The Search Within

Almost in every sphere of science, except information technology, our knowledge about Nature is still limited. And with that, we want to access the totality of knowledge! Obviously the resultant intelligence would also be very limited. Unfortunately this is exactly, we are doing. With this limited background of knowledge, we are attempting to know the source of our creation! And imagine with this tinted ‘intelligence’ we also want to know its Creator! Just look at our plight that we hardly know anything about our satellite the moon. Merely putting a few footprints on its surface is of no significance as there are countless galaxies yet to be explored. We just about know nothing. Our knowledge about elements is even poorer. Our climate, vegetation and our lives are dependent upon them, we are helpless. If we are miserably ignorant about the systems of functioning of our lives, and about the natural forces which control, not only our lives, but also this planet earth which sustains us, then what scope we have of knowing the fundamental ‘factors/force’ which created Nature/Creation? Not that we should desist from our search or research, the moot point is that our knowledge about ourselves and of Nature’s forces, is so limited that we should not claim to ‘know’ about the One, who is still, much beyond the ken of our imagination. To know of Him or about Him or His authenticity, we shall have to first equip ourselves well with the knowledge of natural laws and its forces that sustain them; only then we shall be qualified to venture into our quest to know about Divine or Its divinity. This can be attained through the knowledge of Brahman Vidhya only.
To our misfortune and fortunately for many, spiritual scholarship—not knowledge (illumination) —has been usurped by a neo-breed of preachers, who of late have suddenly mushroomed with the advent of television. In ancient times there used to be saints and sages like Kabir, Bhagath Ravi Dass, and Swami Vivekanand, Adhi Shankaraachaaryaacharya, Ygnayavalk, Ashtvakar, Vedh Vyaas etc., who were the Self-realised souls. The west too had many thinkers like, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, who interpreted Reality in their own classic way. But these masters did not commercialize their divine mission. God or Divinity is not a saleable commodity, as no one can hope to possess or patent It. The most agonizing part is that these commercial merchants of self-proclaimed patented fiefdoms befool every one on the name of God and collect hefty ‘donations’. These pseudo masters are ages away from Self-realisation, much less Divine-realisation. Like Church’s renaissance period of turmoil and forceful imposition of its will, present day preachers are willfully driving away the public from Religion and assembling them in small pockets of sects, whose foundations are laid purely on flimsy ground of self-glorification. Their preaching do not stem from the self experience of Self’s realization and hence, not believable or scientific! As a result people with scientific bent of mind, are getting further alienated from spiritual path. This class of preacher hold second grade SQ, not worthy of serious attention.
Similarly, scientific institutes too have been usurped by the business community, whose only motive is to earn more and more profits and that too in these fields, which get them quick buck. Almost entire scientific research is being wasted in the inventions of useless materials, which is mainly for the annihilation of human race itself. Nothing constructive is being done for its ‘development’ as a well cultured race. No efforts are made to develop such means, which could make life happier or at least livable. Rather all energy is directed towards its imminent destruction.
Are we worthy of being called a civilized human race, if more than 80 percent of its population is being, willfully, deprived of even basic needs of food, water, clothing, medical aid and a decent shelter? It’s really a shame!
Then why are we hankering after a mythical God, whose ‘existence’ has never been proved during the entire history of mankind! Only a handful of so-called realised souls ‘spoke’ about Him. It is only their ‘words’ which bespeak of their revelations—which could be suspect! Ever since his origin, man is engaged in mutual annihilation, as well as the destruction of Nature’s flora and fauna. His chief activity has been, and still is, to make war machines, kill others, possess all resources of Nature and lead his brethren to starvation. On the other hand the so-called spiritualists too, have been waging wars in the name of their religions and for usurping and forcefully converting others or killing them. India has been a witness to such inhuman acts. However in our country’s history, there has never been any war or battle fought in the name of religion, even if their number far exceeds the total number of all the religions in the world put together! Has any one heard of a war between Janis and Buddhists; between orthodox Sanathanis and the Janis? On the other hand, the Muslim and Christians have waged wars, not only amongst themselves, but ventured to far off lands to convert people or face death.
Is this spiritualism to try to expand religions through forcible conversion and genocide?
Is science meant only for discovering methods to obliterate human race or for the subjugation of weaker nations, and make the powerful more rich and poor still more poorer?
This is no spiritualism, nor is it the purpose of science. If we are engaged only in such nefarious activities and divert our energies only in the subjugation of weaker sections, then both science and spirituality are irrelevant and we are nothing but the playthings of our inhuman negative tendencies.

Our intent in probing these two subjects is simply to elucidate that human knowledge is miserably insufficient to tackle at the core of these subjects. Let the scientists continue with their research for another thousand years, and perhaps then they might be able to get few glimpses of the Creators’ wonderful realms and may understand the Supreme-Principle of Creation. The simple fact to be understood is that our research is leading to invisible (subtle) particles. From mammoth planets, stars and galaxies, we are going beyond sub-atomic fields. Though we are moving from gross material world to matter, atoms to sub-atomic, and now to invisible neutrino, there are still many more layers of particles, far too subtle, that need to be unraveled.
Then should it be assumed that the scientists should not try to ascertain the authenticity of the spiritual field, and confine themselves to their own field of physical sciences!
They have every right to seek knowledge of any field, but no fraternity of any discipline, without an adequate ‘enlightenment’, should wear the mantle of those fields with which it is not remotely familiar. Any specialized knowledge can provide us enlightenment of that subject. Any masquerading or half-hearted intrusion would be disastrous. Scientist’s field is physical world, and it is so vast that it might take them eternity to acclimatize. By that time, they may not have to seek help from the spiritualists, as they would have, in all probability, got the answer themselves: That the knowledge of Nature is hidden in its Principle—Divinity!
Spiritualism on the other hand is also narrowly focused. It is highly individualistically selfish, as it seeks the realisation of ones’ own Self. Besides the hoard of self-proclaimed spiritual masters, is at best, nothing more than scholars of scripture; and that too very few amongst them. Except for erecting palatial mansions in the name of Ashrams, they are least qualified to uplift the spiritual standards of their followers, or disseminate fruits of their spiritual attainments! They are not familiar with what they preach. They cry hoarse telling their followers to control their senses, while their own greed is conspicuous by the lavish living in the mansions, which are built by the money they had usurped from their followers. The biggest hoax they play is their total ignorance of Nature’s system. We are born with our senses, along with the so-called negative tendencies. Why we should make so much noise of these ‘faculties’ which came natural to us! What comes as natural, why do we try to project them as un-natural! If there is sun shine, there is rain too: if there is pleasure, there is pain too. All the five senses and their traits are natural. Even lust, greed, anger, envy and attainment, are the natural traits of our senses. Then why so much of negative projection of them! Their negative obsession about these is perhaps reflective of their own deficiency in their character. They possess all material luxuries, which are the fruits of these tendencies; then how they dare to forbid their followers to desist from possessing them? They are married, have children and often continue to indulge in physical intimacy (lust= according to them!). Even after assuming Gaddhi (peership) of Guruship, they loot their followers and fill their own coffers: possess fully air-conditioned palaces, cars (greed): they create division in society in the name of religion, resulting in communal riots (anger): they criticize the masters of other religions (envy), and shamelessly display their wealth, power, follower-ship (pride).
Compared to them, the sham class of renunciates, who outwardly profess to be devoid of these tendencies, are less conspicuous, at least in public eyes! It is more in vocal cards than in material projections! Thus the persons, who are themselves attached to their selves, cannot be expected to raise themselves above the influences of their negative tendencies.
Why cannot we just be normal human being, as we are, acknowledging the existence of both positive-negative aspects of our being? Why should we fight over those factors, which are part of us or vice versa? Great hypocrites we are!

The most important of all topics these days. Seneca in his letters and Ernst Cassirier have answered these questions better than anyone I've read this far. I can not go on as long as some have here. I can only speak in terse, simple, monosyllabic responses. Really.

Most of our scriptures, especially Puuranas, have been written, mainly to highlight negative aspects of life, to prevent humanity from falling in moral quagmire. Likewise other religions, have given also undue priority to these tendencies. This is very negative attitude and it projects wrong picture of human nature. On the one hand it is given to understand that human origin is from bliss (Anandh); at the same time his birth is attributed to sin! The human mind has so much been tarnished that a new subject, of psychology, had to be invented to understand its dark side. Religionists are not far behind: Major thrust of their ‘talks’ and teachings, is devoted to detail out the panacea for the control of our senses. They are simply not aware about the distinction between control and understanding: There is no such thing as control of senses. It is simply the understanding of our capacity of conscious knowledge, which gives us the awareness of our limitation or the extent of our knowledge.
We are the product of Nature and inheriting its qualities is natural. There is so much power in its elements that it gets released in a variety of dimensions. Like our progenitors we react, rebound and resound in the same manner. If somebody attacks us, we instantly react back and retaliate. Without going into these natural reflexes, we should spend some time to understand our mindset and its conscious aspect. In fact it has been so thoroughly discussed in my book, “Quest In Reality”, that any discussion on senses, mind and intellect, will only be a repeat.
The present masters should endeavor to inculcate in their followers, the techniques of self-analysis, discrimination, self-assessment and self-enquiry, so that by understanding ones’ ignorance and deficiencies, one could strive to remove them. This simple exercise would help them in maintaining equilibrium of mind. If one is an enquirer, his first priority would be to supplement the deficiencies through self-enquiry and keep equilibrium of mind. Weaklings would always tend to fill the gaps of deficiencies or weaknesses, by usurping other people’s assets. This would create, only chaos instead of balance. Enlightenment of knowledge is attainable, not by snatching it from others. It is possible only by the extension of ‘thought’, after removing the ignorance. Each mind is the repository of the totality of knowledge and only its activation, i.e. enlightenment is required. But we do quite opposite to it. The so-called preachers (Kathavachhic) and ‘thinkers’ (imposters!) are nothing better than poor scripture readers, instead of being genuine interpreters. Their only field of gospel revelation is related to senses. Scientists too are equally responsible for encouraging negative aspects of life. Their entire energies are directed in the discovery of self-destructive forces and gadgets.
What better could be expected from these elite groups of intellectual-junkies, who preach junk ‘philosophies’, whose relevance had lost sheen in their own times. We are not genuinely concerned about the advancement of science; fruits of earlier research are with us. In what way, these are used is not the question! But our object is the core of matter—the spirit. Our destination is nothing short of Brahman-Divinity-God. And to reach there or better to attain that level of enlightenment, worldly intellect is of no use to us. It is Aathmik-Jnaan (Athamboth=Self-realisation) that would reveal to us the Divine that is immanent in our Self, yet hidden in our puny-self. This celestial goal is attainable through our mind. For the scientist too, it is the mind which shall lead them to the threshold of Creation. The mind is vested with such powers, it pervades the entire cosmos. At the same time, it can constrict itself inward and delve the very depths of consciousness. The self-created barrier between the inner and outer conscious is because of IQ, EQ, SQ trinity, which are not the true measuring standards of our intelligence.
Then what are those standards which can, firstly establish the existence of ‘Conscious’ and thereafter discriminate exactly the level of its elevation or enlightenment?
So much has been written on this subject, now its review gives repulsion to the educated class. We have come to understand the present class of masters, who are not qualified to speak on the subject, much less pass on any enlightenment to their followers and our own limitations of intellect, to tackle this subject. Just as the scientists are after the ToE, every conscious brain is anxious to enquire the source of his origin, or why/how of our universe’s existence! The cause of confusion on the subject is due to the ignorance of imposter class of philosophers, thinkers, religious masters, who without, themselves being ‘conscious’ of the subject, shell out parroted sermons which have been etched on their brains by equally ignorant masters or by the ‘suspect’ scriptures.

