Human Genealogy - 15
Concept of God
I was very much immersed with my
official work as I had to launch a couple of new products. I really had to work
for about a month to complete this event. I was very much tired and wanted to
have a break from this routine work. Though my mind was preoccupied with these
activities, a part of my mind was constantly thinking about my previous
discussions with Kanada Maharshi. On one Saturday afternoon I engaged
a driver Mr. Juma and went to visit and stay at Amani forest. This is in
Tanzania, I used to travel as and when I required from Uganda, Kenya and
Tanzania. I made my accommodation arrangements in advance at Muller lodge.
Since Jumma was familiar with this place I relaxed enjoying beautiful
scenery.
The journey was very pleasant. Some part of journey which goes
through the thick jungles and small hills. You will never feel tired when you
are surrounded by the nature full of tall trees, lakes, hills, mountains and
waterfalls. If you are lucky you will also be seeing the wildlife on both sides
of the roads which makes your eyes wide open with surprise and
excitement. Entire east Africa is a very beautiful land in the creation
of supreme being, whose spirit and soul manifests in this wonderful nature.
Only thing is you should be sensitive to enjoy and appreciate this wonderful
creation. Finally we reached the destination which is on top of a hill.
The green lawns are very well maintained and there were many apples and pears
trees full of hanging fruits which you can pluck without any effort as they are
within your reach. I entered the lodge. The lodge is maintained by a
German couple . Already there were some foreign visitors. Most of the Indians
carry their own food as they do not get any vegetarian food. The beef meat is
very common since most of the people there, eat beef meat. For drivers
they arrange a seperate accommodation. The room was very compact and
neat.
I refreshed myself and went
outside. I casually went to inspect the surroundings. This is a small
part of Amani forest. The landscape was very beautiful and we were allowed to
pluck the fruits and eat as much as we could. I plucked one pears, washed and
sat on the ground. The fruit was very delicious, different from those we eat in
the city. I think it depends on the soil. I just went for a stroll. After
walking for a half a mile I selected a secluded place. My mind was at peace
after the hard work for about one month. I was tired physically and mentally.
But for now in the middle of the nature my entire body and mind enjoying this
relaxation. Now in my relaxed mind I was thinking about concept of the God.
Then I was deeply thinking about Maharshi Kanada, requesting him to explain
this concept. Instantly his form of light appeared in front of me. Ripples of
joy spread all over my body and mind. At once I felt at peace. I said
“Maharshi! I am very happy and excited to see you and to hear from you the
concept of God”.
Maharshi said ”Lahiri! I am also happy
to see you. Let us discuss about the human beings’ concept of God. The human
beings perceive God in different forms and shapes. Imagine a saint or a
sadhu addressing one thousand people giving discourse on Lord Krishna. These
thousand people will depict Lord Shri Krishna in thousand forms in their
minds. But in reality Lord Shri Krishna is only in one form when he has assumed
the human body. Similarly the devotees of Lord Shri Krishna might have painted
his picture in countless forms and the human beings reduced the form of their
deity into different sizes in the form of various metals like silver, copper,
bronze and gold etc in their pooja rooms. If it is in temples the size
will be bigger with lot of decoration and they offer different kinds of foods,
kneel down and offer prayers giving these idols the list of desires to be
granted by these deities. These people have limited all pervading, omnipotent
energy of light into limited form of materialistic object. Which do not have
inner sight. This happens because of they being in second or third dimension.
