My earlier posts talked about religion, its uses & its obvious misuses and the hope that eventually mankind as a whole will evolve into a state of mind wherein spirituality will overcome the need for religion & there will be a feeling of universal brotherhood. However, for that to happen a conscious effort is required by each & every individual to logically apply his or her thought processes towards achieving the same. And quite frankly, it is not just about God. Religion today is a divisive factor & that is actually holding us back as a race from collectively moving forward. Imagine a world united in thought & belief. Imagine what we can achieve then. But how do we get there? How will this proverbial Utopia come to pass? The responsibility lies with each one of us. More so, if you are parents & have children who need your guidance in all matters. Let us start then by examining 2 scenarios:
1) Ajay gets up in the morning excited and also a bit nervous. His dad & mom are excited too. After all, it is his 1st day of kindergarten school & it is the beginning of a new chapter in his life. He will be taught some amazing things in school and this education, in a way, will define the person he will eventually become. Cutting the story short, Ajay is in his classroom when the teacher enters and greets them. After formal introductions, she then picks up a chalk and writes complex quadratic equation on the board and starts to solve it, much to the confusion of Ajay...
2) Shikha is waiting patiently in the classroom for her lecture to start. This is her first day of her degree course in English literature. As the professor walks in there is silence initially. After the customary introductions he starts their educational experience by teaching them the Alphabets. A for Apple, B for Ball...
As you can see from both these examples, these are not real world scenarios & infact if it were to really happen, both the teacher & the professor would be in institutions of a different kind. While one is a case of too much too early, the other is quite the opposite. The mere suggestion is preposterous, for it is not logical. For inadvertently, applying logic to any situation is what we pickup as part of everyday education. For eg: You have read that fire is hot, maybe have even experienced it too. Somebody walks in and says that the fire at your home is hot & that the fire that burns in his house is actually ice-cold & urges you to put your hand in it, will you do it? Of course not. You know that he is kidding & logic dictates that no matter what he says, that fire will burn your hand. This is just one off-hand example of how we ascertain a particular situation, news or any piece of information based on past experience and a logical application of knowledge gained. And yet, when it comes to religion, nobody dares question the indoctrination he/she received as a child and believes the same stories & myths that he/she believed in as a child without applying the logic that knowledge has given to him/her. My question is why? Why are we so averse to applying logic to something as important as religion. And please, do not fool yourself by telling that it isn’t so important. It is important because of the hold it has over a person’s mind as well as humanity on the whole. It is also important because in the past, now in the present & so also in the future, it will pit man against man unless common sense prevails. But for that to happen, it has to start somewhere. And that somewhere is first & foremost in your mind, then your home, eventually the country & then finally the whole world. But how do we start? What is the first step?
We start with dealing with the fear. Most hatred is the result of fear. We remove the ‘Fear of God’ from the mind. If you think that is easy, then think about the times you have forwarded a mail to 10 or 20 people lest the deity in the mail gets angry & punish you. I have asked people why they do it & they say - “No it is not the fear but what is wrong in sending it. There is no harm is there?” These are mere excuses to cover the fact that yes, you are afraid because of a fear of god that has been instilled in you right from the time you were a small kid. I have already written earlier on how this fear has been largely responsible for easy governance of the populace. But there is another angle to the whole story. Religion is not just about the governance is it? It is also a means of power. Power, a collective few has over a large multitude. And when such power exists in the hands of a few men it becomes dangerous. For then, it is easier to prey on the fears of the collective, gullible multitude & get them to do things that a thinking & logical populace wouldn’t. If you pause for a moment then & remove the veil of naiveté from your eyes, you would also realize that actually it is big business too. There is a commercial angle too that along with the power makes the whole business so lucrative.
But for a moment then, also think about replacing ‘Fear of God’ with ‘Love of God’. Just a change of 4 letters. Four letters that can change the course of history if achieved. I have tried to explain this in an earlier post about how ‘Love of God’ makes more sense than ‘Fear of God’ & why collectively we should accept this change & move forward in time. By doing this not only do we free ourselves but we pass-on this freedom to our children too. The right way to go about it then is to accept the fact that all religion is indeed man made, that God is not an angry vindictive entity who is making a note of all your wrongs to punish you but a magnanimous being who lets you do your thing without interference. It is therefore not mandatory that you pray to him & pay obeisance to him because he expects it from you. Infact he doesn’t need it at all & is not bothered by it. And then, armed with that knowledge when you pray to him with an open heart & pay obeisance to him with love in your heart, because you want to & chose to & not because you have to, that my friend is the real prayer irrespective of what religion you choose to follow then. Because religion in itself then becomes unimportant. It is the purity of thought, the prayer that you offer that is of utmost relevance. That is the prayer that uplifts your being and that is the kind of prayer you should teach your children. And when this happens, then you do not actually need a religion. You need not follow any procedure for the correct way of worship, for there is none. Any form of worship is correct for it is done with love & I assure you that he will accept it without a doubt. And thus begin the first steps of spirituality & the bliss that will follow. Peace to you!
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Saturday, July 3, 2010
GOD - Is He Really There?