Scientists have devised a system of cosmology, by whose study a student becomes qualified to initiate research on the subject. This system is based on theorems, axioms, postulates, definitions, formulas, laws and equations, which their best brains invented after years of study and research. The educated brains require similar systematic approach to the subject of spirituality. They are least interested in the mythological tales of Puuranas, but a subject which is purely based on proven theories. This is the biggest lacuna in today’s teachings of our masters. They go on repeating old gospels, which do not stand the test of present day intelligence. These masters try to hide their ignorance under the guise of their superfluous high profile ‘spiritually-illuminated-self’! Their main contention is that spiritual illumination is an inner experience, and hence not demonstrable: Because the very act of demonstration tantamount to miracles, which are forbidden by their religions/sects or by their masters, on the ground, these ‘acts’ promote egoism. Fool’s paradise, they live in—these hypocrite breed!
In India alone there are millions of people who are followers of these masters. But it is a funny state of affairs that not one of them lives up to the teachings of his master, in practice! After donating thousands of crores(billions), what these innocent people get in return!
This ‘Tamasha’ (jokers’ tricky play) has been going on since centuries, and it will go on, because religion is an inner demand of our conscience, which these thugs exploit for their own personal gains. Then the question arises, should religions be banned or shunned? What good these religious places do, for the welfare of the society? In case, neither the religions nor its places of worship bring any transformation in the general character of their followers, then do they have any relevance in society?
The answer is a Big NO!
No religion or its place of worship has ever improved general well being of a nation, society or an individual, either in the promotion of moral values or in being civil! Let this topic be left for the readers to decide.
Then should it be assumed, the efforts by the divine men since centuries, have been a waste, as the mammoth structures they raised in the process, have become adjunct! On the other hand, these personae claim, had it not been for them, humanity would have been an uncivilized race. History speaks otherwise. There have been more than 5500 major wars in the recorded history, because of these ‘beings’ or their ‘philosophies’. They live in fool’s paradise if they believe, but for them, there would have been no human race!
They had been the perpetrators of fission instead of fusion in the society. History again refutes their version and presents compelling evidence, that these ‘religious’ crusaders instigated these fissions in society. It is useless to waste time on their adjunct theories as these are like the ruins of ancient monuments, which are to be eulogized for the dead past, whose only pride is these ruins!
Conditions are not as alarming as the angels of death have made them out to be. The science fraternity too aligns with them, because they are mere tools in the hands (read employment) of few rich industrialists. Poor nations have no industrial base worth the name, as such all war machines are manufactured by the developed (read rich) countries. It is these countries who are instigating the fission in these wretched nations, who have, only recently, been freed from the yokes of slavery by these very countries after centuries of subjugation, and now are arming them with these war machines at exorbitant prices, instead of food, to fight among themselves. And these fools are fighting and killing each other, instead of using that money to provide basic necessities, to their poor citizenry. The funny thing is that this poor gentry of these nations is firm believer in God, whereas the wealthy nations have put on hold their morals, decency, civility—what to talk of divinity or spirituality. The religious lobby does more damage by feeding illogical and irrelevant doctrines to these poor people. What good these mere doctrines, philosophies, or ‘thoughts’ can do in the present times, whose relevance was more conducive in ancient time, when moral values were the ‘official currency’! Some divine ‘revelations’ were experienced, centuries ago, by some divine men, during trances of meditation. These ‘revelations’ became fundamental principles of those religions, which were formed by their ‘revealers’. Thus in each age, new systems of ethics, morality and spirituality were established, which were, purely based on the ‘revelations’, which in each case took the form of religions. The contents of all the revelations were almost the same and their main thrust was in the transformation of the social orders of the times. How those ‘revelations’ are supposed to hold water in present age, is beyond conception

In our age, with the advancement of science in almost all spheres of our life, old structures of religions built on flimsy pillars of untried doctrines, are being systematically demolished. With the mapping of all the forty six chromosomes, it would be finally established; that conscious is nothing but the shield of electromagnetic field of activated memory cells. Genetic code would dispel the scope of “free will”. Thoughts, intentions, emotions and other mental ‘aspects’ would prove to be nothing but artifacts of brain’s functioning. We are merely biological machines, whose behavior can be predicted. We do not act intentionally on our own volition, but only react to various kinds of stimuli. That all forms of art, science or thought processes are not due to some instinctive or divine intervention but the ‘by-product’ of the semi-liquid grey matter housed inside the cranial cavity, which was programmed to react blindly to emotional triggers impinging upon its sensory apparatus. This is the future scenario, which the religionists are going to confront, if not immediately but certainly in a hundred years from now or even earlier!
For the spiritualist, it would further uplift their already sagging morale, because the above scenario would only vindicate their ‘doctrine’ of pre-determination; that everything is pre-ordained! Whether it is on account of biological reasons or ‘Karmic’ cycle, it is all the same for them! There is absolutely no doubt that we are an efficient biological machine, evolved from equally efficient Nature, whose creation (origin) is the result of an equally efficient Cause (Intelligence). What sustains this efficient creation is the subject matter of spiritualists as well as of the future scientists, whose research would impel them to treat inner (spiritual) and outer (ephemeral world) sciences as one. The scientists of the Nature, however are in for a pleasant surprise, since at the end of their research, is the likely revelation: For their welcome are standing, the spiritualists with open hands! A spiritualist’s first lesson, which he learns at the start of his Sadhna of inward journey, is the elevation of his mind to Conscious—which incidentally would be the ultimate goal of the scientists too. Whereas conscious is the first step for Self-realisation, the end of scientist’s research would be the discovery that “matter is conscious”!
Why there is no co-ordination between these two streams of disciplines is not because of any lack of reciprocity, but because of the difference between the tools, which they deploy in their respective fields, which are equally different in shape and structure: Though their subtle composition is similar and of one substance, i.e., of ‘conscious particles’. The world is physical in form, so its projection is physical. We also are physical. So it is natural for us to use only physical tools to probe its (world) depths for its understanding and learn about its creations. On the other hand, mind-intellect-wisdom trilogy is not physical. It is mass-less, hence subtle. Search for its substance, naturally require only non-physical (subtle) tools—that is, ‘conscious’ itself. This conscious of worldly acquired knowledge is in its lowest state of gross. Since it is not in its original state of pure-consciousness, it cannot be taken as the right tool, for our search of Self-realisation, which is in its own state of purity. A spiritualist, attaining this state of pure-consciousness, requires a great regimentation over his body-mind-intellect regimes, through which he has to pass before reaching the ultimate goal. These media are the corollary of our ancient scriptures, viz. five life sheaths, five vital breaths, five senses of perception and five sense organs. For a complete mastery over these physical implements, the application of five D’s, Dedication, Discipline, Devotion, Discrimination, and Determination, is most essential. Supplementing these are Self-confidence, Self-satisfaction, Self-sacrifice to finally attain the ultimately, Self-realisation.
This mind boggling list of disciplines makes clear that the qualifications required of a spiritualist are even more stringent than of a scientist. Even the entire life is span is short to master the senses. That is the reason that our present day masters, are unable to bring about any transformation in the lives of their followers, since they themselves do not exemplify what they teach. They do not practice what they preach. This is the most conspicuous blemish in their general character. What a joke that these ‘revered’ names of our society are conducting short camps to teach their followers the methodology of Meditation, Yoga, TM and what not! Breathing in a particular fashion or doing some sham body exercises, won’t teach us those disciplines, which require mental, intellectual, emotional and spiritual ‘Sadhna’(exercise). These disciplines of Sadhna are sacred. We should not try to demean their very purpose for a morsel of comfort and pride. Humanity has a rich heritage, which should not be lost for a penny. The precious gem of life has no price in worldly wealth, as it is the most sacred possession, which has a purpose, a goal to attain and the final mergence! Our misfortune is that we are unaware of our inheritance, as we are incapable of understanding our potentialities! We have to patent the divinity that is latent in us. This is the simple goal, which the scholars, thinkers and the Punditry has made so complex for us.

Latent.Patent. For those, whose minds are always nagging them about the ‘existence’ of God; there shall never be a satisfactory answer or a solution! Even if they are presented with conclusive proofs of the existence of ‘POWER”, which is beyond the system of natural laws and is capable to manifest projections in a trice from thin air, whose production in normal course would take days, months or years, and that too with the available infra-structure of modern gadgetry—would be a ‘event’ beyond imagination!
Why religions have survived, is not due to some innovations in the existing ‘philosophies’ or by the erudition of their masters! The only reason for their uninterrupted survivability has been the public exhibition of ‘supernatural powers’, by their masters. Had it not been so, no religion had ever been established, by the reverent masters, single handedly in each case. Whether scholars, elites or the atheists believe it or not—they may deny the existence of these institutions—but the fact of their existence is before us. The doubting minds and the fringe sitters flock en-block to witness any new spectacle of Divine-power, being exhibited through the medium of a ‘person’. Only those religions have survived the ravages of history and mans’ bestiality, who have been rejuvenated by the periodical ‘dosages’ of Divine-energy’ by the advent of Divine-personages. Their display of super-natural powers can be consigned as myth by some, but the irrefutable evidence left by these special “persons”, compel the present day scientists to pay due regard to their ‘acts’. The Church is the best testimony, in giving full credence and acceptance to these divine persons and their divine powers e.g. Mother Teresa’s beatification—on the basis of ‘miracle’—is the latest example. India is special in spiritual field and is considered a holy land, wherein only the incarnation of God in human form takes birth. Even now such ‘advent’ has taken place!
If the rationalists are suspicious about these ‘events’, it is not their fault entirely. There are two main reasons which breed suspicion. The first is of their own making: without, first, acquiring the requisite qualifications—as in general fields of education—they try to tackle a subject for which they are least qualified. No rational mind would criticize or condemn an opponent without the application of logic. That is possible if the condemner is equally—if not better, proficient in the subject of his ire. On the other hand, very few persons can claim to be authentic masters of spiritualism. The term ‘master’ is used in spiritual Sadhna(exercise), because it is the only subject in which perfection is possible! Otherwise in all subjects relating to the ephemeral world, mastery over Nature is not possible: even the knowledge or the tools discovered so far are insignificant to acquire mastery in any one of its aspects. For the acquisition of latter’s expertise, usage of physical tools is essential, as the object of enquiry as the Universe is also physical, and the tools devised from it are of the same nature. Whereas in case of spiritualism, only the tool of self-inquiry is employed! True spiritualism is the path of enquiry (Aathmik-Vidhya) of knowing the Self. It is not the science of Nature, but the ‘knowledge’ of the Self. The tools employed in both the cases, is intelligence— the mind. In spirituality the term intelligence gets transformed into wisdom; in science it retains its basic identity. Acquired knowledge is intelligence, whereas spiritual Jnaanam is wisdom, the real intellect.
Now we have to look at the qualification of an intellectual—a spiritually elevated soul, a Jnaani, a Super-Conscious entity. This is of prime importance, as the learned fraternity would demand to know the degrees earned by these spiritual personas, as a mark of their authenticity. Like scholars, there are many learned persons, who have complete mastery over scriptures. They are as proficient in their fields as any scholar of general education. But there are very few, who are quite adept in the knowledge of the Self. The simple reason being it involves a dedicated life, entirely devoted to the pursuit of spiritual Sadhna. It is not a part time education. It is whole time commitment, which requires of the seeker, understanding (mastering) his senses-mind-intellect-ego, and finally the Self—which is his true self, the inner-Self. How do we distinguish such a Jnaani at different levels of his elevation! Nothing difficult or doubtful imposition about it! Like natural science, inner science too has its levels of elevation, which are easily discernable.
Before coming to that, let us again be clear about the purpose of this research or search. At least the l.s is very clear in his aim and purpose. Even his path is clearly defined, for he knows, not only the purpose but the end goal of the search. It is in that direction, he is making this attempt. In the process, there might have been endlessly turbulent impediments, but the ‘reward’ has been worth it. He is as content and self-contained, as a vessel full of water, or the other way round (both connote the same condition). There is hardly any sound of gurgling of noisy thoughts; or for that matter any kind of thought! Seriously speaking, there is no more any desire—to seek more or know any more! As everything—the l.s, need to ‘know’— is clear and without any blemish of doubt!

