Miles To Go

Quote from the True charm and power of Vedanta

 

 Miles To Go

It is good to be born in a church, but it is bad to dies there “This is what Swami Vivekananda said to people who tend to get stuck at a certain point in the course of their search for God. They start with certain beliefs and they continue to stay with them to the end. This, according to Swami Vivekananda, was like a child beginning his education with a school primer and staying put there for the rest of his life., this surely is no sign of a keen and intelligent learner. This is a sign of someone who is intellectually and spiritually dying if not dead already. A milder and less damaging interpretation given by Aldus Huxley, is that it is as good as idolatry.

 

If you are an aren’t seeker of God , you will certainly begin somewhere and with something to reach God, but you are not going to rest content if you find the methods you have adopted are not taking you forward as fast as you wanted. You will then start looking for other methods. You do not want to waste time. This does not mean that you are a restless person switching your methods every so often giving them no chance to prove their merits this only means that you are in a hurry and you are a determined person who is not going to be satisfied with anything short of what he wants. This kind of impatience and this kind of instance on having what he wants are conditions a seeker must fulfill in order to achieve the highest and best. If the cannot fulfill these conditions, he has to be content with less then what he wants. What he will get may even be less than what he deserves. There is not substitute for hard work. if you want to succeed, you have to pay its price in terms of hard work never did anyone succeed in a venture by a fluke only. You may have talents, but that will not assure success unless you work hard. You work hard not by fits and starts, but continuously always in the same manner, until success is fully in your grasp.

 

You can’t attain God by scripture study alone

John Hierl

The Hindu scriptures provide the means for Self-realisation and moksh. The earlier in life we study them, the better we will understand the transient and unreal nature of this world. True happiness lies in experiencing the Atman directly as the only constant at all times. Never affected or changed by maya, the Silent Witness remains always as undifferentiated Consciousness. Atman is Brahmn everywhere. This is the Truth expounded in all Hindu scriptures, which we can only realise by leaving them behind.

 

One of the few Hindu texts which warns of attachment to scriptural study is the Shruti Gita. In the Bhagavata Purana’s Skandha 10, the Vedas are given power of speech and address the Supreme with praise and adoration.

 

However, the Vedas themselves also admit how difficult it is to reach Oneness through cognition: “The shrutis find their ultimate fruit in you. But their conclusion is indirect, negating every assertion about you.”

 

All the world’s holy texts glorify God, but they cannot help one realise it. In the light of Truth, even words refute themselves. This quote is reminiscent of the Upanishadic teaching of ‘neti-neti’, which means that one simply cannot fathom the Infinite Truth in words – we can only negate what we think it could be. Brahmn is transcendent of any mental concept and can only be realised in divine experience.

 

 

We should never become dependent on scriptures because, as per verse 27, “…those who turn away from you are bound down by your words, like animals. Indeed, only those who are devoted to you are purified.” We must understand and reflect on the teachings of scriptures, but remember that they only represent an illusive reminder of Brahmn. If on the other hand, we turn them into our gods and gurus, we could end up blindly following their injunctions without questioning and understanding their purport.

 

Which spiritual pathway should be followed then? As per the Bhakti tradition of the Bhagavat Purana, our devotion is the highest sadhana we can practise. When we dedicate our lives to God and are willing to sacrifice our ego for it, we will attain moksh. But, this does not mean that Karma Yog and Jnana Yog are lesser means of spiritual practice. They all lead to God and should, therefore, all be followed.

 

The Shruti Gita affirms an intellectual appreciation of Brahmn through the Vedas, but in helping us to realise God, even scriptures are powerless: “Though you are equally present in all your manifestations, those who profess to know you do not know. You are beyond knowledge and that view is itself defective,” states verse 30. Here we have it in writing: the Oneness of all cannot be realised through words. Even if we think we have reached God, it will still elude us. We must transcend our minds and come to experience the Self within. By reflecting on the Universal Truth, we will realise it everywhere and at all times.

 

Being human means to be perplexed at times. Of course, we may always turn to sacred texts for guidance on how to develop spiritually and live a meaningful life. But scriptures such as the Shruti Gita stand as a reminder that we cannot and should not stay attached to them — we may otherwise miss the mark of single-pointedly being Brahmn in life and becoming liberated.

 

IF HE EXIST

 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 7 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 7 minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste 7 minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 7minutes joy that I derive 4m.-

 

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