This 3 letter word is probably the most important word in the history of mankind. No other word has had such a profound effect in the total psyche of the entire populace as ‘God’. So much has happened in his name that some people have started wondering about his existence & if he cared. Every religion existing in this world has fought or is still fighting a war to prove a point. And the point is, their interpretation of God is the correct one & the others are destined for hell. Maybe they reasoned that by fighting & killing those who opposed them, you are only facilitating the inevitable then, unless of course they see that, well your viewpoint is correct. So then what really is right? Who is this God whose mere mention can inspire great love or great anger? Is he seeing all this & enjoying the attention or deploring it? Why doesn’t he react? Can he react? Is he even there to react? Let us try and arrive at some plausible answers.
This universe that we see is so vast that it is impossible to really know how big it is. Millions of stars & planets together make a galaxy and ours is just one of the innumerable galaxies. For an entity to have created all this he must be so unimaginably powerful that it is even stupid to try & comprehend it. To believe that this huge universe houses just the one earth that has life form is not only arrogance but downright stupid. We humans like to believe that we are special to God. Are we really? I can assure you that somewhere else in this vast universe some intelligent entity from another race must be thinking the same thing. To even think that if there is such a creator & he has created the entire universe, then he had to be really stupid to create so much space for us humans alone. What is the point? I ask this of you; if someone asks you to create a house for a colony of ants would you then give it a space as big as shopping complex or just an anthill? If you can be logical about it what makes you think that God isn’t. Look around you & tell me you are not dealing with a super intelligent entity. The stupidity then, or is it vanity, that makes us think otherwise, is entirely human. If, god forbid, someday it is proved that there indeed is no life but that which exists on earth, then my friend I will say this to you; there indeed is no God & life happened by chance.
In my earlier post named Truth About Religion I had mentioned about how religion is a necessary evil. The thing with religion is it can be a means to the end but not the end itself. My reason for this is very simple. All religion is manmade. There is no existing religion in the world, or shall I put it this way, there no religion that is in the way that it exists today, that is anything but manmade. The fact that all religion has some inherent flaws means that it is not perfect & therefore it cannot be from God. Now take a look around the world. Is there a need for a God here? What is this God? What is he made up of? Does he have a form? Does he need a form? Wish I had answers that can be substantiated with proof. But I don’t & the fact of the matter is nobody does. Even the Vedas, the most sublime of the human works says in the ending, who knows what the truth is? But I can bet for sure that God is not what most religions make him to be, narcissist, vengeful, an object of fear etc. No bloody way. Period. What makes you think that an entity so powerful is dependent on your views of him on whether you are praying to him or not, that he is named correctly, that he be worshipped always…What crap. If indeed there is a God, he is nothing of the sort. Infact, nothing could be farther from the truth than the surmise that he is interested in our daily actions & is going to punish us if we do anything wrong. No absolutely not. Sorry to burst the bubble, but you & me are really not that important. Just stop fooling yourself. So if there is no direct involvement of God, how are things & actions accountable? What we have then are the Laws of Nature. Now we are entering the realms of speculation & no absolute proof. Just reasoning & contemplation.
What if there is more to these Laws of Nature than what we can see or experience. What if Newton’s Third Law of Motion works not just in physical but also in the metaphysical realms? Why is that not possible? Just because we cannot see it or experience in the conscious state does not mean that it can’t be. What is real & unreal? It is nothing but perception. Everything is in your head. There is more to it, much more to it. It is known that in ancient civilizations, certain sects used drugs to nullify the conscious mind so as to reach a state where it is easier to realize the truth, whatever that is. And by ancient civilizations, I do not mean just India. I mean the world over. Infact, I am sure most of us have seen in real or a snap of a saffron-clad yogi puffing on his ‘chillum’. Ever wondered what really happens when we are sleeping? I am not talking of the drifting in & drifting out of sleep periods of which we do have a memory of; No. But the intermediate long period of which nobody has any idea of what really happens to consciousness. Some equate it to death & I agree. How is it different other than the time period involved between the sleeping & getting up in both cases? Yes, I know, most of us, ironically, do take statements regarding rebirth with a pinch of salt. I say ironic because we Indians were the proponents of this theory or rather our predecessors were. And slowly but surely the west is coming around to accepting this as a fact. If there is any restriction to this in the mainstream it is because of things other than logic or science, namely religion and accepting which would mean disregarding a lot many things. The scientific mould of thinking is often given a lot of credence when the fact is that science itself is flawed. After all it is made by us humans so it cannot be perfect. We are constantly reviewing, changing & updating scientific flaws & funny thing is of all the people who swear on science it is the scientist who keeps an open mind because he knows not what new theory can come in tomorrow & prove him false. Charles Darwins’s Origin of Species & his Theory of Evolution has been more or less in the way of being disregarded due to lack of proof in support. If anything , more & more scientists are distancing away from this as a result of proof to the contrary. But just because we were taught in our school & it was the written word, people still quote is as the absolute truth and is quoted even in things theological. That is just one of the things that we have studied in school & does not necessarily have to be true. Point is there are more things happening around in this world that we as humans so not understand or have lost the knowledge of. It is a known fact now that most of what we are discovering now is not actually so but just rediscovery. It is knowledge that has been lost. So I am hopeful or rather sure that eventually we will get there & I am equally sure that we will one day lose all of it again. It is a cycle and I think I am going away from the topic here.
