RELIGION

Religion of Future ? A Perspective-DR. HARIOM JI
Is there any God? If yes, what kind of he is? Where does he live? Why he propagated sins and crime? These are some questions which have always been creeping in human mind and shall keep doing so in coming times also. In fact this is necessary also because such a query which does not have an accessible solution keeps the man unquenched. For his peak progress, his peak desire should remain dissatisfied to a higher level as it prompts man for action. It is dissatisfaction which pushes him into sleep and again sets him in action. It is dissatisfaction which compels man to recognize God and infuse spirit of courage in him for flying to unending and unlimited heights and it has instilled enormous confidence in him to fight and face the difficulties. It has engendered imagination power in him to achieve the impossible. This imagination power, which convinces us to reach the unlimited, unending and immeasurable heights, has also made us to think of a super Power which is totally complete, free from any bondage and self-reliant; more so we also aspire to acquire these qualities means we also want to become like him. This cryptic desire of being to emulate himself to the higher Self proves the identity of man as a man and the same identity has rendered him courage and capability of becoming one with God, otherwise there would have been no difference between a man and an animal, a plant and a non-living matter.
Thinking capability of man is responsible for his good or bad thoughts, it endows him with the power of selection and till he continues to select he will choose and continue to endeavour for acquiring every thing that is within his imagination power. Therefore till this thought process prevails selection will persist and so existence of best shall also be a reality and hence, presumption of God can’t be negated. Till man is in the process of thinking, till he imagines and resorts to selection, till he is conscious, till he recognizes good or bad, till he has fear, till he hates and till he loves, he shall keep aspiring to become supreme and almighty .Till he possesses a desire of attaining supremacy, existence of God shall remain and so shall remain religion . Religion can be of two types, theist and atheist. Human religion has its origin in thought, it is a philosophy whether it originates from a person who believes in God or it is from the mouth of atheists like Charwak or Karl Marx.
Religion of Divine for all is one. Physical and mental religions can be different for different people. All the religions which exist in the world as on date have their origin from mind i.e. they are mental religions. Divine religion is not evolved out of thought, it is not a result of imagination. There is no place for any sense, selection, affection or hatred in it; it can’t be given any name or form. Calling Divine religion a religion will also not be fair because where Divine religion manifests there is no discriminative power, every phenomenal presence gets stabilized; shape, colour, name, form or structure gets dissolved in that sphere of consciousness. When mind ripples subside completely, Divine religion is born. Till these structures, formations, impressions or emotions exist only human religion prevails, mental religion is recognized and it can’t be a cosmic religion; it can’t be a religion of plants and animals. If the religion has no universal essence, it is incomplete and incapable. How can such a religion be called a religion of God. This is not more than a line drawn by a man, Pegamber, messanger or any Avtar (incarnation of God), which has a boundary, a limit or a selection. Can eternity be bounded? Can unlimited be described in words? From the angle of Divine religion calling God a God or calling Khuda a Khuda also seems to be unfair to God or Khuda or Allah, as in deep ecstasy or in state of unified consciousness you can’t assign a title to any entity, you can’t remember any God as the soul immerges into the sea of Bliss.
All the conceptions and growth comes to a halt in sushupti (deep sleep). This sushupti is the inner base , the axle of man where he acquires complete tranquility, all the movements of his mind stop and from here he again gets into action by rejuvenating his tired and mitigated energy, he again becomes capable to restart his work after imbibing this state of consciousness. Source of Divine religion can only be that centre from where mind and physique regain energy, man feels freshness and gets renewed. Once a man gets acquainted with such a Divine religion, all the turmoil of his mind settles, then he acquires capability to provide peace and tranquility not only one but to many whosoever comes to him. On attaining the state of enlightenment he can make others enlightened. Any Holy place does not have any worth for him. All the pilgrimages, religious books or holy structures serve as mile-stones for him which may be indications but not the ultimate Reality.
Love is the nearest synonym to express such a divine religion. Love is present in every man and creature. It is spread in every atom of this universe. Due to the power of love one man or object gets attracted towards the other; earth revolves around the Sun and Sun is revolving around some other bigger Sun , one galaxy or milky way is revolving around another galaxy. There is no limit of love, therefore, love represents the limitless and eternity. Love never perishes as it is a craving of matter (living and non-living), therefore it expresses the imperishable. Love does not shift its determinism and promise due to variable circumstances, hence, it is immutable. Love does not distinguish between cast and creed or religion and community. It is beyond time, space and mind. Love can’t be expressed in words. It is independent. Real love does not put shackles of bondage but sets free. Sacrifice is its soul. Total nature and its existence communicate through silence. There is no place for justification or argument in Divine love, only understanding and mutual offering (reasoning) do exist there. Love is the source of Bhakti (devotion) and realization of God is possible only by adoring Bhakti, Sradha (Trust) and surrender, as only love has the quality to immerge; It can overtake any thought , imagination or consciousness . It is the quality of love under the influence of which a person gives priority to his duty over his life. He does not care to sacrifice his life in order to fulfill his duty. One can hide knowledge but incense of love can never be hidden. In the words of Saint Kabir : -