For most of the learned, it is not clear as to what spirituality is, and why should anyone make any endeavor to know it! This word has been tarnished so much that even its very mention in the modern social circle, creates revulsion.
Who amongst the scholars, laymen or devils, wouldn’t want to know about the secrets of birth and death? Who wouldn’t try to overcome the fear of death, and find some way out, to escape from it? But to escape from the clutches of death, there is only one way and that is to escape from birth! If there is no birth, there is no death. It is a negative hypothesis, though as who wouldn’t want to be born! If there is no birth, there is no ‘being’, and there is no world even. There is birth, because there is life. If there is life, there is a variety of life: This universe, the moving cosmos and their final annihilation too. One can conquer anything in this ephemeral world, but not death. There have been great conquerors, warriors, sages and Godmen and the Avathaars God In Human form), but none escaped death!
So for as death is concerned, no theory coming from any celestial source, has been of any solace! Because death is not a hypothetical theory, belonging to any caste, creed, religion or region! It is the eternal terminator. It annihilates everything, anything that permeates in the Creation. Even subtle particles are not safe from its invisible tentacles. All religions and their classic theories are, merely, trying to mitigate the pain of its final sting. Even their creators were its prey! Then how could they preach about a ‘Thing’ (The final Terminator), which did not spare them even! Nobody can offer solution of a problem, whose prey they themselves are! As nobody has conquered so far or has come out of it alive, so nobody is qualified to tender advice or offer escape routes from its inexorable clutches. It is so obvious; no proof is needed for its authenticity. No Manthar, formula or a secret code is required to overcome this impending ‘event’.
It is an act of physical termination of body, which sustains on invisible substances, such as, life-current (conscious plus energy) and its allied elements. After going through endless permutations, Nature has been able to plant ‘human’ on planet earth. Would scientist be able to create replicate of the Original-Seed (Particle), which will, automatically, set in motion evolutionary cycle and create a parallel Nature? We can wishfully hope so! This ‘model-creation’ would be the creation of human mind—as each invention has at its back, an inventor and his intelligence. Every scientific theory, formula or equation is the off-shoot of a brain/mind: intelligence being the base—the source of human ingenuity. But human intelligence, besides being very limited, is solely dependent on Nature. All kinds of inventions and discoveries are the result of the understanding (being aware) of Nature’s principles. Whatever Nature has revealed so far is our ‘intelligence’. Nature and its Intelligence—its creational Principle—if ever it be possible to realize it, would be a mirage for human intelligence! Because like Nature, human beings too are the products of a third ‘agency’! Nature as it is made to understand—is its own cause. How very convenient to accept this proposition, but difficult to digest. Without conscious, Nature is gross. Without conscious, it is as good as dead mass. There has to be a Super-Cause, behind the ‘cause’ of Creation. Had Creation been Absolute—then it is easy to understand its Eternal nature. But it is not so! Creation is ephemeral, phenomenal; it is ever changing, so it is not Absolute. What seems to be eternal, unchanging, is the Principle that makes it create-sustain and dissolute. That Principle has to be known, discovered and replicated, so as to establish the suzerainty of the human mind over matter. A mind boggling proposition! No?
Human beings have the ingredients which make him empowered to unravel these secrets: As he is born with these traits, which are the cause of Creation! Hypothetical! No, again!

Really great, quite wonderful and beautiful.

Four Conditions
Of Mind.Before going into this non-scientific subject, let us have a look at the following gems of wisdom. These may sound highly exaggerated and illogical, but the source from which these are coming, is impeccable—hence completely reliable. The intellect of the intellectuals, would reel and thunder, but the fact remains, all the four conditions of the mind, are genuine and attainable in practice.
“In human beings there are four levels of conscious of mind:
Super-mind.Related to body consciousness.
(Principle of Aathma)
Higher-mind.Thought consciousness.
Illumination-mind.That which transcends five elements.
Over-mind. Super-conscious, principle of Aathma.
(Mindlessness)
Humans will reach the stage of totality only when one attains the level of Over-mind. There are energy currents in human body from top to toe. The body itself is a generator.
Super mind is related to body consciousness. The consciousness (principle of Aathma) that pervades the entire body is called body consciousness. The body consciousness becomes ‘thought consciousness’ once one reaches the level of Higher mind. The body consciousness works only at the physical level, whereas the thought consciousness can travel up to any distance. That is why thought consciousness is termed as Higher mind.
Then comes Illumination mind. When one attains this level, there will be a current of from nail to hair. A worldly person will not feel any pain when his nails are clipped, but after attaining the level of Illumination mind, one feels the shock when one tries to clip the nails. There is reason why the ancient sages and seers used to grow their nails. The thought, words and deeds of the one with Illumination mind are suffused with Divinity. That gives rise to a very powerful “three phases” current in the body. Such persons will have current in their hair. You can feel the shocks when you touch their hair. The electricity present within spreads all over the body because of the pumping of the heart: the doctors say that the lungs purify the blood with oxygen and send it to the heart. But actually, the life force present in the lungs becomes current through vibration. The current can travel to a great distance. Each time the heart pumps, the blood travels a distance of 12000 mils in the body. How can we say? When we join all the blood vessels in the body, both small and big (arteries, veins, capillaries etc.), they cover a length of 12000 miles. Just as a generator can illumine a bulb connected to it even at a distance of 100 miles, likewise the current originating from the lungs can travel a great distance. Thus the power of the Illumination mind!
At the level of Illumination mind, mind undergoes a great change and become a subtle life force. The subtle force has three powers that are related to life, mind and wisdom. No scientist, a doctor or an engineer can understand this. You can give rest to any limb of the body but not to heart. The heart continues to function even in your sleep. Which doctor or a scientist can understand this? The eye looks so small but there are 13 lakhs (thirteen hundred thousands) nerves in it. Who has made it?
The Illumination mind constitutes the casual body. It transcends the worldly thoughts and feelings. There is no trace of desires, anger, greed, pride and jealously in it. Its level is reached only when all worldly thoughts are subdued. In order to control the worldly thoughts, one has to reach the level of super-mind. Super mind is nothing but superior mind, that which transcends the mind. The fundamental basis to attain Super-mind is to cultivate super-love; meaning to love without any desire. Once you start sharing your love with every body, then the world would become one family. After expanding your love in this manner, control your external thoughts and turn inward. Then you attain the state of Illumination mind, where there are, absolutely, no thoughts, no action.
Body has death but not the mind. Mind is responsible for everything. So fill the mind with pure and selfless thoughts. Then you will attain the state of Illumination mind. Gradually one goes beyond this state and attains Over-mind. In Vedhaanthik parlance, this is known as Amanaska (Mindlessness). Once the mind is withdrawn, only the principle of Aathma i.e., super-consciousness exists.
People think that the body is able to move because of the circulation of blood and the functioning of nerves. But when one reaches the state of Illumination mind, blood circulation stops. You may think the body becomes redundant without blood circulation, but super blood starts circulating and makes the body function. When the body is circulated by Super blood, it becomes superior in nature. In this connection the Upanishads declare “God pervades the body in the form of essence”. Then all one sees, does become divine. One who understands the truth that everything is within, alone can experience bliss. All that one learns from books is nothing but the reflection, the reaction and resound of the inner being.” Baba.

I just don't get who wrote this. . . I thought you did at first... but it's not your writing? or is?

Forgive my inquiry. . .

Thank you as per usual -- have beautiful day. ॐ

“God pervades the body in the form of essence”. Then all one sees, does become divine. One who understands the truth that everything is within, alone can experience bliss. All that one learns from books is nothing but the reflection, the reaction and resound of the inner being.” Baba.
above quote is not of ls. rest is from his pen.........

Okay, that's good..

four conditions of mind----is ancient Indian mental/yogic study ..........

According to the above the scope of the mind is cosmic; it is otherwise so! During the course of its elevation in divine path, its four different states control its empowerments, acquired after its diversification from external to inward. Whosoever denies these divine powers, he himself is ignorant of these and is a hoax, not a genuine seeker. Because these powers come automatically! One has, absolutely, no discretion in their acceptance or rejection. It is only that, present day masters do not want to undergo through long and difficult phases of spiritual Sadhna and the allied austerities. They learn by rote; few basics of their religions/faiths; don outer symbols and develop first class skill of oratory and sit on large thrones, condemn all, but glorify their own self!
Any spiritual novice can display extraordinary powers of concentration, will, auto-suggestion, intuition, and telepathy. They can very easily undergo OBE (out of body experience). It is another matter these conditions of mind (not powers, as wrongly termed), should not be displayed in public to earn cheap publicity or try to get some commercial benefits out of them. A genuine saint would be using them munificently, in a very natural way, to alleviate the sufferings of others and for the advancement of spiritual Sadhak(seeker). The ones, who forbid the usage of such a fine and noble qualities of the soul, are themselves bereft of them and join the hypocrites’ club of ignoramuses. Anyway it is not their subject. They joined the show, simply for some ulterior motives; not remotely related to the spiritual path of divinity. Any divine master would joyfully share his divine experiences with the aspirants and guide and guard them from uncalled for obstacles. It is part of his innate nature, to share and shower divine grace. Not to hide and be selfish!
Suddenly we have come from death to mind and its immense powers that ultimately elevate the seeker to Divine-state. Yes, there is a link between them! Body is physical but the mind encased in it is subtle. So is the living-force in it! With the death of the body, these two don’t die but remain ‘intact’ in the same condition as these were, when the body was ‘live’. They do not originate from the body. Life-force enters foetus, when it is 72 days old. Mind is universal in nature and so is its conscious state. In creations—it is their conscious identities (shields: individual-selves) in miniature form. Vibrations travel in the entire universe. Even subtle thoughts emanate vibes. The vibrations which emanate from the individual mind merge with cosmic-mind, as these cannot be imprisoned within the confines of the body. It is an illusion that mind belongs to an individual and thus is singular entity. It is a singular entity but its scope of range is the entire cosmos. “It is my mind”—is just an illusion!
So whether it is in ‘live’ body or in dead body, hardly makes any difference, as in both the conditions, it is eternal, omnipresent within the sphere of the Creation. The energy vibrations (electrical pulses, magnetic fields etc) that each body generate, merge with other similar vibrations coming from extra-terrestrial bodies and create one unified field and unite the entire creation in one entity, called C-I.C.
Then how come, individual minds display very limited intelligence! Each and every mind has in it its storage, cosmic-intelligence, but only a fraction of it is used by the individual minds. Each mind is equipped with immense potential, only our endeavors are lacking. Look, how during the last sixty years, science has progressed in every branch of knowledge! In coming time, Nature would be its target of scope. If the latent intelligence in us is not activated to its fullest extent, it should not then be surmised—universal mind’s existence is myth!
From scientists’ point of view, all living beings derive their knowledge from external elements. But as we understood earlier, each entity in Creation emanates vibrations and in them is embedded their own intelligence. The casual particles are more subtle, and their reflected vibrations are even more subtle. The atoms/particles of vibrations are very subtle in nature. No human sensor/gadget will ever be able to record their existence, when they are in their casual state—as their ‘existence’ is formless, mass-less; they don’t react, reflect and resound like their gross manifestations.
Scientists have now found that a slight change in gravity would make earthly bodies behave quite differently! A planet with half the gravity on earth, would display conditions, which are beyond the scope of human imagination, especially of a laymen. The displacement of human body’s weight in such condition would be a few grams, hardly equal to the weight of a mouse. It would seem the trick of magic for some. But it is a fact. This planet does exist! Just imagine conditions in far off galaxies! There are stars, comets, quasars, supernova and other celestial bodies, whose gravity is either, unimaginably dense or very weak. Imagine such bodies supporting just one or two dimensions or even more than four dimensions! It is mind boggling even for a scientific brain! Then what would a layman make out of these conditions and their resultant effects on the bodies which exist there! A mind staggering situation indeed!
Therefore it is not wise to spurn the claims of the spiritualists about their genuine ‘research’, whose validity they are ready to affirm. No scientific theory is accepted as genuine until it is tested in laboratory conditions. That is the reason Prof. Stephen Hawking has not been honored with the Noble award, because his cosmic theories are not testable. These are based on mathematical equations. As no scientific instruments have yet been invented which could probe the deepest core of the universe or the event-horizon—the conditions of black hole, so his theories remain theoretical and not scientific discoveries like that of Newton or Einstein! On the other hand, the claims made by the spiritual Sadhak of ‘Divine experiences’—can easily be tested under controlled conditions by the scientists of the physical world! Then why not give them their due respect and regard for their discoveries and inventions, which had been achieved and attained after life long experimentations—Sadhna of inner-science, the science of Self i.e., Divinity! The elite’s main allegation against the spiritualists, is that they do not hold university degrees and are thus uneducated class and their ‘claims’ have also not been tested in university’s labs, hence not worth consideration. They conveniently forget that there are countless examples of physical scientists who possessed no degrees and had no formal education; even then they had contributed a lot in the field of scientific advancement. On the contrary, the spiritualists do have formal education of their fields from expert specialists, whose every word is testable, as it is based and sourced from wisdom.
It is another matter, if the ‘intellectuals’ are intentionally prejudiced toward them without having a ‘go’ at their ‘works’, ‘words’, ‘wisdom’ and the ‘Divine-powers’ they so philosophically display! Why do we call their ‘divine’ marvels as magic or miracles, when these can be easily captured through sophistical cameras! The fact remains, the elite class of intellectuals is brought up and educated in a an environment, where values of life are considered ‘fads’ or the legacy of the forgotten past, good only for museums, zoos or within the precincts of the temples. Indeed a sad day for the human intellect!