Anyway, coming back, if there is God & he is the Supreme Being that he is, what was the need for him to create? And if there is no God how & why did creation happen? Let us assume that the Big Bang Theory is true (I am saying assume because for all we know someone will come out with another theory tomorrow that makes more sense & this theory will be discarded. That is science for you).Then why did that occur in the first place? From where did occur, this unending supply of energy that led to the Big Bang & creation of the universe filled with Galaxies, Stars etc. What was the source of that? Who knows? The easy thing to do here is say that it was God who did it. A creator who is responsible for everything. Quite a few years ago someone I know, a very religious person told me something. That Nature is the true God. Even Krishna in Mahabharat says something to that effect. What I am trying to say here is what if Nature is God. That it is his manifestation & is the form in which he is present in the universe. It is a known fact that nature is intelligent. There is ample proof of that. I mean the chaos or madness that we see always has a method to it. That creation has formulae, mathematical, physics etc are applied is nw known & understood. Everything that we do today, all the technological marvels everything is due to the fact that these Laws of Nature are constant & unchanging. What has been true for billions of years will remain so. I mean as humans, nobody can say for sure that if a certain circumstance is to repeat again and again a person will do the same thing again & again with the same result. But if you ask that from Nature you are sure. If you throw a stone up then it has to come down always. Gravity is there always. Imagine what will happen if cement suddenly loses its properties of strength. These are things that we take for granted. And Newton’s Law works here too not only at a much bigger level but at different levels. So for every action that you do you have an equal & opposite reaction in the metaphysical realm too. How else can you explain what we see around in the world? Why somebody is born with a handicap, is poor etc… It has to be the result of his past actions. That is the only logical answer. Or, if popular religion is true, then God is a sadist. He has to be to allow so much suffering in the world. Or, using logic, he does not interfere. That what you sow is what you reap & thus you yourself are responsible for everything that happens or is happening to you. And so also the fact that you have the power within you to change it for better. If you believe in it.
So why do we pray? We pray because we need him & not because he needs us. Once this simple fact is understood by all & its implication in everyday life, world would be such a better place to live in. But like I had mentioned in my earlier post on religion. Things are changing for the better. Somewhere into the future I see a paradigm shift across human minds that will unite us in thought & will enable us to reach the heights that we are capable of. ‘Aham Brahmasmi’, the concept of ‘I am God’ will not be in the books alone. Its true meaning will be understood & practiced as common knowledge. To understand that we need to realize & take the first collective step. If there is a God, then he is to be loved & not feared. Once that realization sets in everything else will slowly follow suit. We will slowly begin to understand our place in the scheme of things & the importance of every single thing in nature. We will then learn to respect all life & then try to get to that high ideal for which life happened. To be the divine creatures that all of us really are. And some day, once again, that knowledge will be known & shall be shared as fact. And just as inevitable that is, so also the fact that surely we shall again return to the same kind of war-mongering and petty fights that we are capable of today. Everything is involved in a cycle of constant change. You, me, this country, this world, the universe. Everything changes. Except God & his Nature.
This universe that we see is so vast that it is impossible to really know how big it is. Millions of stars & planets together make a galaxy and ours is just one of the innumerable galaxies. For an entity to have created all this he must be so unimaginably powerful that it is even stupid to try & comprehend it. To believe that this huge universe houses just the one earth that has life form is not only arrogance but downright stupid. We humans like to believe that we are special to God. Are we really? I can assure you that somewhere else in this vast universe some intelligent entity from another race must be thinking the same thing. To even think that if there is such a creator & he has created the entire universe, then he had to be really stupid to create so much space for us humans alone. What is the point? I ask this of you; if someone asks you to create a house for a colony of ants would you then give it a space as big as shopping complex or just an anthill? If you can be logical about it what makes you think that God isn’t. Look around you & tell me you are not dealing with a super intelligent entity. The stupidity then, or is it vanity, that makes us think otherwise, is entirely human. If, god forbid, someday it is proved that there indeed is no life but that which exists on earth, then my friend I will say this to you; there indeed is no God & life happened by chance.
In my earlier post named Truth About Religion I had mentioned about how religion is a necessary evil. The thing with religion is it can be a means to the end but not the end itself. My reason for this is very simple. All religion is manmade. There is no existing religion in the world, or shall I put it this way, there no religion that is in the way that it exists today, that is anything but manmade. The fact that all religion has some inherent flaws means that it is not perfect & therefore it cannot be from God. Now take a look around the world. Is there a need for a God here? What is this God? What is he made up of? Does he have a form? Does he need a form? Wish I had answers that can be substantiated with proof. But I don’t & the fact of the matter is nobody does. Even the Vedas, the most sublime of the human works says in the ending, who knows what the truth is? But I can bet for sure that God is not what most religions make him to be, narcissist, vengeful, an object of fear etc. No bloody way. Period. What makes you think that an entity so powerful is dependent on your views of him on whether you are praying to him or not, that he is named correctly, that he be worshipped always…What crap. If indeed there is a God, he is nothing of the sort. Infact, nothing could be farther from the truth than the surmise that he is interested in our daily actions & is going to punish us if we do anything wrong. No absolutely not. Sorry to burst the bubble, but you & me are really not that important. Just stop fooling yourself. So if there is no direct involvement of God, how are things & actions accountable? What we have then are the Laws of Nature. Now we are entering the realms of speculation & no absolute proof. Just reasoning & contemplation.
