Gurucharanam Saranam
Why there is so much anarchy and moral degradation
today? Why does man forsake moral
uprightness, qualities of love, truth, compassion and self sacrifice? He is only
worried about the society, which values material possessions above everything
else, even above God. So he has become
part of the demonic system with its absolute dependence on worldly challenges and
a false sense of success in life. Indeed he has selected a path that drills
holes into the soul. He has selected a
path that demonizes his soul and drains off all punya or virtuousness of the
soul.
Punya is the hard earned result of the sacred deeds performed
by an individual and his ancestors through many lives. Punya is the measure of divine aura or virtue
in the soul, from which springs up every success and every ray of happiness. A
person can be guided to the path of earning punya only through a trikala jnani
Guru, i.e. an all knowing Guru who has attained certain spiritual stage. What
happens to a person who has no punya in him? A man without punya sinks like a
leaky boat and loses his battle in life.
Satan grinds his soul like wheat grains between his teeth. Most of us do
not have the vigilance and masculinity to uphold right values and truth. The
ugly result is in front of everyone. We live like the tiny creatures of a fearful
world without any glow of Godly love, human warmth and compassion.
What should we do to liberate ourselves from this
disturbing situation? We need few material comforts indeed, but that should not
be at the cost of our soul, the very essence of life. We should think about the
harmful consequences that would ultimately wound and desecrate our soul because
of our misdeeds and ignorance. Although we all know what is right and wrong, we
throw to winds all precautions at the suggestions of a little worldly gain and
the tickling of sense buds. We are unable to withstand the temptations or we are
drawn back by the desire for self-protection. But we cannot protect ourselves
when our world is perishing - when our culture, the nation and the future of
our children are in peril. We should think deeply. Nothing happens without a
proper cause, which most of the time is hidden in the selfsame seed of the
problem. However human tendency is to find extraneous reasons. Blaming others is
one such thing.
The sages of our land taught us about life and its
intricacies. We have abandoned their teachings and most of the time talk
rubbish, observe obsolete rituals and watch cricket and the glamour of the rich
and the shamelessly clad models and actresses. People are stupefied by the
gloss of these celebrities, who are the demigods of a sensuous world. Instead
of becoming nation builders, our girls and youth are getting misled by this
glamorous world, which ultimately drains their virtue.
The destiny of a nation depends upon the collective punya
or the sacred deeds of its people. When you as a nation are not virtuous, the
base culture that develops as a result will ruin everything. This great country
of sages and rishis, of great kings and social reformers has come to be ruled
by all types of filthy people and corrupt politicians who loot and cheat the
people. This can happen only when there is a serious spiritual degradation.
Talking about Veda, Vedanta, Maya and Karma would
not solve this civilizational crisis. Hindus should forsake all suicidal
regional, caste and sectarian pride. There should be One Mantra, One God and
One Caste for Hindus. They should open their prayer halls to all people,
irrespective of their religious identity. What happened the other day in the
Jagannath Temple at Puri to a foreign celebrity, who is a worshipper of
Krishna? She was manhandled by the temple attendants over the bribe money for
seeing the deity little closer. People enter a prayer hall not for desecration
but for prayer. Those who are holy need not go into a temple. People go to a
temple for getting purified. Sri L.K. Advani said once when he visited
Santhigiri Ashram, the abode of Navajyotisri Karunakara Guru:
‘We politicians
live in a polluted world. When we visit Ashrams like this, we are trying to
de-pollute ourselves’.
If the entry of devotees is viewed as polluting,
what divine help would be available from such places? This priestly ignorance,
arrogance, superstition and exclusivist agenda should end. These are some of the
ills of Hinduism which are tearing away the Hindu civilization, bit by bit.
When would the Hindu leadership awaken to these truths? Perhaps never! Even if
they do, it would not be possible for them to bring about this spiritual
renaissance and unity. So many great souls of our motherland sacrificed their
life for this. However, they could not have success, because there is spiritual
disunity behind our spirituality. One should not think that only the Hindu
religion is affected with this perversion. All other religions have come to the
brink of a spiritual stagnation and it is time for a world spiritual
regeneration.
Our thoughts and actions have a subtle connection
with dharma. If the source of a person’s faith is contaminated, his thoughts
and actions would also be so. The horrible incidents of rape and murders and
the problem of corruption, murders and bombings that take place in the name of
jihad and all such violent ideologies are influenced by evil spirits. Evil
spirits take control when weak humans succumb to greed, ignorance and
superstition. The source of jihadist terror is Satan, a powerful super evil
spirit, which will wipe out Islam from the face of the earth because God does
not want to reform the world the Jihadist way.
Only a Seer who has surpassed all sectarian
ideologies can unite not only the Hindus, but the entire humanity under one
spiritual roof. God has already blessed India with such a spiritual leadership.
God’s Own Country, the land of Adi Sankaracharya has given birth to another
great Mahatma, a great Manvantara Avatar to reestablish the true essence of Hinduism
(Sanatana Dharma). He came and went unknown to the world, but the sacred fire
He lit is radiating the hope and fragrance of a great spiritual renaissance. O’
Nation, hither turn to for guidance!
Mukundan P.R.