“Love can’t be concealed when blossoms in a heart;
Ever if tongue keeps mum, eyes shall weep.”
To acquire knowledge one has to make efforts to learn, training of mental faculty is required but love! Love is spontaneous, natural and organic and omnipresent in every creation of universe. Knowledge has boundaries, love is unending. Knowledge of every person is on different horizons but love has only single fruit and that is Ananda (Delight). A lover gets dissolved in the love of his or her beloved. Divine love does not ask for any thing in exchange, it does not dictate any terms, it is not conditional. Happiness of beloved is the biggest achievement of love. If love is conditional, it can’t be Divine love. Only love is the essence of Sufi cult in Islam and a Mureed (Devotee) completely surrenders to Sheikh, Rasool and Alaah (God). Emperor Akbar once asked Dadu ji Maharaj, “What is caste, color of god and tell me where his abode is and how can he be invented?” Dadu replied: “Isq (love) is caste and Isq is khuda’s colour , Isq Khuda’s abode and Isq his integral part.”
Saint Augustine is known as pillar of Christian religion, he had a great affection to God. He was always restless for a glimpse of God and wept day and night in virah (separation). He expressed his philosophy in “Confessions” in following words: ‘O’ God ! You are so splendid and source of every thing but I could not love you. I am so late in coming to you. Look! You were within me and I was wandering in frivolity in outer physical world in search of you. I used to love and chase such things which you created due to my folly and inadvertence. You were always with me but I never kept myself with you. These beautiful creations kept me away from you, yet these things are not your essence and necessity. They are completely worthless”. This experience of Augustine resembles with that of Socretes, Plato, Plotinus, Budha, Sufi cult, Hindu religion, Kabala, and Rabeej cult of Jew religion.
According to Jesus Christ, God’s kingdom lies within man. All the mystic Saints have said that God is not away from us, He resides within us. We don’t need to search him in the surroundings and sky. Whosoever lived this experience he quipped the God in his light form which exists in every atom of this universe , He manifests in every face and every structure and he is present in his bliss form every where and practically experienced in Turiatit (beyond all heights), Vicharatit (beyond all thoughts) and Bhawatit (beyond all emotions). He does not require any scripture or worshiping edifice to express Him. He is complete in him self. His description in words is not possible. Some hint can be given only by maintaining silence. Movement of tongue stops there, mobility of eyes do not work, voice extinguishes, knowledge ends; but even then it is said that who realizes him nothing remains to be known for him - Yasmin vigyate Sarvam vigyatam. All the treasures start surrendering before him because his soul gets fixed in Manipeeth (source of all treasures). There is no effect of fierce winds or storms on its luminosity, Like a lamp soul is ever luminous, he is always full of splendor of God . God’s resources are always at his service. Sukshma (subtle), Satvik (virtuous) and Devik (Godly) powers remain at his service.
Such a person becomes a source of light in him self and his surrounding also gets illuminated and charged; all treasures of nature start conversing in him. He becomes a living vessel of God power. If Surya–Braham (Sun of Gnosis) has descended completely in a person, current of time changes its direction. A new creation comes into being there. In addition to spiritualism, economic, scientific, political and social consciousness rises there. According to scriptures – when sun of truth rises, darkness vanishes; shining of that sun never decreases.
When kingdom of God shall descend? It will be possible only when this Surya –Braham shall descend in every soul and every soul shall shine like a Sun. Such a Sun which throws its lights in equal proportion on every thing and each being does not discriminate between them. It shares its light with every atom. Warmth of its light affects every thing and every person equally but deserving conductors get instant benefit and bad conductors remain in loss due to their own nature. Temple, Mosque, Church, Gurudwara or Sinagogue are similar to other lifeless objects before this ever-refulgent Sun. Existence of these does not matter for Him. Words and phrases of every Shastra are dwarf before this revealing existence as these can’t surpass their limits, if they cross their limit, their wings get burnt in the warmth of that spiritual Sun as the wings of a bird flying towards the sun in the sky gets burnt due to its heat. Under such an Empire of spiritualism, every one can express his sentiments and emotions freely but the beliefs and perceptions of others should also be respected. Peace generating spirit should always prevail and win over these emotions and sensual achievements. Psychic activities which afford life to others, do not throttle and strangulate the dynamism of life should exist and remain peaceful in the whirlwind of birth and death, and leisure and sorrows.
Establishment of such a kingdom of God is not possible in today’s degraded religious and social set up. For its realization we need to dismantle every anticipated and scripted conception because God can’t be a slave to any kind of conception. Spirit is the converging event of all the diverging energies. God reveals where all the opposites meet at the crossing point. This crossing point is the gate to enter the kingdom of Heaven. It is the real crucifixion of the spirit. It is a birth and dissolution place of both God and Devil or theism and atheism. Every contrasting state of being becomes compatible, harmonic and rhythmic on attaining this state of consciousness, as our conscious and unconscious spirit regales and becomes rhythmic in susupti (deep sleep) and gets rejuvenated on regeneration despite having contrast nature . They become complimentary to each other, serve as ladder for each other to return or pass into the state of awakening and deep sleep. There can’t be any place for personal form of God in such a kingdom of God because all the Pegambers, Avtars, Messiah, God or Goddesses are different shapes carved out from the incorporeal form of God just as different kind of ornaments are carved out of gold. Personal God is only a ladder, not a destination. Any structure with form or colour can only be a medium on the path of love; it can’t be an ultimate destination.
A person or a Guru can dissolve him self and become one with God. But how one who has imbibed his self into the greater Self can proclaim that he is God or Allah? This is true that on self realization one becomes so sacred and fearless that in his extreme love and compassion for God he utters the words of extreme imagination and conjecture. He can say Aham Brahamasmi (I am God), Tatvamasi (God is like you), Analhak, I am the son of God or I and my father are one in spirit because he has experienced such a blissful form of God Which is unparallel and incomparable to any object or bliss of this phenomenal world. But it also reveals a truth; if he is Braham (Supreme) others are also the same. If he is God’s son so are others. If he can become an integrated and inseparable spirit of God in his Kingdom, why others can’t share this empire. What a beauty! if one can declare like Socrates, whatsoever I have been able to know is that I do not know anything.
Radhasoami

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