Monday, 20 January 2020
Quote from True charm and power of Vedanta
YOGA APROHISM
Now the question arises: Is going back to
God the higher state, or not? The philosophers of the Yoga school emphatically answer
that it is . They say that man’s present state is degeneration. There is no one
religion on the face of the earth which says that man is and improvement. The idea
is that his beginning is perfect and pure, that he degenerates until he cannot degenerate
further and that there must come a time when he shoots upward again to complete
the circle. The circle must be described. However low may go, he must
ultimately take the upward bend and go back to the original source, which is
God Man comes from God in the beginning, in the middle he becomes man, and in
the end he goes back to God. This is the method of putting it in the dualistic form.
The monistic from is that man is God, and goes back to Him again. If our
present state is the higher one then why is there so much horror and misery and
why is there an end to it? It this is the higher state why does it end? That which
corrupts and degenerates cannot be the highest date. why should it be so
diabolical so unsatisfying ? it is only excusable inasmuch as through it we are taking a higher groove we have to pass
though it in order to become regenerate again. Put a seed into the ground and
it disintegrates dissolves after a time, and out of that dissolution comes the
splendid tree. Every soul must disintegrate to become God. So it follows that
the sooner we get out of this state we call man, the better for us. Is it by committing
suicide that we get out of this state/ not at all. That will be making it
worse. Torturing ourselves, or condemning the world, is not the way to get out.
We have to pass through the Slough of Despond, and the sooner we are though the
better. It must always be remembered that man state is not the highest state. 
Cycle
of birth and death
The
Speaking Tree |India, Spirituality
Life has been described as a long
preparation for death. Death, as also birth, is governed by the inexorable
cosmic laws of shrushti, sthithi and laya. Even though death is a commonplace
event, it is dreaded. To survivors, the thought that they came so close to
death is traumatic.
Ever since life originated, the cycle of
birth and death has continued ceaselessly. All life forms, whichever kingdom
they belong to — vegetable, animal or human — are destined to die. Even
inanimate objects undergo mutation over time. Then why are we afraid of death?
Is it because death will, all too suddenly, transport us from light to
darkness, from a known area to an unknown one? Is our fear of death merely fear
of the unknown? The only welcome aspect about death is that it is a great
reliever of pain, misery and suffering.
It brings to an end our troubles, trials,
tribulations and travails. So, even though death is dreaded, it is welcomed by
many harassed people. It is longed for by the terminally ill, the destitute and
those who say they have nothing whatsoever to look forward to in life. For
them, death is a release from worldly suffering.
Hindus and Buddhists believe in rebirth.
They will at once agree that death is not an end in itself, but the beginning
of a new life. “Punarapi jananam, Punarapi maranam, Punarapi janani jathare
shayanam,” says the Bhaja Govindam. Nature perpetuates the species. Man dies,
but the human species might survive for a long time to come. Death and renewal
go on side by side ceaselessly and relentlessly.
DISCLAIMER : Views expressed above are the
author's own.
But, if He exists?
I
drive joy There was a doctor in Benaras who spent 7 minutes in the morning and
evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed
at him. One day they argued that he was wasting ten precious minutes on
something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well,
if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting ten minutes a day. But, if He
exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste ten
minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 10 minutes joy
that I derive 4m.
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