Monday, June 25, 2007

Ideal existence

The most ideal existence as a human is to understand the limitations of being a human and never be surprised by its different manifestations. Even when one is surprised one should be happy to have revealed another facet of one self and every other human being. One should always make sure one has a control over one's mind to be ever vigilant of its actions on personality. Partial or complete renunciation of life should be undertaken only when this control is lost. This is because we will not only be harmful to oneself but also to society.
Anger, lust and greed are three factors that could make one lose one's ability to control the mind. But there are times when circumstances sows these thoughts in the mind and aids them in their growth. In order to realise and escape them one should practice exercises like yoga, pranayama...etc regularly. People may argue that this only leads to making humans become artificial and lose their naturalness. But when one prognosticates the effect of those thoughts one will realise that they would have better been, had they in the first instance controlled them. But even after realising its effects if one wants to venture into these thoughts one should only be prepared for the repercussions.

Saturday, June 23, 2007

Saints & Messengers of GOD

They believe in GOD so much so, they forget themselves in that belief. The mind begins thinking only about God and it also makes one forget oneself in that belief. It is the one of the highest state of obsession. Added to all this when people around them start praising and following them their belief begins to overpower their normal sense. There are times when they begin to act strangely and start having illusions of GOD.
All humans are obsessed about different things in life, in that way these people have the same obsession for god. Hence there is nothing divine/extraordinary about them and they are exactly us with difference in the fodder for the mind.
May be they probably found life easier when they completely reposed themselves to the concept of GOD. They might have assumed their responsibilities were being shouldered by God while they were just helplessly watching things happen (but it is not true always things do happen the way we want it to happen -life is a combination of both). They must have also felt, they had a duty of propagating their way of life to fellow human beings so that even others would find it easier to clear the course on Earth. Even the satisfaction of inspiring others to do what they created (daily practices and beliefs) could have been another reason for their motivation for propagation.

Bhagvad gita

The GITA is one of the most comprehensive works on human psychology. It enlightens the mind about its various characteristics and actions. It proposes to men, the fact that one who is attached to his karma( work) and worships his karma will always feel liberated and enjoys the life on Earth. He who finds himself in everyone irrespective of the innumerable divisions which are already existing in human society, will become free of delusions which could ruin his mind.

According to the Gita every living thing on this earth possesses a soul which never dies and it is the part of the supreme. The soul never dies and it is the body that loses its power to exist when the soul exits. The soul that is present in every living thing is equal and uniform. There is no discrimination based on the characteristics that we presently see in valuing a person.

The author stresses the equality that each one of us possess in the way we are born, think, we live and we leave this world. Every human is asked to understand the equality in greatness within each one and discard the any thoughts of inferiority or superiority. The world can be changed into heaven only when each one realises this truth and practices it. The author also cautions humans on being obsessed over short term goals and their worthlessness the moment they are attained.
For a human who is confused and desperate over certain things in life, the Bhagvad gita could be an effective antidote to relieve him from that state.

What is GOD?

Every man has a tendency to feel certain successes that he has earned, to be the result of certain actions that were in no way associated with the sucesses that he has realised. One such action inmy opinion is the concept of praying to GOD. GOD is a sentiment which has become common in many humans like the GOLD which has become precious because of the shared love among humans, the concept of GOD also has its origin and continuity in the same manner in which gold has become something sought after.
God seems to be a product of human imagination created also as an excuse for human actions which are considered unwarranted by the society. This point can be observed when people say that it was all GOD destined.
Also attributing one's successful actions to god's intervention helps in the removal of ego.
But the truth is that the mind is so powerful that it can make a human believe that god exists and also makes him feel god. The same mind is also responsible for an atheist disbelief in god. He strongly believes that god doesnot exist. It is the mind that creates and destroys GOD. I realised GOD is actually within us because the mind is responsible for us to believe he exists and it is the one creating the dependence on that belief. All the stone idols and statues get their value because of our mind.
It is upto an individual to worship GOD or be an non-believer but the truth is there is no superpower that controls life around a person (atleast that is what my mind is currently feeling and believing). Circumstances can make him believe that he is not holding the reins of his life that is when god tends to be born in the mind.