Practice of Religion

 Quote from the true Charm and Power of Vedanta

 Practice of Religion

 

What is the ideal of religion then, if this cannot be a practical (religion) it certainly cannot be. What are we here for? We are here for freedom for knowledge. We want to know in order to make ourselves free. That is our life, one universal cry for freedom. what is the reason the …plant grows from the seed, overturning the ground and raising itself up to the skies? What is the offering for the earth from the sun? What is your life? The same struggle for freedom. Nature is trying all around to suppress us, and the soul wants to express itself. The struggle with nature is going on. Many thins will be crushed and broken in this struggle for freedom. That is your real misery. large masses of dust and dirt must be raised on the battlefield. nature says, ‘I will conquer.’ The soul says, ‘I must be the conqueror, ‘Nature says, ‘Wait! I will give you a little enjoyment to keep you quiet’ The soul enjoys a little becomes deluded a moment but the next moment it [ cries for freedom again] Have you marked the eternal cry going on through the ages in every breast? We are deceived by poverty, We become wealthy and are deceived with wealth . we are ignorant . we read and learn and are deceived with knowledge no man is ever satisfied. that is the cause of misery, but it is also the cause of all blessings. That is the sure sign. How can you be satisfied with this world ?....If tomorrow this world becomes heaven, we will say . “Take this away Give us something else’

           
This infinite human soul can never be satisfied but by the infinite itself … Infinite desire can only be satisfied by infinite knowledge-nothing short of that  Worlds will come and go. What of that? The soul lives and for every expands worlds must come into the soul . Worlds must disappear in the soul like drops in the ocean and this world to become the goal of the soul !If we have common sense  we snot be satisfied.. though this has been the theme of the poets in all the ages always telling us to be satisfied, and nobody has been satisfied yet! Million of prophets have told us, Be satisfied with your lot/ poet sing. We have told ourselves to be quiet and satisfied, yet we are not. It is the design of the Eternal that there is nothing in this world to satisfy my soul , nothing in the heavens above and nothing beneath. Before the desire o my soul the stars and the worlds , upper and lower the whole universe is but a hateful disease, nothing but that . that is the meaning  everything is an evil unless that is the meaning every desire is evil unless that is the meaning unless you understand its true importance its goal. All nature is crying through all the atoms for one thing -is prefect freedom.

   

Faith provides the supreme immunity

By James Anderson

 

Faith is a seed planted deep within us; it is natural to the soul. True faith is absolute because it amounts to certitude: it holds us all together.

 

One might imagine that one graduates to this state by rungs of mental belief and eventually conviction. But it doesn’t quite work like that. We can climb to the top of this ladder of mental resolution, but there will always be something vast separating us from faith.

 

Truly, we need to begin again. We aim to retrieve the spontaneous faith and trust of being a young child. The truth is that in time we lose this spontaneous connection with the soul. The child can’t claim to be fully conscious, but the connection is very clear and natural. It is something implanted at birth, but our upbringing creates this chasm. It is simplicity that nurtures faith. Although some possess this attribute, for most, their faith withers and gets smothered by layers of mental complications.

 

The problem comes from conditioning. From birth we are impacted by countless environmental impressions and influences. When young, we are sponges that absorb everything that presses from outside. Faith gets eroded by this consistent pressure. Eventually the sponge gets so saturated, we forget who we are. It is our ego which soaks these vibrations and so we move into a zone of duality and separate our self from the soul. We lose ourselves in the world outside; we lose identity with the Self and so lose our faith. Quite apart from anything else, we lose control of our health and well-being.

 

 

But the good news is that faith can be retrieved. How can it disappear when it is something the Divine has instilled in each of us? It just gets concealed, that’s all. It is buried beneath the rubble that the ego and mind have left behind. This is when we summon our courage and make the leap. Sometimes a single action might define it. This is why it so often arrives through surrender. Self-giving inspires faith and faith propels our surrender.

 

We can’t turn back the clock, but what was once a totally natural resonance to well-being can be replaced, through yog, by an authentic and conscious mastery. The irony is that we reclaim our youth when we do this. Life no longer remains stagnant. We may even become simpler. It infuses the infinite joy of being alive. At last, we have a purpose. At last we access the stamina to see the course through to the very end.

 

Installing this mastery is a prolonged process, but if sincere our faith will grow and grow. This turning to yog represents a rebirth and we start laying new building-blocks again. Born again, our work becomes a simple joy. We are passing from the mental to the spiritual. We surrender everything to the soul. This fortifies us and places our faith onto a secure footing.

 

When we get there, we know; we no longer need to believe. Belief is always open to doubt and one cannot progress on shifting sands. There are many counter-proofs and our previous beliefs get easily discarded. Today, we are surrounded by ignorance and scepticism. Humanity is being bombarded by illnesses and viruses of all kinds. Faith provides the supreme immunity; faith is not superficial; it is something inside which makes us whole and this is why it is the surest foundation to good health.

 

The writer is coordinating editor of NAMAH, the Journal of Integral Health, published from Puducherry

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.-

 

ILLUSTRATED REVIEW : 7th heaven moment of the week in bbl PERTH SCORECEHRS WON SCORING 126/7, Adelaid won scoring 186/7