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Is the luminous 'DIVINE MOTHER' the supreme entity in this universe?
The "Daevee Puraanna" the ancient Indian spiritual text, says that the DIVINE MOTHER JAGADAMBAA is the source of the whole creation, including Goddessess/Gods like Sheva-Shevaa/Gauree, Veshnnu-Lakshmee, Brhmaa- Saavetree. Raadhaa-Krshnna.
After having written all the 18 Puraannas, Vaeda Vyaasa was still doubtful. He thought that how could a mortal like him understand the DAEVEE TATTVA when Mahaa Eeshawara [Mahaeshawara] Sheva himself could not understand it properly?
So, Vaeda Vyaasa went to the Himalayas and meditated there for 1000 years upon which a divine broadcast called ‘the AAKAASHAWAANNEE’ was heard by him asking him to visit the Brhmaloka [the abode of the Lord Brhmaa].
He went to the Brhmaloka, where the Indian spiritual texts called the 4 Vaedas appeared in the form of four different human beings and told him that the JYOTEESWARUUPAA [luminous] BHAGAWATEE JAGADAMBAA herself only is the PARAMA/PARAMAA TATTVA [ PARABRHMA].
The 4 Vaedas propitiated [did STUTE] the DIVINE MOTHER
JAGADAMBAA, whereupon pleased , she appeared . Still, Vaeda Vyaasa seemed to be confused. To remove his confusion, she showed him by transforming herself into different Goddesses/Gods that it is only she [the DIVINE MOTHER JAGADAMBAA herself] who is getting manifested in the form of the above mentioned Goddesses/Gods.
The doubts of Vaeda Vyaasa were cleared.
Then, the DIVINE MOTHER JAGADAMBAA showed him the DAEVEE PURAANNA which was inscribed in divine letters on the petals of the 1000-petals Lotus at her feet. He saw this and subsequently wrote this DAEVEE PURAANNA.
The DAEVEE PURAANNA shows clearly that it was only KAALEE, a manifestation of the DIVINE MOTHER herself who had been born as the Lord Krshnna on this Earth.
This epic text describes also in detail the LOKA [abode] of the MAHAADURGAA [the entity which is higher than the DURGAA].It describes other LOKAs [abodes], too like the LOKAs of the 10 MAHAAVEDHYAA.
THE NOTE:
Spiritually speaking, the BRHMALOKA as described above can be taken to be as corresponding to the top of the human head [Crown Lotus -1000 Petals Lotus]. Thus, it would mean that the BRHMALOKA [1000-petas Lotus] is under the feet of the DIVINE MOTHER. The spiritual-seeker must advance spiritually to the Crown Chakra to be able to have a glimpse of the luminous DIVINE MOTHER [in other words, to be able to further merge into the supreme consciousness/ocean of the white light]!
Thus, the luminous DIVINE MOTHER is the supreme entity in this universe as per the DAEVEE PURAANNA.Is the luminous 'DIVINE MOTHER' the supreme entity in this universe?
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Is the Lord Sheva/Shiv the only ABSOLUTE [true BRHMA] as is being claimed by the devout devotees of the Lord Sheva/Shiv?
[1].The Introduction:
Many spiritual-seekers think that the Lord Sheva/Shiv is the only true BRHMA [ABSOLUTE]. But, is it really true?
[2].The Discussion:
As regards the Lord Shiva being the only true BRHMA, well our experiences tell us a different story. I remember having once initiated a well-educated well-cultured bhadralok-kind professional Bengali middle-aged couple in Pune, a few years back, into the Satyaa Paramaa Tattva Jyotee Bhakte Yoga.
They were seated with me and the process followed [the details of which cannot be divulged here because the FAKE SAINTS/FAKE YOGEEs around may misuse the information to fool the gullible innocent public]. Like many devout worshipper of the Lord Sheva/Shiv, the couple was fully sure of the Lord Sheva/Shiv being the only true BRHMA. During the process, they had the true glimpses of the Lord Sheva/shiv and did not wish to go beyond him. But, when they went beyond the Lord Sheva/Shiv, they found there was no Lord Sheva/Shiv!