What if there is more to these Laws of Nature than what we can see or experience. What if Newton’s Third Law of Motion works not just in physical but also in the metaphysical realms? Why is that not possible? Just because we cannot see it or experience in the conscious state does not mean that it can’t be. What is real & unreal? It is nothing but perception. Everything is in your head. There is more to it, much more to it. It is known that in ancient civilizations, certain sects used drugs to nullify the conscious mind so as to reach a state where it is easier to realize the truth, whatever that is. And by ancient civilizations, I do not mean just India. I mean the world over. Infact, I am sure most of us have seen in real or a snap of a saffron-clad yogi puffing on his ‘chillum’. Ever wondered what really happens when we are sleeping? I am not talking of the drifting in & drifting out of sleep periods of which we do have a memory of; No. But the intermediate long period of which nobody has any idea of what really happens to consciousness. Some equate it to death & I agree. How is it different other than the time period involved between the sleeping & getting up in both cases? Yes, I know, most of us, ironically, do take statements regarding rebirth with a pinch of salt. I say ironic because we Indians were the proponents of this theory or rather our predecessors were. And slowly but surely the west is coming around to accepting this as a fact. If there is any restriction to this in the mainstream it is because of things other than logic or science, namely religion and accepting which would mean disregarding a lot many things. The scientific mould of thinking is often given a lot of credence when the fact is that science itself is flawed. After all it is made by us humans so it cannot be perfect. We are constantly reviewing, changing & updating scientific flaws & funny thing is of all the people who swear on science it is the scientist who keeps an open mind because he knows not what new theory can come in tomorrow & prove him false. Charles Darwins’s Origin of Species & his Theory of Evolution has been more or less in the way of being disregarded due to lack of proof in support. If anything , more & more scientists are distancing away from this as a result of proof to the contrary. But just because we were taught in our school & it was the written word, people still quote is as the absolute truth and is quoted even in things theological. That is just one of the things that we have studied in school & does not necessarily have to be true. Point is there are more things happening around in this world that we as humans so not understand or have lost the knowledge of. It is a known fact now that most of what we are discovering now is not actually so but just rediscovery. It is knowledge that has been lost. So I am hopeful or rather sure that eventually we will get there & I am equally sure that we will one day lose all of it again. It is a cycle and I think I am going away from the topic here.
Anyway, coming back, if there is God & he is the Supreme Being that he is, what was the need for him to create? And if there is no God how & why did creation happen? Let us assume that the Big Bang Theory is true (I am saying assume because for all we know someone will come out with another theory tomorrow that makes more sense & this theory will be discarded. That is science for you).Then why did that occur in the first place? From where did occur, this unending supply of energy that led to the Big Bang & creation of the universe filled with Galaxies, Stars etc. What was the source of that? Who knows? The easy thing to do here is say that it was God who did it. A creator who is responsible for everything. Quite a few years ago someone I know, a very religious person told me something. That Nature is the true God. Even Krishna in Mahabharat says something to that effect. What I am trying to say here is what if Nature is God. That it is his manifestation & is the form in which he is present in the universe. It is a known fact that nature is intelligent. There is ample proof of that. I mean the chaos or madness that we see always has a method to it. That creation has formulae, mathematical, physics etc are applied is nw known & understood. Everything that we do today, all the technological marvels everything is due to the fact that these Laws of Nature are constant & unchanging. What has been true for billions of years will remain so. I mean as humans, nobody can say for sure that if a certain circumstance is to repeat again and again a person will do the same thing again & again with the same result. But if you ask that from Nature you are sure. If you throw a stone up then it has to come down always. Gravity is there always. Imagine what will happen if cement suddenly loses its properties of strength. These are things that we take for granted. And Newton’s Law works here too not only at a much bigger level but at different levels. So for every action that you do you have an equal & opposite reaction in the metaphysical realm too. How else can you explain what we see around in the world? Why somebody is born with a handicap, is poor etc… It has to be the result of his past actions. That is the only logical answer. Or, if popular religion is true, then God is a sadist. He has to be to allow so much suffering in the world. Or, using logic, he does not interfere. That what you sow is what you reap & thus you yourself are responsible for everything that happens or is happening to you. And so also the fact that you have the power within you to change it for better. If you believe in it.
