…Just keep it down. Just keep reading. May raise afterwards.

The so called civilised society which try to live with single partners for life (at whatever cost) look down upon adultery. Because it is a threat to their accepted lifestyle as well as corrupting the children’s minds. This feeling of the civilised society to the adulterer is also quite understandable. Otherwise there could have a society of swapping partners looking down upon single partner societies, if that was better. But such people do not become a society but a crowd.

Single partner is healthy and more hygienic. No doubts. With all its shortcomings, the Hindu style single partner families still command respect. Because there is an element of sacrifice and discipline in that way of life. Children get more care and attention. They become better citizens. Other types of any partner or multiple partners may claim they enjoy life better with no attached strings.

But even with single partner family societies, adultery may happen. Because the partners may not be happy with each other at all times. And all fingers are not the same size and looks. Horses needed for courses. Horses cannot be replaced with asses and still expect the same result. It is all very complicated to explain !

The specific point of discussion is that adultery can happen due to natural reasons and is not a sin as made out to be. Especially by the priests and religions. Males see female adultery as more sinful than the same by males. This is purely the males’ view. Females naturally have similar views but are suppressed by the males by muscle power and making the females financially dependent. Those females who can not be controlled under either muscle or money power, are scared with a religious weapon that ‘adultery is a sin before God’.

This version of making adultery a sin is what is baseless. Assuming that the God is the creator who creates bodies, God is used to witnessing how babies are made and seeing babies being born naked. So God may not get upset when these babies become adults and lift the clothes for a pee. It is the male’s bearability level that marks the boundaries and makes rules to suit the average male. Not the average female, mind you.

Such rules can be religious or political. Females are game for anything that the males can handle. No more no less. She can fly with Usain bolt and crawl along with a lame husband. It is up to the male to declare his capacity to expand or tolerate. The female actually adjusts to the chosen male’s limitations. But that does not mean she is limited. She is capable of dancing with the most complete male (lets say Krishna as an example) as well as bearing with the lowest male allotted to her. It is thus purely the male’s capability that decides the activities.

Precisely because of this reason, the males find it difficult to explain to females why he wants her movements to be restricted to suit his and still not complain, even if there are better options around. It is like someone who can afford only  dry bread to the wife, because he is lazy and hates work, still wants the wife not to see the neighbour feeding his wife five star meals. At least make a try to give her better meals. She will still bear with him. But blaming her because she points out the more caring neighbour is simply immature.

Lets see it from the female point of view. She is born capable of living with the best male available. She gets some asshole in the due course. He may not match the best male in many respects. Still she adjusts with him as much as possible and shuts her mind to other males even if they are far more desirable. But they are also humans. If she fails at times due to the incapability of the male, then why blame her? Introspection is required by the males. Blaming the females for his own fault is morality?

This freedom of females, however, the males cannot digest. Even if he is a big hearted. Trying to scare females that female adultery is more sinful is childish. If adultery is sin, it is applicable to both sexes equally. As understood, a dissatisfied partner wishing for an appropriate partner is only natural. That the small minded males cannot digest this normal tendency is his limitation.

I am not advocating adultery. Adulterers need not hail me as the leader.

Adultery happens because of dissatisfied partners trying to vent energy and thus become peaceful. This is a biological need and process. Trying to block this natural tendency by rules will only make the energy trying to escape from another weak area. What is required is to understand that such things can happen and the remedy is to make the existing partner attend his lacuna, if any, and rectify it. If he in his egoistic arrogance still refuses to correct himself, then the female cannot be held solely responsible for whatever remedial action she might take to balance herself.

Be big hearted men. No God is watching who is ditching the partners. These are all personal choices according to the likes and dislikes of minds. Different minds have different tastes. The best option is to totally remove all likes and become a Buddha. If that is not practical, then at least understand that it is not a crime to have consensual sex between willing partners.

Imagine. Even rape is accepted by the males. But consensual sex by an ‘owned’ female is termed as sin. Double standards due to sexual jealousy. It is for the males to control their jealousy. As the same is almost impractical, males try to blame the females for all his faults. Is that not the truth?

May raise the eye brows now, if they can be raised, that is.

Silly childish people.



THE SCIENCE OF REBIRTH



THE SCIENCE OF RE-BIRTH

Some religions say there is no rebirth. Some swear by it. What is the truth?

To explain this query it is required to know how the bodies evolve. The earth has millions of life forms. Intrinsically one form is not inferior to another. Think of the fingers in a palm. They look different. But are all parts of the same palm. Without the palm the fingers do not exist, meaningfully.