Human Challenge.
Each age has its own problems, aims and challenges. But the biggest of them is staring at us. We are doing everything to solve all our other problems, but that challenge remains unmet and unsolved! It is the Self—Aathma, the eternal enigma, which the scientists spurn as hoax, and Godmen eulogize it as myth! Only few plunge in the unknown mystery of the Self, and come out fully realized to tell the world its Reality. Their number is very small as hardly anybody takes it (Self) seriously, with the devotion it deserves!
Problems and challenges vary from age to age, as each age has its unique circumstances. The priorities to tackle them also vary, as the mindsets of every age are at variance. The mindset is determined by many factors, chiefly, IQ, EQ, SQ levels. However our present age is uniquely placed. It is going through mental revolution of a material sort. Its intelligence is engaged in developing ‘intelligent’ materials to replicate human functions. Let us have a quick look at its present social structure and their related conditions, so that a factual overview of its problems and challenges could be understood.
The world is divided between haves and have-nots. There are developed (read rich) countries and the developing (read poor countries). Less than 500 billionaires possess more than 80 percent wealth of the worlds, and the remaining 20 percent wealth is left for the poor countries to fend for themselves, whose population constitutes more than 80 percent of the entire world. The U.S.A. alone possesses more than 50 percent wealth of the world. These under-developed, under-nourished countries do not even possess basic necessities of life, whereas the less than 20 percent population (read white), of a dozen countries consumes more than 80percentage resources of the world. A civilized race must provide the basic necessities like, food, potable water, shelter and clothes, to all human beings; because these resources come free from Nature and these were made available by it for all its creations. This clearly connotes that our governing system is wrong. Nature is equitable in nature and precept, whereas human race is neither believes, nor practices equality. This persistent disease needs to be banished by reminding the ‘imprisoned’ populace, again and again, to wake up from slumber and unshackle their bonds of slavery.
Even our social structure is false and biased. Animals are better than us, as they rear their siblings in congenial family atmosphere. Their children are taught every discipline of life and are thus prepared to face any type of eventuality. They are given priority in food: taught hunting lessons: and above all the art of survival. But human beings behave much below the levels of animals. In our human front, there are special five star schools, hospitals, and posh living areas, luxurious modes of conveyance, hotels, resorts, and clubs catering to every imaginative depravity: so much so there are VVIP death facilities for the have-alls. Poor are left to their own mercy. All Governments and their entire machinery are corrupt. They usurp all the social benefits reserved for the poor. There are some social perks in the rich countries, but conditions prevailing in the poor countries are simply abominable. In this respect too, human race is despicable. The constitutions of all counties proclaim equal opportunities for all—except Islamic counties where women are deprived of normal human rights under their laws.
In the recorded history the present situation is no better than it was 1000 or 5000 years ago. There is, incorrigibly no change in human behavior, as there is no change in animal nature. Both deport according to their innate nature—sensual. The animals too have minds, but their horizon is small in range and scope. Their mind does not function beyond the range of the influences of their senses, as it is conditioned by their basic necessities. Animals have never tried to conquer human race. They do not leave their natural habitat and try to usurp the palatial mansions of human race, which are equipped with luxurious comforts. Their minds are deprived of the quality of imagination. A majority of human beings too stoop down to their level, even though they are endowed with superior intelligence. Being born in this august race, they behave like animals, because they use their power of imagination for their sensual satisfaction only. Most of the human inventions are either for their material and sensual comfort or for destruction. We are inventing gadgetry which would replicate the functions of our senses. We are inventing those things, which the Nature has already provided for. Understanding the Nature is one thing, but to produce its replicates is, merely wastage of time, energy and materials. What could cloning achieve? Has computer provided food for the hungry!

The psychology of the poor countries is to follow rich, as we are baited by their doctored ideas. Today we are thrown the bait of IT revolution, genetically grown seeds, biotic, genome coding/tempering, rocketry and such like high sounding ideas. Prior to this, it was insecticides, fertilizer, high rise dams—the temples of India! etc. Look what these innovations have done to our lands! Like fools and slaves, we follow our past masters. We have surplus land, man-power, natural resources and intelligence: what we lack is proper education. Like our masses our political leadership is illiterate; they simply do not know how to handle the sophisticated machinery or know even their rudiments. The problem is not of demand and supply, but lack of education; leave aside technical/professional/super-specialties level expertise. A nation which does not even spend three percent of its GDP on education is rearing only animal like society. What good is that science or its discoveries/inventions, if their benefits do not reach the poor? What good are computers to the poor, if they are empty stomach and illiterate! These are useful for a chosen few or in certain fields of advance specialties. But it is not a mass commodity, which is being hyped about.
Again, the type of education being provided is the legacy of our past masters. With the result, the nation is producing a nursery of technocrats, professional, business magnates, media barons, of bulls and bears, whose only aim is to earn-grow-multiply money and money alone. Thus our society is producing an elite class of money-minters, whose only moral is anything but ethical. They produce, create, eulogize only money and its mentors and assess their merits in monetary terms only. This special and privileged class of money Moguls has their own morals and values, which are in complete contrast to the ethical values of gone by eras, but are very much at par with their masters’ norms. They openly indulge in immorality and money-making values instead of human values. This exclusive club, whose membership does not exceed a few hundreds, is producing a new category of ‘slaves’, the robots to help them rule over the rest of the world. Their population, throughout the history had been static, as they were unable to produce more children—thus could flourish their fraternity! The people with mission expend their energies in achieving their goals, leaving their bodies depleted. Extremely charged minds—potent minds relegate the bodies impotent. “Potent minds with impotent bodies”!
There has always been a distinct class division between the haves and have-nots, on the bases of distribution of wealth and not religion. Though ostensibly made out to be so, religions have never been the cause of this division. A deep study shall reveal that nobody really believed in the ‘existence’ of God. Everybody is an atheist. This may sound preposterous but it is a fact. There were wars, fought in the name of religions, by kings and zealots but never between Saints/Masters/Messiahs. Wars were fought between the conquerors or because of clash of egos, for wealth, pride and territory. Aurangzeb was not a Muslim Prophet or a Saint even, but he effected forced conversions, only with the strength of state power.
The religions were never meant for ‘knowing’ God, but the man-made system of life, for improving the quality of life, both morally and socially. New societies emerged, by following particular ways, initiated by their Masters. No conqueror could ever establish a new social order. Only religions ‘cultured’ great civilizations. Science brought about material progress, but the real foundation of any civilization is laid only on the maturity of ‘thought’, whose ingredients are human and moral values. We are called human, because of the associated qualities, which are the essential part of our innate nature—which is ‘purity’ itself.
Having been born with the quality of ‘intellect’ (discrimination), we should not be carried away by sensual pleasures like dogs and monkeys, who also experience similar sensual pleasures that we indulge in. To differentiate from animals, we must deport at the human level—the intellect. But the modern man is concerned only about material progress and creature comforts, completely disregarding his innate nature and human qualities of truth, righteousness, peace and love. But worldly influences have gripped the man so intensely that he is in the mad pursuit of money till his last breath. Now who in his right, i.e., material senses would pursue the noble qualities?
The path to Self is sacred. A sensual person can acquire immense wealth, power and pelf, but not Self-realization. Ephemeral and transient world is outside, whereas the world of Self is inside. There is no doubt, in conquering the worldly heights; the same tool is used as it is used in the attainment of the Self. This quality of ‘intellect’ serves dual purpose. The power of its use lies in the hands of the user. The contrasting influences of their goals are so dissimilar in nature that their starting points are worlds apart. Not that their reverse journey is irreversible. Their foundation being same, any adventurous soul can degenerate or elevate to the other end. The barrier of ‘divide’ between them is so fragile that their common meeting ground is not a non-possibility!

The problem has further been worsened by the jet-set, five-star cultured pseudo-masters, whose behavior is culpable. They deserve severest punishment for lowering and debasing the divine essence of human existence. For cheap popularity and promoting their self-glorification, they are misleading, both, the laymen and the elites alike. Both the classes are mentally sick. The poor need panacea from miseries and the pot-bellies need peace-of-mind—not peace. The antidote of miseries and mental imbalance, which they supposedly seek are, in fact the very anti-thesis of the ‘nomenclatures’ of their definition of pleasure and joy they drive from their trades. Crash courses in TM, Zen, Yog and so many other Darshans (philosophies) and Kiryas (sub-systems)—with their many deformations and what not—are conspicuously advertised and held in five-star hotels. How these sacred names have been defiled; from the way these are shamelessly demonstrated in imprudent ways, in the most inauspicious environs? Just imagine religious rituals being held in a brothel! Some of these highly respected gentlemen, who were renowned theologians and commentators on these disciplines, were/are in fact poles apart from the real import of these ‘subjects’.
So far we have been made to believe that meditation is merging in the Self: that deep meditation is Samadhi (casual state), Liberation, Salvation, Nirvan states etc. An amateurish statement! How very confounding it appears when we confront the treatises of these masters. Exactly, this is what it actually is. A mere treatise!
What is meditation? It is a way of life and not a mean to realize God. While walking or driving a car, concentration is necessary. Concentration and contemplation is necessary in all kinds of activities in life. But concentration is not meditation. When we are able to control our senses and keep our mind still, and be free from thoughts that is meditation.
Similarly Nirvan or Liberation (whatever is meant by it?), in simple terms, is freedom from sufferings. The freedom is reached at three levels viz. body, mind and Aathma (soul). Freedom from hunger or disease is physical liberation. Controlling the vagaries of the mind is also a kind of freedom at mental level. But true liberation or Nirvan is in understanding the principle/Tathav of Aathma: which is all pervasive. It neither comes nor goes. Buddha’s last commandment to his cousin Anandh was “Overcome Maaya (ignorance) have the vision of Aathma and attain Nirvan”.
So without firstly developing human values, we cannot aspire to have the ‘vision’—the knowledge/understanding of the Self. Merely discoursing on the strength of worldly knowledge—acquired from reading the books, which had been stored in our brain-cells, is useless—because the knowledge of Self cannot be found either in the books or in our heads. It originates from our heart that is, the spiritual heart—the Conscience. Any amount of reading or spiritual practices, will not lead us to Nirvan. Primarily through the sacred use of our senses—with which each Sadhak is equipped and which in fact represent the five elements—can we limit the vagaries of our mind!
When there is perfect balance in Nature, so it should be in human beings too which is possible through complete harmony amongst all our senses; perfect coordination in our thought, word and deed. This in turn could be accomplished by activating the five human values ingrained in us already. Merely by willing them to sprout, won’t do. An entire life is spent in the regimentation of our senses by the application of thought, word and deed. The noble qualities of sacrifice, compassion, love and kindness, keep the mind on right track—which thinks, speaks, and acts selflessly and always ready to serve others.
Now compare this life with that of the modern day’s mechanized human being, who in the fulfillment of his desires leads an untruthful life; cheating, betraying and snatching the rights of others. He is constantly at war with his adversaries and competitors; either by proxy or direct confrontation, with vengeance and hatred: With the result that his mind is always tense, confused and full of evil thoughts. Is such a man fit to think about the subject of Self, much less understand it? Can such a person ever aspire for peace and aim to attain Nirvan or Liberation? Who has the time to mull over these parasitical topics! Imagine a billionaire, a top CEO, a media-mogul or a Fourth-Estate baron, discussing the philosophical works of masters! The picture simply does not fit in! However these energy charged dynamos become easy prey to elite Gurus, who offer them quick redemption from their stressful life, with short-cut ten minutes sessions of Meditation, Yog-Sadhna, S.K (Sudarshan Kirya), K.G (Kirya-Yoga), TM (Transcendental Meditation) and Vedhaanth, promising instant relief.