...It was only the Swayama Brhma stage…There were no two..There was no duality of 'the perceiver' and 'the perceived'...It was just the ABSOLUTE PARAMAA TATTVA in its manifestationless form full of light! After that novel true spiritual experience, the Bengali couple changed their view about the Lord Sheva/Shiv and realised that it is just the PARAMAA TATTVA only that is the real/final ABSOLUTE TRUTH…call it by whatever name you may like to call it!
True "then is left a pure AATMA without AHMA" in the stage of the Swayama Brhma, In this state, the AATMA TATTVA is definitely without any AHMA [human unreasonable ego that is seen in this world].
I carried out a sufficient number of spiritual experiments on numerous purified spiritual-seekers to satisfy my own self, since I believe firmly that my own single experience could not have validated the truth of this phenomenon.
As I have often said, there can be no real substitute to your own individual experience as a Saadhaka. You have to experience it yourself, first.
When one says that there is no need to worship the GODDESSES/GODS after the self-realisation then it means that one can directly contemplate on the ABSOLUTE manifestationless PARAMA/PARAMAA TATTVA. It does not mean that you as a Saadhaka need give up the respect for the GODDESSES/GODS if you love respecting them.
It's just like that after having passed the Matriculation, you join a degree college for a higher degree. So, naturally you'll have to pay the attention to your present college lecturers/professors rather than to your past school teachers.
[3].The Conclusion:
Therefore, with all humility and full respect for the strongly personally-held belief by the devotees of the Lord Sheva/Shiv, I wish to conclude by saying that the true BRHMA is formless/manifestationless only! As regards carrying on discussions, one can go on debating for aeons if one has oneself not had true spiritual experiences, with neither party acceding to the correct perception. So, I would like to round off this discussion by saying that you as a spiritual-seeker go by your own experience. Don't believe in me, scriptures or anyone else if your own spiritual experience does not tally with our experiences!Is the Lord Sheva/Shiv the only ABSOLUTE [true BRHMA] as is being claimed by the... more
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The Hypothetical Example:
Let us assume that a young lady Sussan wished to follow the spiritual path and was looking for a guide. If she were to be non-judgmental in the beginning itself, she might well land in the wrong hands of the wrong/fake spiritual masters. The best option would be to know about different spiritual masters. So, she contacted some of her friends to guide her suitably.
One friend suggested to her a certain famous TV-Star -Yoga-Guru having millions of followers world-wide. Her friend advised her not to make any judgments and surrender to this recommended Yoga-Guru. However, Sussan first of all decided to recollect all that she knew and collected further information on him.
She recalled that this swami ji Baabaa Chaalak "Baam Dev" had run away to the Himalayas from his home in childhood leaving behind his parents. She remembered that this Yoga-Guru had in the year 2005-2006 said in a TV interview that this Yoga-Guru would not get his Yoga-Programme/cultural-revolution be sent to the cremation ground by joining politics and as such he would not join the national politics.
But, he later, on becoming famous, started a political party/group called "Maashtra-Abhemaan", intending to nominate his candidates from all 545 parliamentary constituencies in a forthcoming parliamentary election.
Also, she learnt that he merrily went on inaugurating stadiums/programmes controlled/facilitated by anti-social elements/corrupt political leaders, he attended marriage ceremony of a child of one politician who had misutilized illegally the state machinery, by virtue of being the Chief Minister of the state, for managing the marriage of his child, he was charging rupees 500/50 from people for attending his Yoga-Camps and claiming to be a selfless saffron-clad true mahatma/saint/Yogareshe!
Sussan made judgments about this Yoga-Guru. She reasoned - Such a person could not be a role-model for her children and such a person could not be a real/genuine mahatma/saint and so isn't worth following!