So why do we pray? We pray because we need him & not because he needs us. Once this simple fact is understood by all & its implication in everyday life, world would be such a better place to live in. But like I had mentioned in my earlier post on religion. Things are changing for the better. Somewhere into the future I see a paradigm shift across human minds that will unite us in thought & will enable us to reach the heights that we are capable of. ‘Aham Brahmasmi’, the concept of ‘I am God’ will not be in the books alone. Its true meaning will be understood & practiced as common knowledge. To understand that we need to realize & take the first collective step. If there is a God, then he is to be loved & not feared. Once that realization sets in everything else will slowly follow suit. We will slowly begin to understand our place in the scheme of things & the importance of every single thing in nature. We will then learn to respect all life & then try to get to that high ideal for which life happened. To be the divine creatures that all of us really are. And some day, once again, that knowledge will be known & shall be shared as fact. And just as inevitable that is, so also the fact that surely we shall again return to the same kind of war-mongering and petty fights that we are capable of today. Everything is involved in a cycle of constant change. You, me, this country, this world, the universe. Everything changes. Except God & his Nature.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Brahma Vishnu Maheshwara – A Concept of Trinity
Hinduism is all about allegory. It is a known fact the pearls of wisdom that are hidden behind this web of allegory so beautiful & divine that it sets you free. However, it is cutting through this overlaying web of allegory that makes for a discerning student to spend a lifetime after it unless of-course he is blessed with the guidance of a true master.
What I am trying to extrapolate here then, away from the popular beliefs of the 3 deities that govern the universe as per Hindu mythology & the allegory an idea of what they might actually represent. This is just my theory & does not necessarily have to be right. That is the beauty of theory, isn't it? Theorise all you want until you are proved wrong.
Anyway, my theory based on the roles what these gods represent and link them to the energies both manifest & latent in every human being.
Thus Brahma being the Generator represents the sexual energy, Vishnu the Omnipontent being the latent spiritual energy within each of us & Shiva being the Destroyer, the materialistic energy (not the materialistic nature that we generally allude to) .
Now Brahma being the sexual energy is the most prevalent & obvious of the 3 energies within us that represents creation & creativity too, much like the Freudian theory of sexual energy. Freud was of the opinion that the sexual energy is the driving force for every human being & how he is able to channelise this energy governs his actions against the backdrop of the society that surround him. So, how this energy is then channelised then also has a bearing on the other 2 energies within us. Thus, maybe the representation of Brahma with 4 heads depicting maybe the fact that the sexual energy can be channelised to any direction of your choice.
The Vishnu energy or the spiritual energy that is latent within each of us & is the most difficult to attain. It calls for complete suppression of the materialistic or Shiva energy & control of the Brahma energy to even qualify for introduction to this source. And till such time, this 'soul energy' remains away from the grasp of normal human beings. Maybe, the sleeping form of Vishnu is to depict this latent energy within us which can be realised after severe penance.
Shiva or the materialistic energy is responsible for the feeling of 'Self' or 'Ego' of the person & it is the suppression of this energy that also has a bearing on the Brahma or Sexual Energy. Thus, if the 'Shiva' energy is released in its fullness, it also has an overbearing hold over the Brahma energy which is then channelised for further strengthening its overall hold over the consciousness of the individual & thus can also be the cause of the destruction of the path towards the Spiritual or Vishnu energy. Thus, Shiva is also represented as doing the 'Tandav' of destruction.
Hence, as scriptures say, that it is easier to please Shiva, then Brahma & very difficult to attain Vishnu. Also, even on the path towards realisation, the Shiva energy also manifests as 8 siddhis that gives you lordship over materialistic laws of nature & distracts the true 'sanyasin' from the actual quest for enlightement.
But frankly, who knows what the truth is. There are many facets to the truth depending on your perception of it from your vantage point. Hopefully, I might find my 'Guru' when the time is right who will initiate me into the right way. For it is said, 'When the pupil is ready, the teacher appears'. I am not ready yet.
What I am trying to extrapolate here then, away from the popular beliefs of the 3 deities that govern the universe as per Hindu mythology & the allegory an idea of what they might actually represent. This is just my theory & does not necessarily have to be right. That is the beauty of theory, isn't it? Theorise all you want until you are proved wrong.
Anyway, my theory based on the roles what these gods represent and link them to the energies both manifest & latent in every human being.
Thus Brahma being the Generator represents the sexual energy, Vishnu the Omnipontent being the latent spiritual energy within each of us & Shiva being the Destroyer, the materialistic energy (not the materialistic nature that we generally allude to) .
Now Brahma being the sexual energy is the most prevalent & obvious of the 3 energies within us that represents creation & creativity too, much like the Freudian theory of sexual energy. Freud was of the opinion that the sexual energy is the driving force for every human being & how he is able to channelise this energy governs his actions against the backdrop of the society that surround him. So, how this energy is then channelised then also has a bearing on the other 2 energies within us. Thus, maybe the representation of Brahma with 4 heads depicting maybe the fact that the sexual energy can be channelised to any direction of your choice.
The Vishnu energy or the spiritual energy that is latent within each of us & is the most difficult to attain. It calls for complete suppression of the materialistic or Shiva energy & control of the Brahma energy to even qualify for introduction to this source. And till such time, this 'soul energy' remains away from the grasp of normal human beings. Maybe, the sleeping form of Vishnu is to depict this latent energy within us which can be realised after severe penance.
Shiva or the materialistic energy is responsible for the feeling of 'Self' or 'Ego' of the person & it is the suppression of this energy that also has a bearing on the Brahma or Sexual Energy. Thus, if the 'Shiva' energy is released in its fullness, it also has an overbearing hold over the Brahma energy which is then channelised for further strengthening its overall hold over the consciousness of the individual & thus can also be the cause of the destruction of the path towards the Spiritual or Vishnu energy. Thus, Shiva is also represented as doing the 'Tandav' of destruction.