These persons who cannot differentiate between relaxation and concentration, are not competent Gurus to teach these sacred subjects, nor is the elite class a fit candidate to understand them. None is at fault, as the present contingency neither requires of them, nor were these subjects in their academic curriculum! Meditation relates to that state of mind, which is the culmination of the power of concentration: relaxation on the other hand, is the condition of freeing the body from tension, tiredness and discomforts, which are not remotely related to meditation. Perhaps the gurus are acting more as physiotherapists and psychotherapists.
Our aims and ambitions are related to our body and mind and therefore, can be achieved with some efforts. All that we want of life is wealth, power and fame. In this vast universe, getting hold of these minor ‘ends’, with fair or foul means is not a big deal. In material world, we aspire for material gains. Very natural and achievable aim! What requires a great deal of effort, in contrast to the former, is the will to forego and sacrifice the riches for the sake of the under-privileged. A strong will is required to banish some of the ingrained notions: “It is my life, why should I work for others: Why should I waste away the gains of my life, which I achieved after great toils: I have the caliber, courage, skill and drive, whereas the majority of parasitical worms of society just gossip and puff off their life: Why should I support these parasites with my hard earned wealth?” These thoughts are neither novel nor noble. Valour, courage, skill, scholarship and wisdom are not meant to exploit the less privileged. These are human qualities laced with compassion, love and sacrifice, with which we can win noble wars over lust, greed and violence. Material possession gained with illegal means, become the cause of conflicts and wars, stress and strife. Whereas blossoming of noble qualities, usher in inner equinity and outer harmony!
Harping about religions, Yog, Yagnas(fire-rituals), reading of scriptures, chanting of Gods’/Guru’s name would not bring us peace; any more than Yap, Dhayan and meditation can win us liberation, Moksh, Nirvan! No power on earth can transfer, delegate or transmit the benefits of its spiritual Sadhna to us. No one can enlighten the latent wisdom in us. In worldly affairs; bargaining, exchanging, bartering, gifting and even donation of materials is an accepted norm. But in internal world, no such trick pays off. In contrast to worldly life, where we can engage help for washing our dirty linen; in inward quest, we have to carry burdens of our own sins (misdeeds) and have also to unshackle the burdens of conscience ourselves! In both the worlds, we ourselves are the architects of our lives. Nobody in his right senses wants to be unhappy. But the stress and the strains of fast life create imbalance between the internal and external life: disharmony between head and heart: dichotomy between human and material values: discord between spiritual and material world! Somehow a willful distinction has been created between Divinity and Nature. Both are projected as separate entities from each other. Rather the divine path has been sidelined by the ‘intellectuals’ and its very name is referred to with disdain.
The challenge that faces the humanity today is to understand its true identity and become humane. Besides, it must search for its inner roots too, while reaching the vast cosmos. It has its roots in both the worlds! Whether these have a common origin, remains a big enigma for the scientists’ to discover!

Peace Vs Atheists
Bhaarath is a land of Rishis, Sages, Maharishis, Yogis, Renunciates and Avathaars. Aptly it was called “Tapobhoomi, Karambhoomi and Thagbhoomi”. In this sacred land nobody wished to be labeled as an atheist; it was such an abhorrent word. In its chequered history the names of Lords Ram and Krshan are revered. Gautham Buddh, Lord Mahavir, Adhi Shankaraachaarya, Guru Nanak, Saints, Kabir, Namdev, Sheikh Farid, Chaithanyan Prabhu, Thyaagraj, Guru Gobindh Singh, Ram Krishan Paramhans, Swami Vivekanandh, Sirdhi Sai Baba, Sri Sathya Sai Baba, are household names. Ashok the Great is not remembered because of his conquests, but because of the path of non-violence! Emperor Akbar is known for his Din-I-IIahi—a new faith he founded, which (according to him) represented the synthesis of all the then prevalent faiths and religions.
Almost every home has a small temple (mandhir), a sacred book, and pictures of their God, besides the frames of Lord Jesus or mother Marry. No house is without a symbol of some religion, faith or a sect; even if these houses might belong to the elites. Our mothers, the real connoisseurs of our culture still tread the ancient path of divinity, spirituality, religion and faith. Whatever their present status or past background of education—-which invariably is from convent schools—or however they are influenced by external vicissitudes of life, their roots are embedded irrevocably in their cultural heritage. Our mothers are the pillars of morality, sacrifice, and love. Though western influences have vitiated the atmosphere but our mothers, sisters and elders, have generally remained unscathed. Some of us are seriously smitten but with the passage of time, these superficial layers of sensuality fall apart and true color of humanity of this land, by and large, emerges. Hardly two percent of our population is affected by this malady. This meager minority does not represent the whole of our land, though this minority controls the media, and the dream merchant’s industry—the cinema. Though they are hell bent on degenerating our values of life with the over doses of sensuality, violence, hatred and promiscuity, along with all the allied complements coming with them; still there are forces which do not let them buy ‘souls’ of their country men. Much more powerful is the inner strength ingrained in them by our culture that helps them in repulsing such vicious onslaughts, however alluring and attractive they appear! Nature is nude, but it is beautiful. Then how some perfidious minds pervert it into pornography is the delusive manipulation of the senses!
Being born of such parentage, cultural inheritance of sacred land and congenial homely atmosphere; would not produce atheists. Rather the few among us, who profess—though wrongly, such pretentious denial of God and His divinity, are merely pleasing their ego, which is a superficial creation of false values borrowed from western masters. The Church has not, as yet, completely gone out of the lives of the western people. They still take their marriage vows in Church. Their dead bodies are still buried in Church. The most powerful leaders—though for public consumption—still feel proud to be Christians. In general public too there is a perceptible change now. Swami Vivekanandh, Ramteerath, Prabhupadh, and Mahesh Yogi played pivotal role in bringing this turn around in their mindset. Physical science has progressed in these countries very fast, but their religion has failed to keep pace with it. Their people wanted answers to ‘Source’ question, from the Church. Being not satisfied with what they inherited as the religious legacy, they continue to seek more. No religion in the world, however old, has made such a thorough search in the science of ‘Divinity’, that too so methodically, as the ancient sages of this country! So much so, they had developed the system of their ‘search’ as a complete science and, rightly so, called it the science of Spiritualism! Their symbolic Dharam, i.e. Sanathandharman was and still is; the only religion which satisfies the intellectual hunger of every category of seekers, as it is based on philosophy (thought) rather catering to one particular caste, creed, sect or a ‘personage’. Its six schools of thoughts, viz., Vaiseshika, Sankhya and Vedhaanth give the theoretical parts of philosophy; Nyaya, Yoga and Mimamsa give us the applied and practical side of the philosophy. It was never intended to be the type of religion, which are in vogue these days. It represents universal concept of humanity that makes it distinct in its Divine aspect. Although it’s original aim has been diluted and its so-called inheritors have made it controversially segmented, but still its ancient spirit of Truth—truly interpreted in Upanishads, is still valid and is fully competent to withstand the onslaughts of modern enquirers’ intellect. To fully understand its depth on realisation of the truth of Nature, Creation and Divinity, might yet take the scientists a thousand more years, because the multiple scope of its philosophy is interspersed with Divine-truth, which is not realizable on the basis of theory only! Its search of non-dual aspect of Divinity attracted the western intellectuals, as it did not require them to forsake their faith and convert to a new one. No! It (Sanathandharaman/eternal religion) is neither a faith nor a religion. As its very name connotes; it is eternal and relates only to the Eternal. Its present distorted form—also known by the same name is not remotely reflective of Its true nature and ‘spirit’! So let It not be confused with the prevalent ‘namesake’, which is nothing better than other religions of the world.

That is quite a toolbag you have.

Just a question if you no mind of it?

Have you explored (yes an Inner journey) but, Unteachers such as Seth Roberts coupled with Neville Goddard?

All of the answers I seek are within me. You have such a vivid exploration of the heart of life and writing of such I figured I might ask.

"All of the answers I seek are within me"
the above statement is true! whatever ls. learnt in life either from others or by self-effort, is being penned down here! all is based on self-experience. journey (inner) is still on........

It is the Religion of eternal truth that leads humanity to its roots—Divinity. It reveals the underlying truth of unity in diversity. It reveals to man his true Self, that of him being Divine! It represents humanity as a whole, not a particular class of people or territory. It encourages humanity to activate their latent innate nature of purity and blossom the five human values. It exhorts the Christians to be better Christians, the Muslims to be better Muslim and so on. It does not convert; rather diverts the strayed back to their respective faiths after chiseling them as better and civilized human beings.
Except for Swami Vivekanandh and Swami Ramteerath, all other visiting Gurus to America, expounded on the dual aspect of divinity. Furthermore the former shed light on the Indian ‘thought’ in its multiplicity, unity in diversity, and right perspective and helped in erasing the poor image of India as a country of mere snake charmers, slum dwellers, women burners (Sathipratha) etc. Since then seekers of spirituality from abroad, have been visiting India for studying its ancient culture and rich intellectual-bank of its glorious and sacred literature on the subject. Rightly and aptly this land was once called the conscience Guru of all humanity. This tide has not stopped and is increasing day by day. This spiritual migration has had very positive results. Western social order, which had been shattered, with the disintegration of joint family system, is once again reinvigorated. More and more people are reverting to human values and religion is again becoming part of their lives.
In our country, their ‘duplicates’ are having very tough times: Imitating their ‘Aakas’ (slave-masters), they too have started going to Gurus—who have suddenly mushroomed, to especially cater to this class—who likewise are also ensconced in jet-set culture. Although it has become a fashion, for the elite, to join their high profile exclusive ‘spiritual’ clubs and flaunt the high sounding names of their Gurus; but our Gurudom class has failed them miserably. Every half-baked, so-called Godman is out to transform their followers as angels, by means of parroting out spiritual gospels, conditioned by their own parameters. No doubt, they are top class orators and proficient in the knowledge of their subject. They want to convert them, through theory and a modicum of disciplines, specially customized for the occasion. But their followers get disenchanted very soon as they discover the futilities of mere dry theories—though laced with funny anecdotes and few exercise in the guise of Yoga and meditation—fail to bring the promised peace in their lives.
Present day man is living a practical life. His brain is highly developed; with the result he is inventing, discovering and making scientific advancement at very fast pace. His business management techniques are equally proficient and creative. Remember, this high volume of wealth and material resources were generated by these energy-charged dynamos in the last sixty years only! These emoluments of material wealth were created, by these geniuses, from the external world. The source of education, skill, expertise and the resultant gains are all from the external world i.e. Nature. Even they derive their pleasures and joys from the same source. Their Karambhoomi (Kurukshetar/Field of action) being the ephemeral world, with all its implements of stress and strain—the natural outcome of competitive life—they expect to find the panacea of their mental disturbances, from the same known source. The panacea they are looking for is peace, not religion.
A Guru should not sell God! Their followers are highly qualified persons and they can understand very easily the complicated nuances, erected around the personality of the Gurus, as a shield of high sounding superlatives of ’Darshan-margas’ (philosophical cults). This intelligent class thus understands, very easily, their shallowness and leave with dejection.