Think of an apple. Pluck it from a tree and eat it. For fast forwarding the slow motion cycle, imagine that the apple is digested immediately and discharged as urine and excreta under the same tree. The tree absorbs the waste and makes another apple. The hungry man eats it again. The cycle continues until the body lasts.

Relax. The man did not eat his own shit. The shit was converted into an edible form by the tree. Lets keep our dignity. We are not worms to eat shit !

This leads to the extreme example. The person after eating the apple converts the same into sperms and eggs and conceive a child. Forget the life in a child. What is its body? Some food. Now the child grows eats umpteen times (shits too, naturally) and finally dies with great reluctance. He wants to eat more ! Now he is buried under the tree. Micro organisms convert the body back to earth and the tree sucks up the mud. Now again apples are created out of the body of the eater. Now the apple turned into his body and vice versa. This is another example of a life cycle.

So far no big issues except that raised eye brows on the apple turning into shit and dead body transforming back to apples.

But life is not simple as that. Apart from the body and the apple, There is a hidden entity connecting both. That is the mind. The mind liked the apple. And lets assume that the mind still continued to like the apple at the time of death. What would happen to that mind?

Certain assumptions are to be made here because these cannot be proved to suspecting minds. One assumption is that the mind goes to the Soul after death of the body and the God reads the mind. Yes. Judgement day. Except that it is not a particular day but Judgement moments. At all moments the minds reach God and judgements are made in a split second.

Thus the mind fond of eating apples go to God after the eater is dead. Now lets make it in slow motion to understand it better. God looks at the engravings or stains or etchings in the mind. God understands that the mind is yet to satisfy itself eating apples. God has no apples. The apples are on earth. God is reportedly kind too. So it blesses the mind. " Take another form with which you can eat more apples". the mind enters a suitable form with which it can eat apples.

But a small twist may happen here. By oversight or sheer incapability without a body, the mind did not indicate to God that it needs a human form to enjoy the apple ! Now this new form will not be that of a carnivorous for sure. Because God had blessed the mind to have a body with which it can eat apples. God will not cheat ! But the form or body with which that mind would be able to eat apple would depend on the other qualities of the mind and its track record !

Thus that mind can re-enter into another form (which is available on earth at that time) to eat apples. It can be, hold your breath, a monkey. Worse it can be a mere caterpillar. It can be anything that can eat apples. Not necessarily a Hritvik Roshan body to eat the pending apples !

This is the science behind rebirth. It is just an extension of the so called Judgement day by religions that do not believe in re-births ! They are stuck at the Judgement day concept. Actually judgements happen every other moment real time on the spot. It is not a dead or stagnant God but a versatile dynamic God dancing and whistling inside while allotting bodies at one million per second ! Do not try to box up this God. Those who tried will get themselves boxed up without knowing anything about it.

Lets see some other examples of rebirths just to drive down the concept.

Suppose someone dies with unrealised sexual desires. He would definitely get a body to satisfy the pending fantasies. But that may be of a dog or donkey which enjoy sex better than normal humans. Watch the dog which barks at the intruders and bites other dogs that try to have his bitch? It is not suggested that people swap their partners. The point is that most are at the same level as the animals. Yes. Quite unfortunately.

Or take a glutton who dies wishing to eat more. He may be reborn as a pig which can eat anything from garbage to excreta. This is the only problem with the rebirth theory. It may not be palatable to human beings.

Or someone who did good things. He may be reborn at a better circumstance in rich family, more loving parents with better looks or intelligence etc. In short the quality of life would be better. That is why wise people shift to veg food and peaceful ways of living without hurting others.

What can happen to terrorists who kill innocents? Because they were blind during the act, they may get reborn as worms without eyes sight and get trampled or eaten by birds ... over and over again. It is difficult to break a certain cycle. A mutton eater may become the very goat he killed to eat and vice versa until the goat and the eater would look into each other's eyes and wonder " Why are we eating each other by turns brother ?!" Then that cycle would snap and a new one may commence.

Another likely hood for the killers is that they get reborn as Bullocks, plough the fields, bear the load of carts, get beaten by the cart driver or get speared alive by matadors.



10 INCARNATIONS IN HINDUISM AND EVOLUTION



TEN INCARNATIONS OF GOD IN HINDUISM AND DARWIN’S THEORY OF EVOLUTION

In Hindu scriptures there is the description of dasavatar (dasa - ten; avatar - incarnation of God). This actually refers to the evolution of life and is fully compatible with the theory of evolution of Sir Charles Darwin 5000 years later !