Hence, as scriptures say, that it is easier to please Shiva, then Brahma & very difficult to attain Vishnu. Also, even on the path towards realisation, the Shiva energy also manifests as 8 siddhis that gives you lordship over materialistic laws of nature & distracts the true 'sanyasin' from the actual quest for enlightement.
But frankly, who knows what the truth is. There are many facets to the truth depending on your perception of it from your vantage point. Hopefully, I might find my 'Guru' when the time is right who will initiate me into the right way. For it is said, 'When the pupil is ready, the teacher appears'. I am not ready yet.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Truth About Religion
Quite recently I was asked this question during a party with friends – Which is the best religion? The reason I was asked this question was simply because they are aware of my travails, of my quest to find the right religion. However, after a lot of reading & speculation, I finally realise now that of all religions in the world, the right religion is – there is no right religion & similarly there is no wrong religion either.
The reason is very simple, because the way the various religions are practiced today, leaves a lot to be desired for it to be termed as a perfect religion. And I say perfect religion because, ideally it should describe god & his attributes, the right way to pray to him & the right way to lead ones life so that in the end you reach him.
Now the problems with most religion are they get the most important things wrong. Most describe God as a vain & revengeful being, who will punish you if you do any wrong and is very particular in how you address him. And some of them go so far to claim that it is the only right religion & if you follow anything else, you are destined for hell. I find all this to be nothing but utter bullshit. The mere thought that God is anyway interested, even remotely, with things like how you address him is laughable and just goes to show that these cannot be true representations of the divine being but just poor excuse for the same coined by a much lesser being; namely human.
To begin with, if we assume that yes, the entire universe has been created by a divine being, one who is aware of the smallest of intricacies; He would have to immensely powerful, beyond comprehension of our human brain. If we were to go to that point just before He (I am saying ‘He’ not because I am a chauvinist or anything, God could also be called ‘she’ for that matter, it is just that God is popularly referred to as ‘He’ & I somehow cannot bring myself to call God as ‘It’ even though I know for sure that He wouldn’t mind) created this universe, he must have known beforehand what the final universe would be like, he must have known exactly to the minutest of detail, everything that was required for the universe to function in a perfect manner, with all the laws & reasonings that would make it run without his direct involvement even before he created it and just at the instant when he thought about creation. So for a being, that is so immensely powerful, to have even one of the negative attributes that is common to man would be impossible. It simply cannot be. Period. Therefore, God cannot get angry, he cannot have any ego, he most definitely does not punish someone & therefore in the same vein, he does not reward someone either. But what does happen is there is a system in place, of cause and effect that comes into effect with every action that you do. Something like Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, wherein, just as your actions/words gets a reaction from the universe, the same actions/words also affect the fabric of the universe changing both you as well as the universe forever. So you have an intricate web of action & cause wherein all of us are part of that giant universal fabric & although He may have created this, he simply does not take direct part in it.
So then why do we need religion or do we need religion at all? My answer for that would be a big YES. Most definitely religion is required. But for reasons different than what is generally thought of. All religion that is practiced today happens by way of, shall I say, ‘indoctrination’, wherein, all related values and practices attached to ‘the religion that you are born into’ is imbibed into you from birth. Hence, all things related to right & wrong have been connected or shall I say given a ‘religious twist’. This indoctrination is so deep & intense that rarely do you see an individual strong enough to question its veracity or even challenge it. (However, I strongly feel this is changing & I will try and explain this later). Hence, how you lead your life is very strongly dependent on these values & practices that have taught to you since birth. A fear is established within your conscious self, of that all-knowing, omnipresent Almighty, who will then reward & punish you according to your actions & will also determine your journey into hell or heaven. (Unerringly, this concept is present in every religion of the world which is in a way an indicator to the fact that all religion therefore has a common beginning. By which I mean that there most definitely was mother religion, from which all other religion as we know have taken birth from.) This belief & the deep-rooted fear that it generates is then the most important limiting factor that stops a vast majority in the sea of humanity from committing the sort of crimes that generally is associated with only a small percentage of criminals. Imagine then a society, where people firmly believe that there is no God, no religion is practiced and are fearless before committing any act. It would be hell on earth. It would be impossible to govern such a vast multitude that does not have any amount of self-restraint, and frankly, there is not enough police or military personnel that can be deployed in such a world. Not to forget the fact that they too are humans. Hence, however inadequate be the religion that we practice today, the fact of life is, it is of utmost importance that there should be one. Therefore, any conflict that arises due to religious belief is but a small price to pay for the greater good. And more importantly, this can most definitely be controlled.