Let us look at a piece of news :(Times of India. 26 June 2001):
“In Philadelphia, a researcher discovers areas of the brain that are activated during meditation. At two universities in San Diego and North Carolina, doctors study epilepsy and certain hallucinogenic drugs can produce religious epiphanies. And in Canada, a neuroscientist fits people with magnetized helmets that produce “spiritual” experiences for the secular—
“What creates that transcendental feeling of being one with the universe? It could be the decreased activity in the brains’ parietal lobe, which helps regulate the sense of self and physical orientation, research suggests. How religion does prompt divine feelings of love and compassion? Possibly because of changes in the frontal lobe, caused by heightened concentration during meditation! Why do many people have profound sense that religion has changed their lives? Perhaps because spiritual practices activate the temporal lobs which weights experiences with personal significance.”
“Newberg’s’ experiment consisted of taking brain scans of Tibetan Buddhist meditators as they sat immersed in contemplation. After giving time to sink into meditative trance, he injected them with a radioactive dye. Patterns of the dye’s residues in the brain were later converted into images. Newberg found that certain areas of the brain were altered during deep meditation. Predictably, these included area in the front of the brain that is involved in concentration. But Newberg also found decreased activity in the parietal lobe, one of the parts of the brain that helps orient a person in three-dimensional space. “When people have spiritual experiences they feel they become one with the universe and lose their sense of self,” he said. “We think that may be because of what is happening in that area—if you block that area you lose that boundary between the self and the rest of the world. In doing so you wind up in universal state”.
“Could the flash of wisdom that came over Siddharth Gautham—the Buddha—have been nothing more than the parietal lobe quieting down? Could the voices that Moses and Mohammad heard on remote mountain tops have been just a bunch of firing neurons—an illusion! Could Jesus’ conversations with God have been mental delusions?
Newberg won’t go so far but other proponents of the new brain science do.
“Michael Persinger a professor of neurosciences at Laurential University in Bradbury Ontario has been conducting experiments that fit a set of magnetic to a helmet-like device. Persinger runs what amounts to weak electromagnetic signals around the skulls of volunteers. Four in five people, he said, reports a mystical experience, the feeling that there is a sentient being or entity standing behind or near them. Some weep, some feel God has touched them, others become frightened and talk of demons and evil spirits.
“That’s’ in the laboratory” Persinger said “They know they are in the laboratory. Can you imagine what would happen if that happened late at night in a pew or mosque or synagogue?”
His research, Persinger said, showed “religion is a property of the brain, only the brain and has little to do with what’s out there”. (LATWP.Svc)
This is the first step in neurosciences. In the coming times, many startling discoveries are in the offing that would further validate the above research. To the surprise and, perhaps, the discomfiture of some, this research is only going to affirm, the age old ‘discovery’ of our ancient sages about inner-realization: That religion, spiritualism and Divinity is within us: That we are Divine! (On this later). But this fact should be borne in the mind that our ancient wise had attained this realisation, without the facility of any material tools. Their system of revealing Truth was self-inquiry, and nothing else.
To stretch the scientific research a little further: we must acknowledge the deeper aspect of the atom—the basic building block of the universe. According to Heisenberg, “Atoms are not things”. “The universe begins to look like a thought than like a great machine.” (Sir, James Jeans).
(To the surprise of the present day scientists, Nyaya-Vaiseshika philosophy entirely dealt on the same line, thousands of years ago.” At the beginning of each Kalp(Creation), large number of atoms and molecules unite to form different objects with different qualities—-“) Now judge for yourself about the richness of Indian ‘Thought’!

No scientific advancement in any field should be negated by the spiritualists, as these two streams are never at conflict. Their paths of search or research do not cross each other’s, but are distinctly marked and demarcated. The purpose of each is also well delineated. The science explores the origin of the universe, whereas the spiritualist is in the quest of the Divinity—That is not only the Originator but its sustainer and annihilator also. The science has made Nature distinct from God. The spiritualists should not, unnecessarily, make an issue of it, and should avoid discoursing on the subject, which does not fall in their domain.
The scientific fraternity too should not try to denigrate the very ‘Source’ of their origin and distort or twist the facts, merely to score a point. Now coming back to Newberg’s experiments and the resultant “spiritual experiences felt by the subjects; invariably lead to ‘one’ word—“feelings. “That their subjects had the feelings of “love and compassion,” and “spiritual feelings of oneness with the universe!”
Without delving more into the subject—as this subject has already been discussed at length in this and l.s previous book; suffice it is to recall that experiences, feelings and emotions are expressions and decoding of waves of thoughts—which is our mind. And mind is only the third in succession of five sheaths (subtle bodies), viz., Annamaya Kosha (physical body; Material or gross sheath of the soul), Praanamaya Kosha (Vital energy), Manomaya Kosha (Mental sheath)), Vijnaanamaya Kosha (Intellect) and Aanandhamaya Kosha (Bliss). When the scientific research reaches the level (of evolution) of bliss, it would again be concluded that bliss does not come from alien worlds, external elements or from Nature! It is very much a part of human nature. Then what are the scientists up to? What are they trying to prove, is already enshrined in ancient texts anyway!
Even otherwise there is a great difference between “feeling/experience” and in knowing/understanding a subject. Newberg’s subjects “felt/experienced” spiritual states and felt oneness with the universe. But in Divine experience, the word is Awareness and not experience or feeling. Divine-Awareness means gaining complete understanding of the universe, cosmos and the whole Brahmand: That one is in Constant-Integrated-Awareness (Consciousness) state.
“Knowing the world to consist of Consciousness, the mind of the wise rapt in the thought of his universality and roams free, seeing the cosmos as space in his own consciousness.”
—Yog Vasisht: Sage Vasisht’s precepts to Sri Raam
This is the state of Awareness an individual attains, when his individual consciousness finds itself one with universal Conscious. He becomes not only Aware but the master of the three states of the time and of the qualities (Gunas) which are attributed to God. Simply having feeling inside, without this kind of Awareness, is like having bouts of hallucinations. Kindly pay due respect to the findings (Realisation) of the ancient Masters! Have a practical try on what they “say” and then comment!
Pleasure and joy are associated with feelings, emotions and thought waves; which have their positive genesis related only to body and mind. Whenever the neurologist ‘find’ the cells, which store these two subtle elements—wisdom and bliss—these would only be their grosser aspects, because these two are not in the nature of body and mind and whatever the mind perceives as ‘wisdom and bliss’ would only be a mirage! Wisdom is the awareness quality of Self (Soul), whereas bliss is its innate nature. However their gross aspects in human nature are intelligence and happiness.
Every human being in his right senses wants peace, order and harmony, not only in personal life but in the society he lives in. But peace cannot be bought, and neither can it be acquired. It is a state of mind, not the result of accumulated wealth. No amount of Yog Sadhna, Meditation, Naamjapam (repetition of a holy name) or any other disciplines—which are all body-mind related—are going to grant us peace. Peace does not exist in material objects, bodily pleasures or in mental joys, because anything which generates feelings, emotions and thought waves, would automatically warrant its nemesis. It is even beyond the state of Nihilism. Then should it be presumed that a worldly being, howsoever high his intellectual status, can ever experience the state of peace? The answer is yes! Certainly, no human being can have its lasting experience—though occasional flashes are possible—simply by the sole medium of practicing the above mentioned disciplines. As previously explained, the purpose of meditation etc is to bring about thoughtless state of mind. But this in itself signifies nothing, unless the grace of the Self blossoms in us, the state of blissfulness—of which our little-self becomes ‘aware’! That individual conscious becomes aware of Cosmic-Conscious!
Can a fourth estate Mogul, ever aspire for such celestial heights, even if in secular world they have scaled great heights! They do not need God; they do not have time to waste on such flimsy topics. They do pay obeisance to Church, Mosque and a Temple, but their super-fast life simply does not have any place for religion or divinity. Their immediate need is peace from the constant grueling of life. Their synonym for peace is mental relaxation in luxurious surroundings.
Every human mind is anxious to know the source and cause of its origin. Who would not want to solve the enigmatic mystery of God? Whoever is interested in this mysterious subject is a theist. Whether we deny His existence or accept Him, the enquirer is a genuine theist. Anyone who utters His name in any sense is a theist. The death of the body is the single most powerful force that impels each thinking mind, to the topic of God, Divinity, Nature and Creation. As this class is anxious to remove the cloak of mystery woven around this ‘Word’; obviously their immediate contact with the subject is possible through the high profile Gurus, who only confound the ‘intellectuals’ and make a mockery of the Religion, which is the essence of life, not only of the beings but the sustaining life-line of Nature! Thus we create the class of atheists ourselves. It is our ignorance of the ‘subject’, not the fault of the subject. Beware of this class of ignoramus! They have nothing to give, except the masked faces of ignorance.

Elite/Pseudo
Nexus
This ‘Tamasha’ of lavish religious festivities leaves the poor baffled and the elite (intellectual) class simply spurns away. Instead of transforming the latter for serving the interests of the society, the disenchantment creates revulsion for religion, and the words of God, Divinity become unpalatable for them.
In such a scenario, where is the scope of God/Divinity in their scheme of things and life style? But all is not lost. In India and Muslim countries, religions, faiths, sects etc. do play a dominant role in the lives of a majority of their people. Religions play very positive and strange roles. Some of these ancient religions are the soul diet of about 70 percent of the population of these countries. Their followers are linked to God through their religion. About 28 percent are catered by different faiths. Only the remaining 2 percent of the population, the cream (!) of the society, which controls more than 80 percent wealth/resources of the world, are away from God/faiths/sects. They are real rulers of the masses. This ruling class of the ‘intellectuals’ treats the 70 percent populace—which believes in God and happens to be deprived of the material wealth—the have-nots, as ignorant filthy beasts. Though their tolerance towards the ‘devout’ (the 20 percent), who are attached to some particular sects/Mathas, is somewhat mellowed, as this class is their immediate subordinate—the class of executives, which enforces the writ on behalf of the elite. They are placed in the category of the hypocrite. These hypocrites, though belonging to the special sects, do in fact trace their roots to the ‘mother’ religions. Both Sunny and Shia belong to their mother religion of Islam, and their Prophet is one and the same. Jews, Muslims and Christians, all belong to the same ancestry. Similarly in India too, all the major religions have emerged from the ‘mother’ religion, i.e., Sanathandharaman. Thus 90 percent populations of the world, in some way or the other do believe in God and their medium of commune with God is through a religion. But it may surprise many, except for Sanathandharaman; all other religions are the creation of their respective Masters. This was the only religion, which was entirely based on philosophical content, which totally relate to the eternal truth of God. That is why it was described as the Mother-Religion of all the religions. It was not created by any master. It does not preach any sectarian ‘philosophy’; neither is it a sect nor does it caters to one set of people. Through time immemorial, ancient masters nourished it with different schools of thoughts. It is the sign of maturity that its multifarious colors of thoughts—six schools of thought—cater to all categories of intellectual elevations. Its holistic approach satisfies the Godly urge of the ordinary masses. For the highly advanced there is Vedhaanthik philosophy, which is the unique contribution of Indian culture and spirituality, which has no parallel anywhere in the world, in Godly search and realization. Another unique feature is its anonymous aspect of origin. Not a single seer or sage claims about his contribution for any one of its branches of ‘thought’. Although countless saints contributed in making it the most perfect specimen of human ingenuity in the development of his thought in the quest of his origin and that of the ‘Originator.’ It is one religion, (Sanathandharman) which is the conglomerate of all kinds of philosophies, which the genius brains (wisdom) of ancient nameless master had churned out after life long austerities in their search for the Truth. It is the practical composite study of Truth, which is eternal and all pervasive. But to the chagrin of the real ‘thinkers’ this religion—rather the non-religion—has been relegated to yield way to the new breed of religions, because It did not boast of its origin from the name of a single or a series of masters. Nor did it speak in the language people liked. Its contributors were unknown. Its richness of ‘thought’ content is so complete and flawless, that no other religion on earth could add or contribute or devise any new ‘theory’, ‘thought’ or ‘revelation’, which was not already in Its repository. Being Indian, it does not entitle the little-self to sermonize, transform or even indirectly draw attention of the world, towards a particular religion. But, without an iota of doubt, it is not a religion like others. It does not trumpet any particular philosophy nor does it cater to any ethnic group. It is the Mother religion, that ‘contains’—in Its cosmic-prism—all other religions. It does not make followers, nor are its propagators entitled to teach sectarian ‘philosophies.’ This is the very reason that It has been put in the junkyard and so many other religions have mushroomed, each imitating—in poor tastes, of course—any of Its celestial philosophy of ‘thought’.