The first avatar (incarnation) is called MATSYA (Fish) -  Life appeared on earth in water as a water borne single cell organism (and finally evolves into a human being).

The second avatar is called Koorma (Tortoise) – Life graduated into an amphibian from water dependent organisms to those who can live both in water and land.

The third avatar is called Varaham (Pig) – Pig can live in wet land – fully out of water but still not fully independent from water. (See the progression of evolution!)

The fourth avatar is called Narasimham (Half man half lion) – The evolution to man continues and now we have a half man - half animal creature, may be referring to hunters or monkeys.

The fifth avatar is called Vaman (Small man) – the animal part is totally discarded now and a small man like shape has evolved.

The sixth Avatar is called Balram (Farmer) – Man gets into farming to make food.

The seventh Avatar is Parashuram (Angry saint who killed Brahmins) – This may be referring to social reformations and action against chauvinists.

The eighth Avatar is called Sri Ram – The perfect human is finally evolved. He values morality more than his own well being.

The ninth Avatar is called Krishna – Krishna is not regarded as a human being but is above it. He is the direct incarnation of God without any weaknesses or desires; and does magical things capable only by him. His posture of playing a flute besides a cow (representing the world or nature) is the ultimate meaning about God and its creation. God sings by leaning on its creation.

The tenth avatar is called Kalki – In this state, there is nothing more to evolve. Kalki is the state of God when it reacts to situations in the world directly by thoughts to avoid catastrophe. It is not a physical existence but a state of active dialogue with this world.

Wonder why the Indian philosophers were not considered for Nobel Prize for the theory of evolution as they understood 5000 years ago. For that matter even Mahatma Gandhi did not get Nobel prize for peace. May be he was not peaceful enough for the prize!Or giving him that prize would not have suited the colonialists.




HOW NOT TO OPEN THE MIND



HOW NOT TO OPEN THE MIND

We have been advised by many to open the mind. Learn and earn knowledge to open the mind and have a big heart. A good teacher is required to open the inner eye. Small minded people become adamant, angry and aggressive. Such people get only a limited number of  friends.

What exactly is a closed or small mind and how to open the mind to convert mean guys to great legends?

Is there any use in opening the mind, by the way ! This is interesting too. In fact an intelligent question. Many so called big hearted people have suffered more or less equally like ordinary small minded people with selfish motives. So what exactly is the use, if any, in opening the mind? Why not leave the mind in its natural state and simply go through the motions of instincts, desires and emotions?

This problem relates only to human beings. No animal or bird or plants or fish has this existential dilemma ! Whether to open the mind or not ! Keeping the mind as such is easy and natural. Open it up needs education and pain, sacrificing of personal interests. What is the use of taking all this trouble and still ending up miserable with an open heart, I mean mind?

Lets see. In fact we need to analyse this issue with a fine balance between heart (emotions) and brain (intellect) together. What the heart says may appear quite true but may not be acceptable at all to the brain. And vice versa. So a good balance of brain and heart is required to find out the truth in “Is opening the mind of any use”.

What is an open mind? Lets take an example. Someone marries from another religion. Closed minds cannot accept it. It is against what they learned. Such marriages may make them uncomfortable. The religion and its teachings and ways are sacrosanct for them. Such minds wonder. What made her marry such an ordinary guy? Far better options were available within the religion itself. Either she is stupid or he has trapped her. No closed mind can ever accept the couple. The couple would be kept out of their minds. Covert or open efforts will be on to belittle the couple, harass them, refuse help if needed, bring them down and trample them. The closed minds find this diabolic plot rather amusing and correct. They keep this feelings inside and mingle the crowd seeking similar people to join hands with and make fun of the couple.

Open minded ones may pass off the marriage as just another incident. After all there are only males and females, whatever be their religious inclination. Believing is Krishna is the same as believing in Jesus or Prophet Mohammed or Buddha or whoever great person the individual find attractive. Religion is a personal choice. The couple might have found them mutually complimenting. They might have found each other compatible. Others do not matter to them. They think they would be happy together than separate. Others have no business in this personal choice. So leave them alone. Let them love each other as much as they wish ! We can also learn from them how to love better !

These are the two different attitudes that develop among closed minds and open minds. Watch the difference in minds more closely.

The closed mind is so narrow that it cannot accept anything other than what is seen earlier. The mind is emotion driven, with jealousy and anger ruling the roost. Hurting and ridiculing others does not require a second thought for such people, as it becomes a normal way of functioning. Such minds are mostly owned by males. They watch people and pass comments. They target weaker people than themselves and crack jokes at their expense. They think they are the centre of existence and start advising and admonishing others thinking what they say is correct and better than the others.