Unless the power of God is limited to a smaller space they would not understand
what is God and they also perform various poojas, vratas etc. The purpose of
all these kriyas is only to ask for boons to satisfy their materialistic wants
which would not help them to progress in their spiritual path. Unfortunately
these people’s consciousness includes only their family members. Their
consciousness is so gross and selfish that they would not dream of including
the fellow human beings. As you know Lahiri, God is nameless, formless
and all pervading and his energy is in quantum state. We call him as
Bhagwan. As I told you earlier, Bha means in Sanskrit the
light thus the Bhagwan means a brilliant light which is associated with
knowledge. Bhagwan giving the light of knowledge dispels the darkness of the ignorance
in the human beings. The object of human beings is to get liberation from birth
and death cycles. When Bhagawan is capable of liberating the human beings
from the birth and death cycles the ignorant human beings are asking for
materialistic pleasures which would not give them the permanent happiness. They
will be taking millions and millions of births in the form of insects, animals,
trees, rocks etc, undergoing various forms and finally take the birth of human
form maybe after billions of years. Hence the concept of God in the minds
of human beings is very superior to them. He is in the form of photographs,
idols which were the imagination of the painters who had never seen the
God. Lahiri! as you know all the painting, idols and the scriptures are
written by the human beings. The Maharshis who did the penance for thousands of
years, they had the darshan of that particular upasana of the God or
Goddess and they wrote down this knowledge and experiences, and it was passed
on to their disciples by word of mouth, that is Shruthi. These disciples
went on spreading this knowledge to people around. After many years,a lot of
mis interpretation have occurred, thus resulting in many distortions.
This has created a great confusion among the people as puranas are
contradicting one another. What one scholar once tells you is opposed by the
another scholar. Thus the people have been reciting the same matter like a
parrot with so many distortions without understanding the deeper meaning.
Thereafter when the Hoonas and Mlechas those who oppose vedas have invaded
Bharath varsha and further distorted our scriptures by force and bribery to the
scholars of the modern India. Lahiri !you asked me the question that why the
God is not interfering and rectifying the situation. Bhagwan was given a spark
of his own light in every human being and this spark of light caution, corrects
and guides the human beings consciousness but it will never interferes in his
actions. A small child of 6 years, when steals some eatables, he knows
that it was a mistake. That discretion between the good and bad is existing in
the human consciousness. God only cautions, but he never interferes in
their actions. In various games the human beings play, learn all the
rules and regulations of the game and they also practice.There is also a dress
code according to the game they play. There are always two opponents in the
game . In order to see the players follow the rules and regulations and see
that a fair game is played. A judge or an umpire or a referee is
appointed. These people are well versed with the games and are neutral. They
will simply observe and when require they give cautions. In the same way in the
game of life a spark of light from Bhagwan plays a role of neutral umpire within
human beings. If you want to study a particular course the teacher will impart
the necessary knowledge and give their guidance, but they never write the
examinations for the students. I hope these examples suffice to clear your
doubts. The humans believe that Brahma the God is the creator. This is
confirmed by the most of the realized souls. That a piece of God resides within
you. Tell me Lahiri! when did you worship your father, mother, brothers or
sisters by kneeling down and offering various presentations and food? ”
I was surprised and replied “I never
worshipped my family members, but I love and respect them.” The Maharshi said
“Then do you agree that the God is your father and also your family member? Is
it necessary to worship Him instead of loving Him as your biological father?
