PREFACE
Over the ages mankind has been beset with many an obsessions; chief among-st them being GOD: Man has been following different paths, treading through different philosophies, has come across as many Masters, espoused to their 'word' discourses, talks. but instead of being enlightened, he has been baffled by the dead ends of the paths, as somehow in the course of time 'word' philosophies got replaced by 'symbolism, ritualism, worship : in place of GOD, the 'words of masters became destinations and destinations became hallow because the luster of the 'words' spoken by the master, was lost in the din of voices, now being raised by the followers; the voice of caste, creed, nationality, in place of unity of mankind which was the basic tenet of philosophies their masters espoused, cultural integration they enjoined them to follow! Every 'word' has been changed, distorted or discarded even though the names of the masters are entombed in the religions which have emerged after them, but instead-of their 'word' being followed or their revelations given weightage in daily life, or their life being made an example to live by; their philosophies and universal truth have been sidelined in the lanes of memory of man and he has very deviously concocted new potions which befit his standard. He has erected big mansions and housed in them the relics of his masters very diligently; worshiping them and these houses he calls as temples, mosques, synagogues, and churches. In them he, very beautifully keeps alive names of his masters but has completely forgotte
n the pillars of truth, upon which his master based his ideology - i.e. oneness of the mankind. By alighting himself with the worship of the relics, he has gone astray from the paths which originally enlightened him about himself and ultimately about 'GOD'. Down the ages, mankind has evolved through many a civilization. Reality of GOD has also gone through ten times more transformations by the super-imposition of half-truths and the tragedy is, we are caviling at our own ignorance. Our structure of human values, which stood on solid base of Sanatan Dharma (eternal Religion), a Dharma which is universal in approach and is based on practical philosophy of brotherhood of humanity, was jolted by an event in the history of Bharat i.e. a war known as 'Mahabharata' which was fought fifty-five centuries ago. With its end, human values started descent in the abyss of time. This decline in values has completely taken us away from Reality and in its place we have invented our own brand of truths, from super-imposed half-truths, which at once is the by-product of our ignorance leading us to accept as truth. Truth super-imposed by our limited realities has inculcated in us narrow vision whereas Sanatana Dharma had much wider vision, encompassing the whole universe and subsuming in it all the diversity of human thoughts. A harmonious amalgamation of different philosophies, thus imparting in it a global vision! But this wider VISION has been narrowed into many segments and the Reality that was, that is, has been superimposed by these segments and thus has been divided into countless realities.