It is difficult to spot such males in a crowd. Because most are that ! They present themselves to be confident and friendly, if that works. Their fangs will be hidden and would come out only when they get the right preys that can be intimidated and dominated.

Females know these narrow minded males too well. After all these males react mostly to the females as if they are an object to enjoy. Females call such males wholesome assholes, meaning they remind of that part of anatomy and talk shit.

Lets take another example. To the closed mind, the moon is a bright round disc which changes shape. Romantic minds realise that moonlit nights can be quite an experience. Beloveds know that there are few better experiences than being together at that time. The philosopher may think of the service of the moon by giving light at night. A rocket scientist may feel nothing about the moon knowing its hard reality. A mystic may think of the intelligence behind the creation of moon. These are all various states of minds with different understandings. All these experiences are true but only in parts.

Like the blind men saw the elephant. The elephant is not what the blind saw. The elephant is the elephant, whether endorsed by the blind or even by the visionary. There lies the crux. To know something in its totality, it is required to enquire about it completely, in all respects, no holes barred. This needs the intellect to be engaged. The mind is the tool to learn and analyse various options. This needs effort and patience. Most leave this painful process to understand as much as possible and remain happy with what their intellect is comfortable with.

Thus for most, the moon remains a bright round disc in the sky. The moon did not restrict them from knowing more about it. The individual did not bother to know any further. He might be more interested in how to make money and enjoy women. His energy and efforts are spent in those specific areas. And he definitely will get better understanding about money and women, his interested, short listed, focussed areas ! Ask them, if in doubt. And wonder at the walking encyclopaedia on how to make money or what the females in his radar vicinity do !

Had these guys used the intellect on studies instead, he would have passed IIT JEE with honours.

Coming back to the subject whether opening the mind is of any use or not. It can be seen that, the more one understands something, learns about it, researches on it and meditate about it, the clearer his understanding would be about it. This is simply the reward of opening the mind. The open minded gets more information about lets say the moon if he decides to interact with the romantic, the poet, the scientist, the philosopher and the mystic with an attempt to know what others know about the same thing that he knows a little about.

When the mind is open to further information, even if contradictory and unpalatable, the mind expands to accommodate all information. This makes the mind feel big, heavy and thus slow and peaceful. If another opinion or information comes on the same subject, the mind will try to accommodate that too and expand further.

When all the information about the enquired item is complete, the mind will digest the item completely and then disappear. Yes disappear ! The mind will not have anything more to enquire and thus it will simply leave the area and may go after something of fresh interest and start collecting information about it. The mind thus gets refined and keeps transforming, getting newer visions and experiences. All because the mind was allowed to learn everything possible about an item of interest.

Compare this mind with a closed mind. The closed mind does not accept anything other than what is already decided and accepted by the intellect. Further information is blocked by the intellect as it would affect the existing understanding of the mind, which will require change of stance and readjustment and looking afresh. All these are bothersome !

Therefore such minds resort to finding fault with others than trying to understand the issue in a better way. And what they train the mind, the mind will deliver, like it or not ! Thus the fanatics will frown at refreshing queries from the new generation. Instead of trying to understand them and answer logically, the fanatics find it easier to keep their own understanding and sleep over it. To continue the sleep in ignorance, they may even intimidate and eliminate the fresh information or the messenger carrying that information. But the information will keep coming in from other sources until the stubborn fundamentalists understand and change stance.

That is how God works. Like a river going around obstacle rocks incessantly and slowly dissolving it into nothing but beach sand. Tell the beach sand that it was a stubborn rock once ! It may just smile.

Therefore fanatics and fundamentalists may continue to sleep like the obstacle rock in a river. No issues. The waters continue to flow around. Good night.

HOW TO GET OUT OF FAITH AND RELIGIONS



HOW TO GET OUT OF FAITH AND RELIGIONS

Which God is the most powerful?  The options are

A). Allah B). Yahova C). Krishna D). Other (specify)

Even among the educated ones, one may already make the choice under the lips according to the religious leanings.

Another question: Which founder of religion is the dearest to God?

A). Jesus B). Prophet Mohammed C). Buddha D). Mahavira

Which religion is the correctest?

A). Christianity B). Islam C). Hinduism D). Buddhism

The rituals of which religion is the most effective?

A). Christianity B). Islam C). Hinduism D). Buddhism

The rituals of which religion is the simplest?

