There
is a homogenous, scientific and unitive spiritual law that governs man’s life. Spirituality
is the effort to know that universal spiritual law. This spiritual law or spiritual
knowhow cannot be known only by reading scriptures, repeating some prayers or rituals
and the like. It can be known only through a Guru, a person who knows the spiritual
secret, who has the experience of truth. Since God is in the nature of Light
and Consciousness, only through the medium of a human, God can communicate with
human beings. Therefore, God has commissioned a brotherhood of spiritual
masters or mahatmas, who come under the governance of Manu. Who is this Manu? Manu
is the architect of our solar system, the first human archetype or the Adam of
human race. It is through the medium of Manu, a cycle of human life is initiated
in the solar system or solar family. Manu is the spiritual head of a solar family
guiding the spiritual evolution of humanity. Nobody can bypass this spiritual
system.
There
are fourteen such Manu cycles or Manvantaras, one after the other, in a single
episode of creation known as kalpa. This explains the probable existence of
many other solar systems. The present age belongs to the seventh Vaivaswata
Manu, whose spiritual era began approximately 120,960,000 years ago according
to the system of Manvantara, the Indian cosmic calendar. The spiritual masters
coming under Manu are magnificent souls who have ascended higher spiritual planes
and unified with the Light of God through their effort spanning several births.
They are known as Avatars. Avatar means one whose soul has ascended or
transcended the stellar regions. They remain as luminescent souls in the astral
world. It is said that the innumerable stars in the distant sky are such souls,
whether we believe it or not. These spiritual luminaries occasionally adorn
human forms and come down to the earth plane for the spiritual guidance of man.
Mankind has received spiritual wisdom
only through such souls. These spiritual authorities have their own spiritual
incumbency according to their spiritual merit and the commission of God. Their
spiritual incumbency may be for 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500, 3000, 5000 years etc.
according to the civilizational requirement related to man’s spiritual evolution.
So
it is wrong to say that one particular guru or prophet is the last messenger of
God. There would be many such Godly incarnations even now and in future too for
the spiritual evolution and spiritual guidance of man in every age. There is a
calculation to the number of mahatmas who would come in this way. This spiritual
system is known as Sanatana Dharma (means Eternal Religion) in Indian
spirituality. In this system, all spiritual authorities that have come in the
world have their own place in the historical march of humanity, but not
limiting to them. That is why Indian spirituality is tolerant to other faiths
and other spiritual masters too. Only such a cosmology can be the basis of a
unitive religion that would take the human race to ultimate peace and harmony. This
lost spiritual awareness has been restored to us in this era of spiritual churning
through a great spiritual Master, Navajyotisri Karunakara Guru.
Mukundan P.R.