No religion, which is the ‘creation’ of one master, one philosophy and catering to one ethnical group of people, can ever claim to be secular and complete in it-self. Like an individual mind, until it comprehends its cosmic vision—Consciousness can never be perfected. That is, its elevation to wisdom and bliss state is not complete. It is a wonderful fact, not a single Master of celestial stature established an order (religion) because anyone in that state of ‘Being’ is absolved of individuality and in Him ‘exists’ only the universal-Being. Would a Universal Being ever need to establish a sectarian order or for that matter a religion? In Bhaarath there were only two such perfect Beings viz., Sri Ram and Sri Krshan. Neither of them established an order, nor was any religion established on their names, during their life- time and even after their mortal departure from this world! They are still worshipped as Avathaars: Their statues are installed in the temples and worshipped, but no religion is named after their names. Both of them exhibited complete Comprehension—Awareness, as such there was no need for them or their devotees to compartmentalize their Universality in minor and narrow ‘philosophies’.
It is a matter of pride that Indian culture and spirituality had reached to such celestial heights, many civilizations blossomed from it: much before the Chinese or Greek ‘thought’ took birth and the West was still passing through its barbarian age. Sindhu-ghatti, Harrapan, Gangetic and Saraswati-Nadhi civilizations were some of the prime cultural amalgamations, which produced some of the finest brains in the Indian philosophy. This country did not believe in eulogizing individual prodigies but in producing a hybrid of composite ‘philosophy’ that represented every section of the society. Individual ingenuity was not promoted but there was always a system, a code of conduct to guide and give direction to the society, so that it did not deviate from its main purpose of pursuing the realization of the Supreme—Truth. It did not pursue only the God-realization, but in the process had transgressed the intervening elevations of: Dharam (Righteousness), Arth (Wealth), Kaam (Fulfillment of Desire) and finally the Moksh. The last, Moksh was not the attainment of some celestial boon, but the consequential liberation from worldly attachments, after having enjoyed the fruits of wealth through the righteous means.
In Indian culture, all the streams of disciplines, namely, education (through gurukul system): code of conduct (through morality, subscribing to Sage Manus’Manusimrithi and Dharam Sasthra): justice (by following Nyaya Sasthra of Sage Gautham): grammar (through Sage Pannini), mental sciences (based on Sage Bharadhwaj), medicinal science (saint Charaks’ Samhitha), surgical science (saint Susruth): all supplemented only one theme i.e. realization of Truth by adopting only the rightful means. Both ends and means were important. Means were based on morality and end was the attainment of perfection, the culmination of human intellect to the level of wisdom, where there is the realization of one God and the brotherhood of man and of his divinity.

Today philosophy is no more a science of truth but a mere subject of study. It is taught as a theory like any other subject. It has lost its original shine of ‘Illumination, Self realization, Enlightenment’ and relegated to junkyard like its ‘object’—the Truth. Presently there are religions, sects, faiths, which proclaim the ownership of God as their ‘property.’ Now guru is considered above God, as He being invisible and guru being His ‘representative’ on earth is, their sole ‘Object.’ The poor God is not even the ‘subject’, as It has become only the ‘Manthar’ (word) of the guru. The followers are required to enchant the ‘mantra’ and worship the form of the guru (in meditation). What a down degradation of the Religion and its ‘Object.’ Now mantra (word) is the religion and the guru the God. It is not only the travesty of Truth but a ridiculous mockery of Its study (philosophy).
Bhaarath was, and still is the land of God, where He is worshipped, revered, studied and discussed in every Indian home. Aptly this country is called the soul-guru of the rest of the world. But the British’ rule has been a palpable culprit in the erosion of values of life of about 20 percent of its population. This percentage could further be graded into two categories, as the ‘New Feudal (NF=2 percent) and the ‘enforcer’ (the ‘elite’, the executives class=18 percent). The latter also include the ‘Nethas’ (leaders). The remaining 80 percent is the work-force. At the global level the average is 30:70. The 2 percent ‘NF’ of the society, which rules the roost, is simply not bothered about the positive/negative aspects of human values. This class is above the law, above the conscience (it does not exist for them), or anything that relates to society and the nation, because it is these people who make or destroy societies, nations, rules and writs. It is these people who are the conscience-keepers of the society, because conscience is that, what they define as. The hierarchy merely enforces their writ. They have no conscience of their own. Whatever these brainless, tamed beasts possess as wealth and knowledge (data) is at the pleasure of the ‘NF’. They follow and execute the orders of their masters, just for few a crumbs of illegal gratification in return of their services. They belong to the ‘tamasic’, the lowest aspect of the mind, though their placement in society is that of ‘Rajasic class of ‘Karamyogis.’as these people have either raised themselves or are the ‘pick’ from the remaining 80 percent of the ‘have-nots,’ their roots are, thereby still embedded with the Mother tree—the Indian culture.
On the contrary their life and ‘messages’ are producing palatial mansions and not examples of pure living. They are trying to ‘live’ their ‘devout’ theories, not by precept but in the language their followers understand. The Guru as well as the followers are least interested in God or ‘enlightenment’ as these are taboo for the autocratic enzymes. Had these Gurus been genuinely groomed, and they might had the welfare of the society as their first priority, and the ‘enforcer’ class would have been able to influence their master ‘elite’ class (NF) and converted it to the same ideal. What is the wealth for and what purpose does the riches of the world serve? After all the wealth of the ephemeral world and the artificial one created by its money genius is not meant to be hoarded in the bank vaults and be wasted in the construction of palatial palaces/ashrams/deras or to support lavish and luscious lifestyle of their inhabitants.
God is not a case history even, for this 20-30 percent segment of the society. For them money is God and power is their preserve.
Now let us have a closer look at the spiritual facet of these Gurus. Some of them may be genuine, but in one aspect all of them are classed in the same category. All build palatial mansions with the donations received from their followers: all are alluring people with tempting slogans and misguided promises so as to convert them to their ‘faiths’: All are ‘granting’ Naam-Dhaan (Guru-mantra)—a five word ‘passport’ to heaven: All are establishing their separate identities with distinct sectarian symbols. These willful and sectarian ‘acts’ are creating divisions in the already divided universal society. Not satisfied with these acts of commission in the guise of spiritualism, these elements are enacting the most seditious emotional infringement. Like all sectarian religions, even some genuine masters have been indulging in faith conversion of their followers. Swami Vivekanandh, Sri Prabhupadh, Swami Yoganandh, Osho and Mahesh yogi: all are revered names in spiritual hierarchy. They not only converted foreigners to their respective faiths—or whatever name they give to their ‘missions’—but changed the names of their devotees. Their American and European disciples were given Indian names. Why?

Our Gurus who are engaged in the business of spiritualism, even if completely genuine, they have not been fair to their professed ‘philosophies’! Vedhaanth does not preach sectarian ritualism of name conversion and faith conversion. Philosophy that acclaims all souls belongs to one supreme Soul, has no place for those elements which preach distinction of individuality, in however fine or sophisticated manner it might be.
The end aim of philosophers, saints, prophets, messengers and the Maharishis is to attain and realize the Ultimate-Reality—God. Any distinction, variation from the main path, is a willful dereliction. So many separate paths to one goal, enunciated by our classic masters, create confusion in the minds of the discerning genuine seekers. Each master has ‘revealed’ a different view of the Grand-Vision/Glimpse of his realization. There is not a single instance of a master, who has had His total and complete ‘vision’ and could live to narrate that ‘vision’ in human language—comprehensible to laymen and intellectuals alike. Alas it was never to be, as it was never intended to, by the Powers be! The scientists, cosmologists discover only that part of the Nature which it intends to reveal. The Nature reveals itself layer by layer. Or we can put it this way that scientific advancement (evolution) is a progressive process. It cannot jump from Stone Age to stem cell cloning in a jiffy. It took the human race thousands of years to evolve its intelligence to the present state of conscious.
Coming back to the present nursery of Gurus and the mental trauma their followers go through is a case of emotional cheating and blackmail. Heavens are promised but the followers are left as spiritual paupers after filling the havens of the master. It is other matter that they are compelled to shun even the name of God in the remaining part of their lives. The foggy spiritual voyage pushes them toward their worldly masters—New Feudal, whom they happily enjoin to exploit the ‘have-nots’—the real connoisseurs of the ancient but the eternal cultural heritage, which is the true legacy of humanity; which distinguishes it from animal fraternity.
The ‘NF’ and the ‘elite’ classes are—like their material conscience raising Gurus—are the modern ‘conscience-masters’ of the world. The modern society is ruled by money, and money is power—the absolute power. Though religion seeps in the blood of the have-nots, but their gut-power is controlled by the have-all—NF! The religion might still be playing a dominant role in their lives but its reins are in the hands of the ‘chosen-ones’—the NF. The religious rituals, symbolism, cast, creed and the ‘dialectic’ divisions have over ran finer aspects of human values and in their place a new creed of hypocritical baser material values have taken over. Whereas the ancient human values which still preserve their potency, blossom the theistic innate nature of ‘divine’ in human beings, the present cult of money power has made their a senseless robotic ‘intellect’ which has wrought havoc and destruction, as in the case of imbalance in the natures’ elements. As we advance in spiritualism, we realize that no one is a complete theist, as none believes in the omnipresence of God and the ‘divine aspect (incarnation) of man as Avathaars. Similarly the atheists are not fully non-believer, because every thinking mind is ever engaged in the enquiry of his origin, creation and the Creator—if there is One.
Man is ‘divine’ is the realization of the wise. But the wise have their limitations, in the sense; their benefit of the ‘realisation’ is passed on, only to a select few. Hence their ‘message’ is lost in the cacophony of beasts—due to the negative tendencies which lurk in the minds of the ‘chosen few.’

Each age has an object: a purpose: aims and a priority. To achieve that it has its own set of ‘values’ which give proper direction to meet the aim. The human mind is appropriately equipped ‘intellectually’ to dispense accordingly. Each age has its scientific discoveries and inventions. Religion too was a part of our lives, though in different colors and phases. The inevitable fact of life-death is the harbinger of fear that immediately creates in us the urge to find ways to vanquish death. That brings on the need, in the societal mind to devise a system, which not only is the mediator between life and death but a supreme tool in the hands of the rulers. When religion is used as tool to rule over the ‘conscience’ of the man, it becomes the weapon of the system, which would produces only demonic, not noble forces. The same religions when applied, not as the vanquisher of fear and destruction, but as the real conscience of humanity, it creates harmony in society and its inhabitants deport as angels.
The single most negative factor, which proves to be fatal, in moldings the intellectual ‘field’ of humanity, is the real power-broker who wields uninhibited power over the lives and livelihood of the masses. These power-brokers are the real influencing force, which sways the very thinking process/trend of a generation. Accompanying them gladly are the ‘conscience-raising’—Gurus. The material masters govern the lives of the masses, whereas the Gurudom rules their conscience. Both the classes join together to have complete sway over the bodies and the minds of the have-nots. It is these elements who create the genes of atheism. Atheism is not the denial of Existence, but the state of ‘nihilism’ in the minds of the intellectuals. It is these intellectuals who have been, and still are, corrupting the minds of the laymen. Being themselves devoid of the human values, they are filling the tender minds of the under-privileged innocent people, with values which are measured with money and power. Nothing is wrong with money or power, if these are the fruitful outcome of the five celestial values (Truth, Righteousness, Love, Peace and Non-violence) in the human heart. When the fields of heart are well prepared and groomed with pure seeds of ‘thought’, there is no scope for any admixture of inferior varieties of thoughts in the blossomed crop of the intellect. A mind, which is already nourished on the finest of the finest qualities of human values is, not a befitting ground for crap harvest. The mind which is susceptible to idiot box, even as a toddler, and being exposed to violence, murders, sex, war and later in the adolescent age, in the name of knowledge, mammoth ‘data’ is stored in their already overly impression(-ed) brains—they are not to be expected to produce works of art, beauty and harmony! These brains devoid of values shall destroy values with ruinous gadgets, which generate only crude energy, power and charged pleasures. When few of these ‘brains’, get deflected by the saner elements they are faced with disenchantment, as like in childhood, their brains are again exposed to the irrelevant logic of the ‘masters’