A). Christianity B). Islam C). Hinduism D). Judaism

The problem is that by thinking this way we only get into arguments. Each such 'thinker' may try to place a particular founder or religion as the very best. Followers of others would find fault. Otherwise they do not exist ! Finally both may end up referring to the genitals of each other's parents.

Cut into slow motion. They started with God and the founder of religion, things regarded as the noblest and end up abusing the parents. Has anyone reached God or at least the founder by these arguments?

If you would like to know the quality of abuses, just go to you tube and type in "Hinduism Vs Islam". For those who do not have time one sample that seen is as follows. (Parental advice may be required for the feeble minded)

Islamic follower: Hindu Monkey God took (Name of God) to a tree and assf**ked him with his tail"

Hindu defender: (Name of Prophet) stole a female infant from heaven when ( name of God) went to the loo.

Sorry for reproducing this. Those who have not already fainted, here is another.

Islamic follower: Hindu women are ugly and stinking.

Hindu defender: Bangladeshi women are available in Mumbai at Rs.10 per shot.

The point is such arguments do not help to know God for which the so called religions are founded. Instead of reaching Godliness, it is clear where these followers end up.

Is this the problem or shortcoming of the founders of respective religions? Or those who interpret religions according to their convenience on behalf of the founders?

A holistic view is required to know the truth. Followers miss the forest for the trees they  believe in.

Take it this way. In this blue planet, there are several types of human bodies according to the climate and location they live in. Thus those who live in the equatorial belt are dark skinned. Those who are in north and south where the sunlight is slanted and not direct are fair skinned. Those who are in between are brown skinned.

Similarly different areas have developed their own languages. If someone asks which language is the best, we end up in arguments. Thus these are to be understood as a medium developed for communication and leave at that for peace.

In Japan one may call sun by a particular word (Rahim may be able to say). Indians may call it Suraj and the Americans would call it you know what. Extrapolate this to the name given to the creator and we have the answer to the first question. There is only one sun with different names. The question of which sun is more powerful is absurd.

Imagine the palm and the five fingers. Now assume that the palm is God and the founders are the fingers. Which finger is the best? Each finger can start boasting their merits leaving the little finger in tears. Is the middle finger the best, being the tallest? Ask Virat Kohli or Ishant Sharma. Is the thumb the best being the strongest? Ask Ekalavya. The palm would say, all fingers are my parts. I could have created all fingers alike. Five thumbs or five middle fingers. But this variation suits the purpose (of holding) better !

So that is it.

God could have created all people whites, all blacks or all brown. All exactly six footers. All looking like Aiswarya Rai. But then it was not done that way. This difference is to be understood. The middle finger may claim to be the best. Just ignore it and look at the smiling palm and relax.

The religions are not separate from one another. They complement each other. What is required is to learn the lesson conveyed by religions. In short all religions talk about a creator and urge people to surrender the ego (of the middle finger) and be a part of the communion called nature. God rests there. Look at the trees to confirm by nodding ! If we start swearing by a particular religion or a certain founder, the point is missed.

The founders are all god's messengers. Now do not jump add masala and portray them out of this world to make them look more dramatic. Ordinary human beings were able to reach a state of no-mind by controlling the desires, removing the attachments in mind and living a virtuous life. They were followed by ordinary people. These founders did not land from Maars. They were very much born on earth like everyone else but managed to reach a higher level than most others by conditioning their minds and through meditation.

It follows that each of us can reach the same level of no-mind ness as the founders of religions. It is like the seeds of a tree sown at different terrains. Those which fall on the rock die due to heat. Those which fall on barren land may just sprout. Those which reach the fertile land may grow into a tree kissing the clouds ! Now the seeds that could not become the tree may feel jealous of the tree and brand it as 'lucky'. Intrinsically there is no difference between the seed that grew and that which died.

The story of the dead seed is not over yet. It will become mud and would be absorbed by the tree and convert it again into a seed ! This is the life cycle. Death is not a reality but just a changing phase ! Modern science agrees with this. Matter (and energy) can neither be created nor destroyed. Matter can transform into energy and vice versa. If nothing really is lost what are we fighting for? Illusions of loss. That way we are fooled. That is the game played by God. Because God loves fun. God is not at all to be afraid of. But unless one knows how God plays the game, the religions would make you a follower.

Now can you see the 'really real' God? Go straight to God with open hands and roaring in laughter. Do not pray to God for better status. The present status itself is the game played. Realise that and play along with God. Live in the present. That is the real follower. The founders of God could do that. there is no reason why we cannot.

