Gurucharanam Saranam
The Relevance of a New Incarnation of God
It is often said by the Hindus that just like all rivers merge with
the ocean at the end, so too all worships reach the One Supreme God. ‘Truth is One,
but the pundits mention it in many ways’, says the Vedas too (Ekam Sat Vipraah Bahudhaa Vadanthi). However,
Lord Krishna mentions in Bhagavat Gita that the souls of those who worship
deities go below the deities, those who worship the evil spirits go below them…
Krishna advised worship of the One Supreme Almighty God.
A society without spiritual unity falls apart and that is what has
befallen the Hindus as well as others. Hindus are the most spiritually divided
among all religions with thousands of sects. Christianity too has hundreds of
sects followed by Islam and Buddhism in which too there are dozen/s of sects. No
doubt, the world has lost its spiritual unity. The prophets, seers and sages had
foreseen this and prophesied a spiritual renaissance through a divine incarnation
in this age. Sadly, not their followers realize this.
Millions of people follow Islam, Christianity, Buddhism and
Hinduism. However, none of them can claim a universal status. How can any
non-universal religion hope to lead humanity? Can we make others swallow religion
by force? Yes, we can fertilize the mother earth with human flesh, the Al-Qaida
way, but the love of religion should spring from a fresh spiritual fountain,
not from the stagnated spiritual pool of the past. There lies the relevance of
a new incarnation of God and a new spiritual movement.
Another error in the spiritual thoughts is the Vedantic teaching
that everything is ‘illusion’ (maya) and the ‘Self’ of man is the Supreme God,
as expressed by the saying ‘Aham Brahmasmi (I am God), which causes
misunderstanding among the ordinary folks. Great seers only can realize the
truth of Vedanta. It is wrong to equate the individual soul with the Supreme
God Almighty. We are only part of the Supreme, said Navajyotisri Karunakara
Guru.
Thirdly, the myriad forms of caste and class hierarchies, which
treat few people higher than the rest based on birth, skin color, learning, wealth,
profession and so on. This high and low hierarchical ideology has given birth
to a society of people without self-respect and straight character. These
practices and concepts are against the will of God. If these errors continue,
it would lead the society to further spiritual disintegration and social
disunity.
Navajyotisri Karunakara Guru said that only through the creation of
a global Organization that works beyond the confines of caste, class and
religion and which is established in human love and righteousness the world can
be rightly guided. Such an Organization should function under the guidance of
an Omniscient Guru from whom guidance in all matters including the knowledge of
past, present and future could be known. It includes matters related to every aspect
of life and governance of a nation. Such a Guru only can guide humanity to
spiritual uplift as per the evolving time span, with the belief in One Supreme
Almighty God and a uniform spiritual practice.
Santhigiri is the source of such a spiritual guidance. By aligning
with the ideology of Navajyotisri Karunakara Guru, the world can resurrect
itself from the crisis of spiritual stagnation.