Another friend suggested - why not follow this man teaching the art of living? She found that this man called "Shree Shree Kave Ghanachankara" fell short of the standards, too. This man taught others the art of living. Sussan collected information on this Swami Ji.
She found that once, an arrow from out of nowhere hit one of the disciples of this Swami ji. Swami Ji forgot all about the art of living and angrily blamed the local police for negligence in protecting him. He further claimed the arrow to have been an attempt by terrorists to kill this Swami Ji.
Later, the police found that a tribal had shot an arrow to kill a bird and that this particular arrow only had overshot and hit Swami Ji's disciple. She made a judgment - how can this Swami Ji be a true spiritual guide when he himself could not practice what he himself taught to others?
So, Sussan trekked all the way to the Himalayas. There she met an advanced pious Yogi. She made judgments about him, too. She found that he was self-less, pious, honest and possessing the spotless sterling character. He possessed supernatural powers, was humble, didn't ask for any money. She judged that he was competent enough to be her Guru.
So, she requested him to initiate her on the spiritual path. He initiated her in the Kreya-Yoga, gave her some supernatural powers, blessed her and asked her to go back to the world, to her family, her responsibilities and continue with her journey.
Sussan came back to her home, to her family, to her loving husband. She continued practising the Kreya-Yoga. She had now surrendered totally to his Himalayan Guru. Not for once, did she let any doubt about him crop up in her mind. She remained non-judgmental, fully focused and achieved the spiritual salvation when the correct time came.
The conclusion:
Thus, it is crystal-clear that we must be judgmentally non-judgmental instead of being merely non-judgmental. So, it would be correct to say - "Be judgmentally non-judgmental" rather than say - "Be non-judgmental.The Hypothetical Example:
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We are very often reminded in the mass media and by different spiritual masters that we must not judge others if we wished to live happily and have self-realization. So, should we implement this teaching blindly in our lives? Shall it then lead to chaos or peace in our life?
The Introduction:
We are very often reminded in the mass media and by different spiritual masters that we must not judge others if we wished to live happily and have self-realization. So, should we implement this teaching blindly in our lives? Shall it then lead to chaos or peace in our life?
The Examination:
Let us examine the issue thread bare. We always are busy making judgments. We simply can't escape making judgments.
The housewife goes to the market. She goes around the market looking for the best deal in terms of both the low price and high quality of the vegetables that she intends buying. She then buys from the vendor who offers her the best quality potatoes for the lowest possible price in the market.
So, what has she done? She has effectively made judgments based on the price and quality of the potatoes. It is clear that she did not buy the potatoes blindly from the first vegetable-vendor she came across.
You wish to buy a car. You don't buy immediately the car someone suggests you to buy. You collect information on all makes and brands. Then, you make a comparison of all the cars in terms of price, later-maintenance costs, fuel-mileage per liter, etc. Here, what you are doing is judging different cars on different parameters.
You are a young lady. You wish to get married and settle down with a guy. You don't marry the first gentleman recommended to you by your friend or your parents. You become judgmental. You gather information on as many as number of prospective bridegrooms as possible to find the best match for yourself.
How does the Judging the others help us?
Well, the judging of the others in terms of the duality of the good and bad helps us make the correct choices and take the correct decisions in our life so as to make our life more happy, more meaningful and more fulfilling. Without the correct choices and decisions, the life shall become a total mess. If you cannot differentiate the bad from the good, you always will be falling a prey to the bad things in life.
So, then are the true spiritual masters wrong in asking us to be non-judgmental?
By, now you may have started wondering - does it mean that we must not practice the non-duality of being non-judgmental at all? No, we must not be judgmental, but only after we have made the first correct judgment. The spiritual masters don't wish you to make any blind judgments. This is what the basic message of all the true spiritual masters is. This message has got lost due to the literal meaning we attach to it without understanding its true spirit.
For example, the true spiritual masters would like the housewife to be non-judgmental about potatoes once these have been purchased and brought into the kitchen. The housewife must now consider the potatoes to be the best potatoes in the world and accordingly prepare the potato-vegetable with all the love and affection that she has at her disposal.