One secret. Do not degrade women. Instead try to do things that they want you to do. God hides behind women just to play with men.



THE PURPOSE OF HINDU TEMPLES



THE PURPOSE OF HINDU TEMPLES

The temples are meant for social get-together and Satsangh (meeting of good people). The temple is a representation of the human body with 9 holes (two eye sockets, two ears, two nostrils, mouth, anus and ureter). The ideal temple would thus have nine windows or doors or openings representing the human body. The idol represents the soul within the body (Not to be confused that the idol has supernatural powers and can grant any wish if properly pleased by bribing !)

In a proper temple there would be something for awakening the five senses. Hymns or Music for the ears (hearing sense), lights for the eyes (sense of sight), water sprinkling for the skin (touch sense), Incense sticks and flowers for nose (sense of smell) and prasad for tongue (sense of taste).

Thus temples are places to awaken the senses. What for? Only with alert senses one would be able to attain progress in life. Thus those who seek better quality of life, need to awaken their senses. It also implies that if someone does not want material progress but spiritual progress, then he / she does not have to awaken the senses or even go to temples. Material progress and spiritual progress are two diametrically opposite paths. One can probably chose only choose one at a time.

If one has pent up desires in mind, he / she may go to temples for Satsangh or at least intentionally awaken and strengthen their senses by developing a strong healthy body. They have too keep themselves away from habits which weaken the senses such as too much food, smoking, non veg food, alcoholism, drugs etc. Then do your dharma without deviating from the prescribed path that is ‘Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavanthu’ (let all become happy) or ‘Avanavan atmasukhthinu acharikkunnava aparannu sukhthinay varenam’ (An action that one does for happiness of oneself, should result in creating happiness for others also). Thus only mutually beneficial businesses should be indulged in. Other businesses may not give lasting peace even if they can create loads of money and end up with hatred and competition with others.

How to pray:
That is right. There is a way to pray. During the exam time one may run to the nearest temple and pray that he be passed in the exam with the condition that if the wish is granted, the idol is promised a certain offering ! This is the wrong way. Because several misunderstandings are there in this way of praying.

1). The first is that you are assuming that the God is there to grant your desires. Desires are what one should actually get over. God only can help you to do that. A desire is actually a personal weakness of those who pray. Instead of seeking a way to get over the desires, they end up praying to God to satisfy the desires, which is patently wrong. Desires are never going to be satisfied for ever. They keep coming and we end up praying!

2). The second fault is that everyone is given the capability to sustain oneself and attain the personal wishes and God cannot give you anymore even if you pray. If you pressurise God to make you run as fast as Usain Bolt, then God would be obviously under stress ! Thus it is to be understood that we ARE capable of achieving what is normally desirable to us. If we get worked up by the prosperity of someone else which is clearly beyond one’s own capability, then even God cannot grant your wish, however hard you pray !

3). The third fault is that we tend to forget that the God is the creator of all things. I wonder if God would like to have any other offering than fresh smelling flowers that too in their own bushes itself unplucked! So God will be more pleased if you can water the plant instead of plucking its only flower for prayers ! Offerings in money and Gold etc may be like offerings in paper and stone respectively to the creator, that is they have no value to him. Anyway if selfish people who would not normally donate money to charity, offers a part of their wealth to temples for the guarantee of the idol to take care of their wealth, and if that money is used to benefit the poor people, a good purpose may be getting served. Hopefully such monies won’t end up only in lining the temple trustee’s pockets !

So what is the right way to pray?

One can pray to realise one’s desires without hurting anyone else’s life.
Another pray can be to guide one the right path of achieving the desires.
Another can be to reassure oneself that he is capable of realising the goals.
God has given you everything. What else do you need?
The best prayer can be to help one transcend the desire itself!
Happy praying ! But do it the right way.

BODY, MIND, SOUL and THE UNIVERSE



BODY, MIND, SOUL and THE UNIVERSE

Look at this in another angle. The creator is eternal. The universe is a manifestation of this infinite eternity in time. Hence to the eternity, this universe and time are just another episode like in an unending Indian TV serial. Countless universes might have come and gone. May come again even after this  universe plays out its prescribed mission. Unless you realise the truth about your self, the life is as good as wasted, even as one tries to convince himself that he really lived his life… money…women….career….wealth…friends…. fame… fans ! Gone at a swing of the time. Where are you gone?

Need to understand the mind better and remove the spots and knots in mind intelligently. Spend some time to understand the mind than on making further money and indulging in newer pleasures. Introspect. Who or what are you ?