The upanishads are saying ‘Aham Brahmosmi - I am the brahma’, ‘Tatvam
Asi - I am that’. Even vedanta upadeshika was very clearly says that ‘Ekameva
Dviteeyam-There is only energy of Brahma’. There is no second one
existing.” Then I questioned Mahatma “It is very difficult to understand this
new information. If it so, why the great scholars preaching about
worshipping the God and Goddesses? ” Maharshi replied “They belong to old
energy, they fear to change the old ways instead of preaching the real truth as
explained in the vedas and upanishads. They stick onto various puranas, but the
real knowledge is the vedas and upanishads. Whenever people have problems they
look up to the sky thinking that God is there above while in reality God is
inside. They never see the God inside, that is the problem. To make it simple I
will give you one more example. In Game of Chess when there is only one player
playing on both sides. He will make a move from one side and he will go to
other side and makes necessary moves. After sometime he wins the game from one
side and simultaneously loses the game from other side. In the same way you are
worshipping the God one side, in other words you are worshipping yourself. You
are asking for the boons and you yourself giving the boons. Dear Lahiri! The
realized souls did not worship the God, they loved Him like the way you love
your biological father. Just as you carry your father’s genes and intelligence,
in the same way you also carry God’s genes and intelligence. There
is a great potential existing in you but you are ignorant of this power. The
people in the old energy will criticize you because they believe in having
grand ceremonies with great pomp in worshipping the limited form of the
creator. In the new age these ceremonies will not exist in the coming
years. The God is treated as father and he is loved and respected like a family
member. There is no need for you to kneel down and worship. This happens
when human consciousness expands breaking all the limitations and merges with
the cosmic consciousness. The people who are born after 1985, they carry
His higher knowledge as explained in the vedas and upanishads and change the
world. This is a new age energy, because of
the higher vibratory levels of the earth due to the change in the magnetic
grid, the people will be elevated to the higher dimensions with a little
effort. We should elevate that which needs to be elevated. But not the one
which should not be elevated. ”
I asked Mahatma “What is the difference
between worshipping and loving?”. Mahatma replied “When you go to your guru you
keep a little distance from him and you stand with folded hands, can’t be
free when talking to him . Most of the time you can not ask questions
with fear and hesitation. You feel there is always an unseen barrier in
between. Because you feel your guru is very superior and you are inferior. But
when you love your guru who is very affectionate like your father there is a
bondage between both of you which is full of love and respect for each other.
Your spiritual progress will be faster. There is no fear and hesitation at all.
Your self confidence grows and you will be in a position to spread the light of
knowledge to others. In short you will become a lightworker. There will not be
any barriers between you and your guru, thus this will not make any great
difference dear Lahiri?” I noded my head in agreement.
“Lahiri, the teaching should be
followed by some evidence. This is what you have been doing. Follow the same
procedure. The great scholars need not be realized souls. An
ordinary human being who is not a scholar can be a realized soul. The new
age children will not agree with the people who are in the old age energy and
demand their elders to explain in a logical and scientific way. Lahiri, the old
ways no longer exists in coming future. Think deeply about what has been
discussed now and substantiate this knowledge.” With these words Maharshi said
goodbye to me. For myself this knowledge is new and I was able to understand
this new age information. I remembered the story of bhakt Namdev.
Story of Bhakt Namdev
When Namdev was a child he lost
his parents. His maternal uncle brought him up in a small village. He was
a priest in Balakrishna temple. The family was highly devoted and belonged to
an orthodox family. When Namdev was a boy it so happened, his uncle had to
visit a neighbouring village on an important work. Since nobody was there to
look after the temple affairs, he entrusted the job to look after the Balakrishna
mandir. Namdev was instructed to clean the temple floor sanctum and the
sanctorium, offer naivedya and cow’s milk. The innocent boy asked whether the
Balakrishna would come , eat and drink the milk. Uncle said he would do so. The
following day Namdev brought prasad and milk and kept at the altar of
Balakrishna. The idol of Balakrishna was nicely decorated and he was looking
very beautiful. Namdev sat in front of the idol and admiring the beauty of the
idol of little krishna. It was lunch time, Namdev was waiting for little
Krishna to come and enjoy the lunch but He did not come. The lunch time was
over, Namdev was very anxiously waiting for Krishna to come for his lunch.
Namdev was very much scared if Krishna did not accept his prasad then his
maternal uncle would come and punish him. He started crying and pleading
Krishna to come and eat prasad and drink milk. The boy’s heart was filled with
compassion, love and devotion which manifested in the form of tears. Even the
boy was hungry. He believed that Krishna would eat the food, drink the milk and
play with him. He continuously pleaded the lord.
His innocent love and devotion touched
the lord Sri Krishna and He came out of the idol, wiped off his tears and
consoled Namdev. With touch of the lord the entire body and mind of Namdev was
filled with heavenly bliss. They ate together and played many games running
around the temple. At the time of dusk little Krishna consoled Namdev and bid
goodnight. Due to some reasons his uncle had to stay back for a few more days.