In ancient times, the ‘intellectual’ class used to have very positive and sublime effects on the brains of their followers. Ancient masters were a class ‘unique’. The products of their academies/Ashrams were the ideal rulers, as they had the attitude of ‘service’ i.e., serving the society selflessly. Similarly the New Feudal and the governing (enforcer) class under them, emulating the rulers served the masses with compassion and dispensed justice by sharing their ordeals. The masters produced quality stuff and history is full of tales, when rulers sacrificed their lives by adhering to truth and righteousness.
Now the masters have been relegated to the governance class, and the real masters of the world polity are the NF and the intellectuals: the elite and their think tanks. Ancient civilizations flourished, not as the result of material progress alone! Material prosperity was considered secondary to noble qualities—a natural outcome of honest living within the disciplines of human values, rigorously applied to every aspect of life. More than the religions, it was the ‘philosophy’ that ruled the mind. Philosophy was not merely a subject; not even the ‘treatise’ of the religions. It was the science of Truth, which could be attained by following its attributive values, viz., righteousness, peace, love and non-violence. Like Nature is composed of five elements, human life is additionally composed of these (five) values. Both, elements and values are intrinsically valid and permeate their creations. A slight imbalance in their harmonious coordination can bring about incalculable damage in their respective spheres of influence.
Old masters had no quarrel over religious digressions, as they did not belong to any particular religions. They all adhered to the universal Religion, which preached brotherhood of man and fatherhood of God that brooked no dissension.
Religions, in their narrow forms, came into existence only on the personalization of the ‘truth’, by its compartmentalization into different theologies.
God and Its Being: Divinity and Its Existence: Soul and Its Bliss (Realization): were disintegrated in the wordy duels. God/Divinity comes down to Incarnate as ‘Avathaars’ (God in human form). But now a days it is fashion for every seer, saint and guru to call themselves as Bhagavan—the synonym of God, and put themselves much above the celestial ‘divinity’ of the Avathaars. Bhagavans, Godmen, Gurus, and Maharishis: just imagine to what low level of mental depravity, the class of ‘gurus’ has degenerated that even persons who are still doused in sensual perversity, are proclaiming themselves to be ‘That’—from whose Truth they are poles apart!
Human values are the attributes of conscience, which is the reflection of Aathma, in individual Jeevis (Self). But our sectarian masters have devalued the stature of these values and equated them with the mental tendencies. Instead of raising our-self to the Self (Aathma), we have lowered the level of consciousness/conscience to gross-intellect level. That is, from Cosmic-Consciousness to individual (body) conscious—the individual mind. In minds’ conscious, only nature exists. And nature is the field of the scientific research. All modern religions being the product of mind—which is neither conscience nor the Aathma—which is only the reflection of nature, nothing else

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Here lies the anomaly, because mind being the replicate of nature, which is material in nature and the creation of gross energy and its allied elements, is the preserve of the physical sciences: Whereas the source of all religions is ‘conscience’—which is related to human beings, meaning, life— which is the true replicate/reflection of the Aathma. Thus most of the religions in vogue today, are full of crap and they needlessly try to delve in the secrets of nature. This ignominious failure on the part of the religionists has brought only contempt from the scientists/intellectuals. The scientific research is based on facts; as a result the Gurudom’s furrow in the latter’s field has only brought them ridicule. Each to its assigned role and harmonious cohesion, otherwise religions would be producing a more atheists than they can handle.
The basic factor that puts off the intellectuals from the religion is their deeper understanding on the subject. They fully understand the finer nuances of each religion because they are better equipped with tools of the trade, which create the theological treatises on God. It is, of course, the ‘intellect, ‘which is the genesis of the mind. It should not be equated with the Supreme-Intelligence, the highest state of conscious (wisdom) —Divine - (Brahma)-Principal. Gross mind is an individual entity: it is nothing but the storehouse of knowledge/information/data of external world, received through the senses. In its dissemination, the intellectuals are more adept than the modern religiosity. That is why, in the minds’ jingoistic exercise, the latter are at disadvantage, than the former. This is the reason, religions have been usurped by the modern masters, who are mentally agile and are well conversant with the frustrations of the masses. They are equally at home with NF, as they also belong to the same group: enjoy and deport the same credentials, viz., name, fame, wealth and worldly comforts. They have no desire for ‘spirituality’ and have no ‘divine’ feelings (curiosity) in their minds, as they have become Bhogarajulu and Kararajulu (men of pleasure and desire), unlike the masters of ancient times, who were regarded as Thyagarajulu,Yogorajulu and Yathirajulu (masters of sacrifice, spirituality and renunciation).
Minds’ existence is because of the acquired knowledge of nature and its creations. But values are born along with man, not before or after. Truth, righteousness, peace and love which constitute Aathmik feelings, and are thus eternal and are not subject to change. But fortunately, the mind whose existence is solely because of the ephemeral world, is the only medium through which these ‘values’ get expression and establish a homogenous culture, wherein, both divinity and nature:spirituality and materialism are complementary to each other. The Aathma is realized, when it is ‘known’: All have their origin from one Source, hence are One. Then how can we be separate from the Source and keep our distinct identities? That nature is separate, independent of Divinity, is an illusion, which our ignorance and lack of knowledge, force upon our minds to accept as ‘true’ Minds however brilliant in worldly/physically sciences should not be allowed to discriminate on Aathmik-Reality, as the later is not the subject of the ephemeral world, which could be taught, learnt or treated like other subjects. Not until one has sincerely tried by religiously following the spiritual syllabus as enunciated by the Realised-Ones, no intelligent brain should shut itself of Aathmik-Reality and put on itself the borrowed aphorism of atheisms, non-believers, agnosticism or even of being ‘theist’. Mind should be left open, like the open space to grasp awareness of all the hidden matter, black-matter/non-matter, secrets of casual particles, and even whatever lies beyond that. Mind is not a void, even in its original state, but full of invisible, indecipherable ‘knowledge’ like the vast void of the Brahmand, which encompasses the cosmos.

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Source of all spiritual quotes is our ancient Indian sacred scriptures/Saints/Maharishis!

Religion and Religions
The very name ‘religion’ immediately brings to our mind the pictures of palatial mansions, commonly called temples of God, high class priests in richly adorned costumes, performing endless rituals. Followers of each faith, attired in distinct ‘muftis,’ or supporting identity marks/symbols, going to temples for worship or prayers. There is a further distinction between the royal costumes of the priests and the followers of each religion/sect. In some cases, the priestly heads do not wear any attire at all. Each religion has a distinct theology and a set of systematic procedure of rituals. All are laced with custom made gadgetries. In some cases these may be missing but symbolic worship/prayer is ritualistically performed. There in no religion which has not its own ‘house’ of God; supporting distinguishing architectural designs. If all ‘houses’ of God are embossed in a bazaar, each displaying and selling their ‘special ‘wares, but the commodity for ‘sale’ is the same one God! Every shop would be decorated with different batons, advertising different tools of worship, and different sets of theologies. Each ‘shop’ is manned by strangely attired salesmen: Each is an architectural delight, very richly crafted with costly artifices: The shoppers, patronizing each ‘shop’ are also distinguishable and strangely identical in each group, by their common bearings: Each group is supporting different marks/symbols—mostly belonging to rural backgrounds or to the lower strata of society, which represent about 70-80percentage of the world population. Regardless of their being bereft of material riches, they move about in hustle and bustle, and their general demeanor is of merry making. They joyously laugh, dance and chant their respective Gods’/Gurus’ name and pay rich tribute, both in kind and cash, far beyond their means. Simply and poorly attired, they brim with happiness, for no ostensible reason, excepting their esteem devotion to the ‘object’ of their wayfaring. The sounds of bells atop each ‘shop’: rhythmic beating of the drums and numerous other musical instruments: high pitched and full throated singing of prayers: plus chanting of His name by millions of followers around the world: create an atmosphere of Divine bliss, whose vibrations bring soothing effects in the charred bodies and hearts of the have-nots.
In contrast, few blocks (of mind) away, there is a posh colony of the NF’s. Each house is a fortress, imprisoning their masters in golden suites, fitted with expensive gadgetry available in the world, just for the comfort of their mindless, lifeless sacks (warders). Each mansion, though, seems to contain scores of suites, but strangely, each palace is inhibited by the loneliest people on earth. Even more than 80 percent wealth of the world, accumulated in that exclusive area is, not sufficient to invigorate their bodies with vibes of frivolity, gaiety and dance. There is deathly silence all around. These emotionally devoid people are totally immune to the feelings of inner joy, are wearing deathly masks, and would only be dispensing death and gloom with their wealth and power. Possessing all the conceivable wealth and comforts at their command, why don’t they vibrate with the zest for life and vigor, happiness and peace? Because happiness and peace are inner elements (Swabhav-Athmik feeling), whereas money and power can acquire only ephemeral pleasures!
Realizing these impediments, in the way to happy and peaceful life, our ancient masters had charted out four ‘Purusharths’ (goal of life), viz., Dharam (righteousness), Arth (wealth), Kaam (desire/passion) and finally the ‘Moksh’ (liberation). Money/wealth and its enjoyment can yield best results, if these are undertaken with best motive, by adopting righteous means. Only then can we be librated from being overly obsessed with their indulgences and take the vicissitudes of life in normal way. In this way, the final goal in life is to be free from the very urge of ‘desire’/passion, and accept the function of the senses as normal. Acquisition of wealth by honest means: its judicious use for the betterment of humanity at large is not bad, but an asset in the building of a healthy society. Similarly passions should be discharged in the right direction, in furtherance of the mans’ march toward its destined course. Perfection, is not a ‘sin’ but a classic case of human endeavor, in controlling the lava of energy that lies dormant in man, ready to explode at the touch of a tiny desire

I've practised TM since the early 1960s, still do, and never regretted it. Sometimes I see the light, but other times I don't. Its a bit like that with meditation.

Persistent efforts bring fruit....wishing u well

Considering the socio-religious and political conditions prevailing in those times, the above ascribed ‘means’ were understandable. There used to be (monarchy) system of governance. Population in each kingdom, used to be in thousands only. Education was imparted in ashrams or in academies, run by ‘masters’ who had mastered proper control over their senses and were thus living exemplary lives, which were the personification of values. No fee was charged from the pupils. The king of the time patronized these ashrams/academies. Princes and poor pupils were treated alike. These institutes were very few and catered mostly to the nobility—the elite (Rulers/NF). Only those pupils from lower strata got admittance, who were exceptionally brilliant. Under the circumstances, the populace/elite had only one king. They had to serve and follow only one master—the king. However to the good fortune of the people, the king as well as the preceptors, who also belonged to the same institutions, used to be of impeccable character. Thus they lived to the aspiration of their people and followers. In the classical, as well as the checkered history of Bhaarath, very few kings of dubious character, find mention. That is why so much prominence is given to the few villains whenever such character played havoc, the Divinity had to Re-Incarnate on earth to vanquish these demons and cleanse the society of their negative vibrations!
The general lives of the citizenry were so simple and pure, that these few freaks (satanic characters) of Nature were enough of a cause, for the peace loving people, to clamor for divine intervention to get rid of them. Often these Incarnations happened to be the kings of the time. In each case the ‘king’ had to face only a small number of ‘demons’.
The preceptor too had to teach only a few students. As the king and the preceptor had their schooling from the same Ashram/Academia, and thus lived together in the same environment and regimen, right from childhood to puberty; therefore they possessed and displayed high quality of life. Populations being meager, both were easily accessible and their lives were closely watched. Following the four Purusharths (goals) of life and imbibing the human values was, not by necessity but a regimentation which each citizen was obliged to follow and discharge. These became their very life breaths. Wherever there was deviation of any one of these virtues, reprisal was swift and terminal. Even kings and preceptors were not spared. That is why our ‘mythology’ is full of ‘tales’ of victory of Divine-Forces over evil forces: Thus evil was rare and was never tolerated. Like cancer its growth was uprooted along with the roots.
With the passage of time, new territories were discovered; conquered and new social orders were established. The rest is history. No need to repeat.
New orders, systems, ethical values, emerge according to the requirements of the times. To lament that old values have been diluted; ideal system of governance—Raamraj, has been forgotten is a misstatement: since values and ethics do not change with the changing times (scenarios). Social orders, systems of governance, and even religions are the product of the time. In this changing world nothing is static, but subject to the laws of change. Also nothing new is born, only the permutation and transformation of the old is taking place. Whether the present ‘systems’ are good or bad, only present set of values in vogue, will decide! Old values, systems; which were good in those times, cannot be expected to last forever and remain indispensable for all times to come. But who is going to set the parameters of discrimination, for testing their veracity or viability? Who is going to decide, what is good for the people?
The present scenario depicts a bizarre picture. There are about two hundred countries, constituting the present world. Each country supports different systems for different disciplines. In any given country, there are, even, sub-systems making it well neigh impossible to have a composite picture of that country. Then what could offer a reasonably homogeneous view of each country? Is it their system of governance: education: per capita income: standard of living: scientific advancement: judiciary or the law and order conditions? All these factors are of institutionalized nature, hence cannot be relied upon to assess the real worth of a country. The worth of a country is not determined by the either it’s GDP or the standard of living; which are but the by-products of material progress.