The reason for religious conflict also is because of inherent imperfections in the religion & lack of comprehension into the real nature of God. If we go back in history, most of the big wars that have been fought till now, has one way or another been due to this friction caused by difference in religious belief. But like I said earlier, I believe that things are changing. And changing for the better in most parts of the world. There is a definite bent generally among civilization towards things spiritual, as compared to say maybe 15-20 years ago. People are slowly realizing that yes, there is more to life that just living it & running around in a rat race and slowly, quality of life is becoming important. This shift in thinking is just the beginning of a sea change that I believe is in the process of happening around the world. Hence, you find more & more people questioning the traditional practices for a rational explanation & even discarding age held beliefs & values in search for better one that makes sense. This is a slow process that will take time. But I for one believe that there will come a time when all religion as we know & practice today will come to an end & will be replaced by a single thought & belief. A single religion that will unite all of mankind & then words like universal brotherhood etc. would not be just in the dictionary. It has to happen simply because in the cyclic nature of change, we have gone from a similar time to utter chaos & it logically will come back to the same state of things. As to when, your guess is as good as mine but all I can say is that with the level of awareness among us human beings getting better & better & more & more relevant & informed question being asked, it is just a matter of time.
The reason is very simple, because the way the various religions are practiced today, leaves a lot to be desired for it to be termed as a perfect religion. And I say perfect religion because, ideally it should describe god & his attributes, the right way to pray to him & the right way to lead ones life so that in the end you reach him.
Now the problems with most religion are they get the most important things wrong. Most describe God as a vain & revengeful being, who will punish you if you do any wrong and is very particular in how you address him. And some of them go so far to claim that it is the only right religion & if you follow anything else, you are destined for hell. I find all this to be nothing but utter bullshit. The mere thought that God is anyway interested, even remotely, with things like how you address him is laughable and just goes to show that these cannot be true representations of the divine being but just poor excuse for the same coined by a much lesser being; namely human.
To begin with, if we assume that yes, the entire universe has been created by a divine being, one who is aware of the smallest of intricacies; He would have to immensely powerful, beyond comprehension of our human brain. If we were to go to that point just before He (I am saying ‘He’ not because I am a chauvinist or anything, God could also be called ‘she’ for that matter, it is just that God is popularly referred to as ‘He’ & I somehow cannot bring myself to call God as ‘It’ even though I know for sure that He wouldn’t mind) created this universe, he must have known beforehand what the final universe would be like, he must have known exactly to the minutest of detail, everything that was required for the universe to function in a perfect manner, with all the laws & reasonings that would make it run without his direct involvement even before he created it and just at the instant when he thought about creation. So for a being, that is so immensely powerful, to have even one of the negative attributes that is common to man would be impossible. It simply cannot be. Period. Therefore, God cannot get angry, he cannot have any ego, he most definitely does not punish someone & therefore in the same vein, he does not reward someone either. But what does happen is there is a system in place, of cause and effect that comes into effect with every action that you do. Something like Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, wherein, just as your actions/words gets a reaction from the universe, the same actions/words also affect the fabric of the universe changing both you as well as the universe forever. So you have an intricate web of action & cause wherein all of us are part of that giant universal fabric & although He may have created this, he simply does not take direct part in it.
So then why do we need religion or do we need religion at all? My answer for that would be a big YES. Most definitely religion is required. But for reasons different than what is generally thought of. All religion that is practiced today happens by way of, shall I say, ‘indoctrination’, wherein, all related values and practices attached to ‘the religion that you are born into’ is imbibed into you from birth. Hence, all things related to right & wrong have been connected or shall I say given a ‘religious twist’. This indoctrination is so deep & intense that rarely do you see an individual strong enough to question its veracity or even challenge it. (However, I strongly feel this is changing & I will try and explain this later). Hence, how you lead your life is very strongly dependent on these values & practices that have taught to you since birth. A fear is established within your conscious self, of that all-knowing, omnipresent Almighty, who will then reward & punish you according to your actions & will also determine your journey into hell or heaven. (Unerringly, this concept is present in every religion of the world which is in a way an indicator to the fact that all religion therefore has a common beginning. By which I mean that there most definitely was mother religion, from which all other religion as we know have taken birth from.) This belief & the deep-rooted fear that it generates is then the most important limiting factor that stops a vast majority in the sea of humanity from committing the sort of crimes that generally is associated with only a small percentage of criminals. Imagine then a society, where people firmly believe that there is no God, no religion is practiced and are fearless before committing any act. It would be hell on earth. It would be impossible to govern such a vast multitude that does not have any amount of self-restraint, and frankly, there is not enough police or military personnel that can be deployed in such a world. Not to forget the fact that they too are humans. Hence, however inadequate be the religion that we practice today, the fact of life is, it is of utmost importance that there should be one. Therefore, any conflict that arises due to religious belief is but a small price to pay for the greater good. And more importantly, this can most definitely be controlled.
The reason for religious conflict also is because of inherent imperfections in the religion & lack of comprehension into the real nature of God. If we go back in history, most of the big wars that have been fought till now, has one way or another been due to this friction caused by difference in religious belief. But like I said earlier, I believe that things are changing. And changing for the better in most parts of the world. There is a definite bent generally among civilization towards things spiritual, as compared to say maybe 15-20 years ago. People are slowly realizing that yes, there is more to life that just living it & running around in a rat race and slowly, quality of life is becoming important. This shift in thinking is just the beginning of a sea change that I believe is in the process of happening around the world. Hence, you find more & more people questioning the traditional practices for a rational explanation & even discarding age held beliefs & values in search for better one that makes sense. This is a slow process that will take time. But I for one believe that there will come a time when all religion as we know & practice today will come to an end & will be replaced by a single thought & belief. A single religion that will unite all of mankind & then words like universal brotherhood etc. would not be just in the dictionary. It has to happen simply because in the cyclic nature of change, we have gone from a similar time to utter chaos & it logically will come back to the same state of things. As to when, your guess is as good as mine but all I can say is that with the level of awareness among us human beings getting better & better & more & more relevant & informed question being asked, it is just a matter of time.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
The Point of Creation - Maybe
There has been one question that has been bothering me for sometime now. Infact, it is one of the most pertinent questions that we as intelligent beings have been asking from time immemorial now – What is the point of creation?