Everyday Namdev and little Krishna used to have lunch together, play together
till late evening. Namdev treated his lord as his playmate and little Krishna
also behaved the same. One fine day his uncle returned back. He enquired Namdev
whether the boy carried out the instructions. Namdev narrated the whole story.
At first uncle did not believe, but he noticed a definite change in the face of
Namdev and his entire behavior. The maternal uncle wept out of joy in front of
Balakrishna. Thereafter Namdev was called as Bhakt Namdev. Lord Krishna had
given him darshan for many number of times. This story proves that love and
devotion for God is more powerful than the worship of God. I heard Bhakt
Namdev’s keerthan ‘Doodh piyo, Doodh piyo mere pyare lal! ’ first
time in gurudwara in Kampala. His keerthans are included in holy book of Guru
Grandh Sahib. Even at Makindu Gurudwara I often used to request gyaniji to sing
this keerthan for me.
Story of Kushal Bhatt
In Gujarat, in a small village Bhatt
was pujari in beautiful temple of Balakrishna. Pujari had a son named Kushal
Bhatt. He used to visit Shyamlal mandir along with the father daily. At that
age he heard a lot of stories from his parents about many leelas performed by
little Krishna. He used to treat little Krishna as his friend and used to
invite him to play with him. Kushal Bhatt’s innocent and pure love for little
Krishna made little Krishna to manifest in the form of a little boy of Kushal
Bhatt’s age. Little Krishna was so beautiful, they used to run around by the
side of small lake in the village away from the temple. Daily in the evening
little Krishna used to meet Kushal Bhatt waiting for him and play with him till
late evenings. Little krishna used to play the flute and run around wearing silver
anklets making rhythmic sound. In this case also, even though Kushal Bhatt had
seen elders worshipping the little Krishna he still treated the lord as his
friend with great love and admiration without any barriers and
inhibitions.
Shri Swaminarayan, who was the
incarnation of Maha Vishnu was once invited by his devotee Santa ba.. She had
also invited a lot of brahmins and offered bhiksha. Shri Swami Narayan,
who was given a special seat in a special room, was asked to have food.
But Swaminarayan asked Santa ba to invite Kushal Bhatt who was sitting outside
along with other brahmins. Then Santa ba was not willing to do so.
Swaminarayan refused to eat until Kushal Bhatt was also invited inside.Khushal
bhat came inside. Swaminarayan with great affection and respect made him to sit
besides him. Shri Swaminarayan narrated the above story to Santa ba.
Even though Kanada Maharshi’s
statement, i.e, instead of worshipping the God, one should love and
respect him initially baffled me. But he proved to be right. Even gopika Radha
and bhakta Meera Bai had the grace of lord by offering their pure love and also
treated Him as their close friend. There are so many instances where bhagawan’s
energy responded to such pure love and devotion for Him. We all know the story
of little boy Dhruva who received the grace of Lord Vishnu and gave boy the
father’s love. So the best way as Maharshi said is, to love the God who is
inside of us. But unfortunately we look for the God outside. We can’t
experience anything outside of us. Everything generates within us. We
experience everything inside but definitely not from the outside. Bhagawan
becomes a slave of the devotees who offer pure love.
I am already feeling the influence of
new age energy. A lot of my friends and young boys ask a lot of questions
concerning the authenticity of our puranas. A lot of spiritual discourses were
being organised in the temples. One saint giving lectures on Shiva purana
declares that Shiva was the best God. Following this another Sadhu giving lectures
on Vishnu Puran claims that Vishnu is superior to all. The same contradiction
exists in other puranas. This was causing lot of confusion among young boys.
The same confusion still existing even now also among the youngsters. These
young people feel that there is too much of exaggeration in the puranas and no
one is able to clarify their doubts. I am sure these new age boys will be more
enlightened than the present scholars. I sat there for some more time then got
up and walked back towards Muller’s lodge. I felt an inner peace and joy.