Once you ask this question, then the mind would slowly free itself from the bondages. A pure (thought free) mind is what the God has. Our minds are born from it. That is why a baby's mind is so clean. As we interact with the world, the mind is plastered with different shades (likes and dislikes). Because of this we cant see anything else than what is in our own mind or what we would like to see.

When we see a tree for the first time, it creates an impression in our mind. When we think of that tree, we don’t need go to the tree and look at it again next time. “You” “look” at the “image” in “your” “mind” on that “tree”. “You’ are not “really” ”seeing” the “tree” but only “knowing” the ‘impression” in ‘mind’ about that “tree” !

Do you understand?  

A trader may only see how much the tree would fetch if felled. A boat builder may see it as parts of a new boat he has in mind. A bird might see it as its restaurant, park and home ! A child may see it as a shade under which he can play. The owner might see it as a source of income by selling its fruits. A fruit merchant may see only the money he can make by buying the entire fruits by even swindling the lawful owner by reporting low demand.

The tree remains the same selfless entity proud and tall during all these impressions people make about it in their minds! To others it appears in different ways, depending on the way one looks at it or the way one’s mind forms impressions about it based on the instincts, likes and dislikes in the very mind of the onlooker. The poor tree is not responsible for what people think about it. It may not be even aware. It simply exists as the tree ! We think about it in different ways. the tree does not complain either. 

Can someone see a tree exactly as it is without creating an impression about the tree in his mind? One can. Only if the mind is clean and free from any preconditions. Then look into the tree and you 'know' everything about the tree. This is reportedly how Ayurveda developed in ancient India. Otherwise can anyone taste each and every leaf and root and fruits (some of which are poisonous too) and see the result  it can make to a particular ailment? What about the compounds (Kashayam / Lehyam) made from different parts of various plants? Mind boggling !

By the way can two people see the same tree exactly the same way? They can provided the minds are similar. But as this is impractical, there is only one way. By making both the minds clear. When the minds are clean, then there is no difference in what they see.

Then the final stage. All people seeing everything exactly as the others ! There is still some distance for that state. At that stage all would realise that the entity that enables them to see through different bodies is just the same one or the bodies are all linked by it.


 
A mind can become free and then dissolve into the consciousness (soul). A mind having no desires (like the divinely smiling kids or the animals) experiences the soul within. Because when the mind is free it sees nothing outward. The inner consciousness, which so far appeared to be a far off vague feeling, becomes louder and intense as the mind becomes more and more detached from the objects in this world. Once the attachments in the mind are completely removed (by practice or by events of life) the mind would start feeling the consciousness more real than the rock mountain in front of you ! Once fully free, the mind vibrates like a dew drop at the lotus leaf. Not connected to the leaf but touching the leaf all the same ! 

You can literally hear the pin drop at this state. It becomes a magnifying glass and shows objects and people intrinsically how they are rather than attaching a colour to the objects as your own. When there are desires and attachments, the world appears from obscurity and might look
attractive to the senses. This attraction is actually in the mind and is deceptive and even dangerous if you are not careful. The real pleasure is at the soul, which we cant find unless knowingly and vigorously sought after.

The mind after transcending from a muddy pond fully agitated (where one cant see the bottom) to a clear pond (where the bottom can be seen) and then to a single crystal clear drop, would dissolve into the consciousness if there is no further attraction which might pull it back to the world to have another life to fulfill the pending desire. The desires keep on forming, like bubbles from the bottom of a pond, and when it takes shape a body is required for the mind to enter. Thus rebirths take place. The cycle of births and rebirths happen until the intellect realises the folly of chasing pleasure externally whereas the real absolute pleasure and love is at the soul itself. 
This is a realisation. Self realisation. Once this realisation comes, your mind becomes blessed and free. You feel happy for ever for everything and not just for sometime for something. One actually has to transcend the time to reach the soul. Hence it is everlasting peace and happiness.


(Heard this somewhere ! However let me chase my dear desires for now ! See you later, dude, peace)

We do not know much about this so called soul as of now. Modern science rubbishes this concept. But the learned Rishis say repeatedly in one voice that the soul is very much there at the other end of the mind and it only is there, it is all consciousness, formless, self contained, all knowledge, beyond death and time and infinitely powerful. It is the creator of this universe. It has ‘Maya’ as its associated power with which the creation is made. For what ?

The rishi's answer is simple and tonge in cheek. Just for fun !

