Vedantham : ( 07/11/2012. )

BEWARE:-5. NO DOUBT THE DIVINE SPEAKS TO US THROUGH OUR TEACHER. THE FLUTE IS NOT MUSIC; THE TEACHER IS NOT GOD. BUT A SINCERE SEEKER CAN EXPERIENCE THE DIVINE PEACE, THE JOYOUS ECSTASY  OF LOVE, THE MIRACULOUS SERENITY  TO THE DIVINE, AND THE WONDROUS  BEAUTY  OF GOODNESS, THROUGH TEACHER.  IF WE SEE OUR BELOVEDS BEAUTY THROUGH A WINDOW OF THE OPPOSITE FLAT, NO DOUBT, THE WINDOW IS SACRED TO US BECAUSE OF THE MEMORIES OF THE VISION, WHICH IT CONJURES UP IN OUR MIND. BUT THE WINDOW CAN NEVER BE ITSELF OUR BELOVED.  WHICHEVER BE THE WINDOW OR THE DOOR THROUGH WHICH WE ONCE GOT A GLIMPSE OF HER, ON REVISITING  IT WE GET THRILLED, NOT BECAUSE OF THE WINDOW, BUT BECAUSE OF THE VISION. SIMILARLY, THE TEACHER IS SACRED NOT BECAUSE HE IS GOD, BUT THROUGH HIM WE GAINED A PEEP INTO THE BEAUTY OF THE INFINITE LORD.     

BEWARE:-4. NO LIVING MASTER WHO BREATHS AND EATS, AND RECOGNIZES A WORLD TO FUNCTION IN, CAN EVER CLAIM THAT HE IS GOD. FRIENDS, DON'T BE DECEIVED. HAVING SEEN A GOD YOU WILL NOT LIVE TO DECLARE IT; A SALT DOLL WENT INTO SEA TO MEASURE ITS DEPTH AND IT COULD NOT COME BACK TO DECLARE ITS DISCOVERY! THE INDIVIDUAL HAVING HAD THE GOD-EXPERIENCE WILL NOT COME TO DECLARE THAT THE ALMIGHTY AND ALL-PERVADING TRUTH IS THE  LIMITED, MORTAL, FINITE STRUCTURE OF THE TEACHER. ONCE HAVING SEEN THE OCEAN NO ONE CAN MISUNDERSTAND A LAKE OR A TANK, HOWEVER VAST IT MAY BE, TO THE OCEAN.        

BEWARE:-3. AMONG THE VARIOUS RELIGIONS EXISTING IN BHARATHAM, IN HINDUISM  THE PRIVILEGES OF THE PRIEST CLASS HAVE SOARED TO SUCH A LEVEL OF EXAGGERATED STUPIDITY   THAT NO THINKING PERSON CAN, EVEN FOR A MOMENT, BROOK SUCH INSULTS ON HUMAN DIGNITY. THERE IS A LIMIT EVEN FOR FAITH; ESPECIALLY SO IN THESE DAYS OF SCANT BELIEFS AND ACUTE INTELLECTUAL QUESTIONING. OURS IS AN AGE OF ADVERTISEMENT, AND RELIGION HAS ITSELF BECOME A COMMERCIAL PROPOSITION, WHERE EVERY CRIME HAS ITS OWN MONEY-- PRICE FOR ITS COMPLETE ATONEMENT! TICKETS FOR HEAVEN ARE AVAILABLE IN MANY PLACES, EVEN SOMETIMES,  AT HALF CONCESSIONAL RATES, IF BOOKED EARLY, ON READY CASH!

BEWARE:-2. -----------------------------/ WITH THE DIVINE PREROGATIVE ASSUMED BY THESE PRIESTS THEY HAD STARTED LONG AGO TO CLAIM THEIR FOLLOWERS AS THEIR OWN CATTLE WEALTH TO BE MILKED AND PROFITED BY AT THEIR OWN LEISURE. ONE BELONGING TO A CREED HAS BEEN WARNED AND FORBIDDEN TO LISTEN TO ANY SCRIPTURAL DISCOURSES ; EACH HALL OF DIVINITY EFFICIENTLY DEBARS MEMBERS BELONGING TO OTHER CREEDS FROM ENTERING IT.  THIS COLOSSAL STUPIDITY DOES NOT END EVEN HERE. EVEN WITHIN THE CREED, THE DIFFERENT SECTS AND CLANS WILL NOT MINGLE FREELY WITH EACH OTHER. THUS INTO GROUPS AND SECTIONS, INTO SECTS AND CREEDS, INTO DIABOLICALLY INIMICAL FACTIONS, HAVE SPLIT UP THE FAMILY OF MANKIND, CHILDREN OF THE LORD. IF THIS IS WHAT RELIGIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DO, THE EARLIER WE QUIT THEM, THE BETTER IT WOULD BE FOR ALL OF US. IT IS THIS LINE OF THOUGHT THAT IS SPREADING ATHEISM TODAY AMONG THE EDUCATED YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN. THEY ARE TIRED OF THESE SHACKLES. THEY FLY AWAY FROM RELIGION TO ...

BEWARE:-1. ----------------------------------/ No doubt in all religions the priest class has, in every community,  a special niche of reverence and respect. This attitude is, no doubt, necessary for seekers to evolve themselves. Moral perfection cannot be acquired  by a mere study. They have to be constantly assimilated into our personality, until, instinctively, we come to live them in all our contacts with the outer world. This assimilation is possible only when the followers can steadily watch the play of such perfect moral values in the living behaviour and conduct of their teachers. But this privilege has been for a long time overemphasised   and the priests in every religion have been arrogating to themselves more and more divine powers. They have been using these to curb the intellectual freedom and emotional fluidity of their respective followers. This has already done more harm to the society than pure atheism or vulgar materialism can ever hope t...

Sadhana:-7. ----------------------------/ It is possible that the mind can be easily effectively led away from entertaining  the wrong thoughts. In all religions there are both the positive and negative aspects of the thought - life prescribed for the training of the mind --in as many  do's, and don'ts. Decadence in culture and religious downfall generally visit an era wherein the negative aspects of the social thought discipline are over emphasised. The renaissance of revival is ushered in, the moment the positive side of religion  is taken up for serious study. To remember the Lord at all times and act in the world with an awareness  that he is all--seer is the most positive Sadhana for a seeker who is striving to evolve and thereby to transform his inward personality from its present conditions of wretchedness to a state of harmony and efficiency.

Sadhana:-6. ------------------------/ God is concerned of, in all  the religions,as the embodiment of all positive qualities of a human mind, and, therefore to remember him constantly is to change the quality of thought in the devotee's mental life. And, since positive thoughts bring about tranquility and peace, the quality of thoughts in the mind is also controlled and chastened. As the same given mind cannot efficiently apply itself in more than one direction, to remember the Lord is to, in fact, forget everything  other than him. If i am going to the office, it automatically means that i am moving away from my home, since no individual can be at one and the same time, both at home and at the office. To remember the Lord is to forget everything other than the Lord-that is, the direction of the the thoughts is turned God-ward, and not allowed to continue in its present impetuous sense-ward flow. Positive approach  of remembering an ideal is easy and natural fo...