Similarly, you become non-judgmental about your car after having bought it. After a while, you start considering it to be the best and you start loving it for no intrinsic reasons so much that most of you may not like it to dispose it off even if someone were to offer you a better option!
Why does it happen? You have become non-judgmental, that's why. Well, if you are still judging your car and finding faults in it, you will not be able to enjoy fully the joy of car-riding because your mind shall remain distracted by your judgments about the car.
Likewise, the true spiritual masters would like you to surrender totally to your life partner in terms of you giving your spouse full unconditional love and considering your spouse to be the best husband in the world. Well, if you are still judgmental about your husband, you'll not be able to have a mentally peaceful and happy married life.
What about the spirituality and judgment?
You may now ask me as to how one can be non-judgmental in the field of spirituality? Well, it is said wisely in the ancient Indian spiritual text Yogavaaseshhtha that "....one must first of all discuss with the Vedwaanas [scholars/learned persons], to get the Shreshtha [best] Vastu[thing]{, i.e., the Absolute/Parama Tatva/Pramaa Tatva} and then adopt/absorb the Neshcheta [definite] Sedhhaanta[principle]that has been established/arrived-upon/accepted. One must not adopt any principle blindly...."
It means that one must first of all be judgmental about various approaches/paths that claim to reach the Absolute/Brhma [Parama/Paramaa Tatva].
This one has to do by comparing the different spiritual paths/philosophies with each other with the help of discussions with the spiritually-learned persons in the spiritual field. One must not accept any spiritual path blindly. Blindly following any path would mean that the person has become non-judgmental in the first stage itself. Such a blind approach may prove harmful.
There is no guarantee that any spiritual choice that has been made blindly shall surely make your material life comfortable, improve your inter-personal relationships or lead you to the spiritual salvation. The spiritual choice has to be a well-informed one, a process which requires you to be judgmental about various spiritual choices that are present before you.
Once a spiritual choice has been made based on your judgment, the true spiritual masters would like you now to become non-judgmental about this choice that you have made. Now, you must devout yourself whole-heartedly to your chosen choice/path. Any wavering/doubts about it shall only disturb your mind, distract you, disturbing your focus/concentration. This shall only harm your spiritual progress.We are very often reminded in the mass media and by different spiritual masters that... more
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1. The Introduction:
We have so many Arts around - the Art of Making Friends, the Art of getting Success in life, the Art of Living and so on. All of these Arts do try to help us improve our personality, our outlook towards life and indeed our whole existence as a human being. Let us add one more to this interesting list of Arts - The Art of Dying.
2. What is the Art of Dying:
The Art of being able to leave the human body most peacefully in a liberating spiritual way at the time of one's own death, by the human soul may be termed the Art of Dying.
3. How it Works:
My own understanding in this regard goes like this: A yoga-practitioner who is able to retain one's breath in the Brhmaanda [Brain/skull] area of one's own physical human body comfortably for a long period of time/duration daily automatically finds it easier for the own consciousness withdrawing upwards at the time one's own death. The soul of such a Yoga-practitioner goes to higher spiritual planes or is able to merge into the supreme-consciousness and does not come to the lower spiritual planes.
4. How to Learn/Master it:
Learn it only under the guidence of some really competent Yoga-Teacher/Spiritual Master first and then only practice it daily.
Sit in the Sedhaasana, close your eyes, inhale deeply, feel the movement of the breath upwards in the skull/brain area, retain this breath in the skull/brain area for as long a duration with which you may be comfortable with, slowly exhale the breath. Repeat this cycle 9 times.
First day, you may retain the breath for 5 seconds only, next day for 10 seconds and so on. Go on increasing this duration daily with patience till you are able to hold your breath in the skull/brain area for 48 minutes comfortably1. The Introduction:
We have so many Arts around - the Art of Making Friends, the... more
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