The universe with its billions of stars and infinite space... the sun the moon the earth the stars....the oceans …the atmosphere….the thriving life on earth... the beautiful people and trees and animals.... the human mind body and intellect... the ultimate engineering mind boggling master piece....the universe.... is created just for fun !?

By our standards, either the creator has to be well and truly out of his mind for making such an expensive toy called the universe and break it up after some time. The God is reportedly of very short temper by some really wise bearded guys and is looking for women who expose their body in public ! As if the creator has no other business than admonishing the scantily dressed women whom he created without any dress. However, given a chance.

We could have used the resources far better than God and made just, for example, a single sun and one earth and may be a moon to add romance to it. May be a few stars to make the sky glitter at night for the children to chant twinkle twinkle ! That would have been far cheaper than this sheer mammoth scale of wasteful creation !  We would further surely not waste so much building materials to make all those billions of stars and so many lifeless planets, some thousands of times bigger than earth itself but without water and air ! What a thoughtless waste. The God may need some human intelligence to
use the resources in a more meaningful way, right?

We would have made the earth with out the oceans between the continents which now makes sea travel mandatory. Imagine
all continents land connected. We could technically walk all around the earth ! Let the oceans remain there but leave the continents as connected. Won't it have been better?! One problem of that idea could be that the mightiest race would have occupied the whole earth and eliminated every other race. One religion and its rituals would have evolved. For the better or worse. Who knows such an earth was not made earlier or does not exist in the universe now?

Also who says that the universe was created just for fun?
Is it not created to trumpet the glory of God and get applause from the created lives, like a monopolist businessman or a dictator who loves to listen to the chants "Long live God ! You are the greatest" and feel mighty pleased with the proceedings? 

But isn't that a cheap way to glorify oneself?
It is made to punish the human beings who do not believe in God. Such a fabulous creator can be so mean ? Do you brow beat your child to keep praising the parents for giving birth or expect a kiss? Or beat the child black and blue for not praising you enough as its creator so that your ego is satisfied?

My God ! Some people claiming ownership / guardianship / custodianship on you as if you are a weak child who needs protection ! God save the custodians of God
trying to save the God ! The custodians are actually using the faith in God as a facade or cover up for chasing their own desires and making other subordinates to exploit.


Dear custodians of God ! Do you really think God is as stupid as you think?

Even the God cant save these wise guys. What do these people think of God? Their idea about God lies in their own minds. God lies underneath the very minds. How can we measure an ocean with a bucket? Logically the God, being so powerful
and knowledgeable, should be capable of taking care of itself. The custodians may please lay off so that the God can breathe from their clutches and smile !

The smile of God is called the flowers. This universe is his laughter.

So dont be afraid of the creator in any way. There is no reason to be afraid of God. He is your closest friend. Even if your mother leaves you, God will not ! God is not simply to be afraid of or even believed in !

On the contrary the God concept is to be properly understood.
God will not disclose itself if you keep loitering in the temples and offering poojas and money to happen things to your liking. It is to be sought within and realised within. It is the ultimate solace of mind. The mind is the divine tool with which the God is to be realised. One end of the mind is at our physical bodies linking the senses to a consciousness within at the other end. THAT consciousness simply is the God.


We know about consciousness. To most it is a distant feeling or awareness like a far off galaxy. We can travel to this consciousness through the mind. That journey is called Ramayan. Rama = soul (consciousness). Ayan = the journey.
Killing an animal for food is acceptable to that God but it cant stand a woman bathing naked ! Some God concept the male chauvinists imagine for fulfilling their own weird desires ! God loves only the intelligent ones, even the one asks who the hell
God is ! But not the one who pray for mercy, chant "God, God " round the clock and hurt others
to realise his demonic desires. They simply forget that the same God only created
other people (even if you do not like their looks and attitude) and shown the way to him
through a few intermediaries like Prophets, saints and selfless people.

God simply keeps away from those who treat it as a Master and separate from the
seeker. God cannot hate or punish the "Save me...punish my enemy" chanting slave
devotee as God is pure love. Its maximum punishment is staying unknown to
the selfish worshipper and making him feel separate from God itself ! One would
know how much miserable the separated life from God is only when you, by chance
or by wilful deeds come to know about it. Fear and hate is the distance that the
worshipper, knowingly or not, creates between himself and God ! Such worshippers
go through lives of pleasure and pain and think God is responsible for the roller coaster life.
No. He himself is. In fact his mind is. He has not understood what God is, where it is and how to
reach it !

Instead he claims custodianship of a God he created in his mind !

Case closed !

Can you believe this?!