By no means do I claim to have an answer to this question. That would be stupidity of epic magnitudes to claim solution to a question that is like an unsolved puzzle from time immemorial.
The purpose of creation, the question itself is more of a spiritual quest on the surmise that there is a god & it is he that created everything in the universe including the universe itself. Our scriptures liken this creation of god to the web of a spider. A spider spins his web & stays in the centre fully aware of any vibrations in any of its strands.
Let us start with the assumption that yes, there is a god & he created this universe. But to create something as huge & seemingly endless as our universe would need a sentient being that is perfection itself in all his attributes. So what would be God’s attributes? He is a source of limitless energy. Why? Imagine the energy that was required to start creation. It is a small fraction of this energy that is still being used by our Sun & that is the source of all life on Earth. Then think of the innumerable stars lining our galaxy & other countless galaxies across the universe. So I do not think god has any energy problems to put it mildly.
Let us then come to God as an intelligent being. Think about our complex universe. All the laws of nature that we know to be true. The beauty of creation that uses for e.g. mathematics, Fibonacci Sequence in nature.(The west became aware of this only in 1202 when Leonardo of Pisa, known as Fibonacci showed it for the first time in his Liber Abaci. However, the ancient Indians were very well aware of this thousand of years before the west). Therefore mathematicians like to say that God is a mathematician. In the same vein, the he is a master of Physics, Chemistry etc. I am sure you get the point. So when it comes to intelligence, he is the source of it & what we have is but a miniscule fraction of it. Therefore he is the most intelligent or can we say the standard for perfection in intelligence.
So God being the eternal, most intelligent, omnipotent being that he is, he is the supreme goodness, the absolute truth & thus everything positive in us is present in him to the nth degree. But for such a being, who is self-sufficient in himself, who is always in a state of equilibrium, of constant peace, what was the cause for him to create? Could it be love?
Now love could be a very positive thing if it is selfless in nature & when it is present in him it also has to be to the nth degree. The thing about love is, for us humans, we need to share this love & also need to get love in return. That is an inherent flaw in us. But he is flawless & as such he does not need us to love him. Maybe, he in his benevolence, to give us his infinite love, became the many us. He created us in his image (isn’t that what the bible said), but not our body, our soul. As our scriptures say, soul is formless, it is pure, it cannot be created or destroyed & that is so much like the concept of a perfect god. However, it is this body that we have at birth that is gross (I mean in spiritual terms) when compared to the soul & the manifestation of ego as ‘I’ in our consciousness that prevents from realizing our true self. It is like a mirror that is covered with dirt. It is only when you willfully clean the muck on its surface, the mirror becomes clean & you can see the true reflection of the self.
So maybe that is the point of creation, love. Divine love. The infinite love that the Supreme Being has for the many parts of him, us.
But then is it really? There is another school of thought that says that there is actually no creation & it is all a cosmic dream that we are all part of & interconnected. I mean how do we know what is real. For e.g. when you are sleeping & having a vivid dream, at that point it is very real isn’t it? We get up crying out if it is a bad dream, we laugh out loud if it a funny dream & then you wakeup. And you realise that it was just a dream. So what if death is that wakeup from the cosmic dream. And you sleep again & start on a new dream that is life.
You know what, after all this, I think I am back where I started. This is why having the right spiritual guide or teacher is so very important. Because he has already traveled that path & with correct directions, he makes your journey that much faster. Therefore the Sanskrit shlok – Guru Brahma, Guru Vishnu, Guru Devo Maheshwara. Guru Saakshat Parabrahma, Tasmai Shree Guravae Namah. Because he lights up the path of knowledge in your pursuit of the Absolute Truth & helps you in realizing the god within you & thus become a divine being yourself, he is God or his equivalent. Teachers’ today like to quote this shlok without understanding its true meaning. Therefore, when the subject is flawed & so is the teacher, why expect a perfect student?
By no means do I claim to have an answer to this question. That would be stupidity of epic magnitudes to claim solution to a question that is like an unsolved puzzle from time immemorial.
The purpose of creation, the question itself is more of a spiritual quest on the surmise that there is a god & it is he that created everything in the universe including the universe itself. Our scriptures liken this creation of god to the web of a spider. A spider spins his web & stays in the centre fully aware of any vibrations in any of its strands.
Let us start with the assumption that yes, there is a god & he created this universe. But to create something as huge & seemingly endless as our universe would need a sentient being that is perfection itself in all his attributes. So what would be God’s attributes? He is a source of limitless energy. Why? Imagine the energy that was required to start creation. It is a small fraction of this energy that is still being used by our Sun & that is the source of all life on Earth. Then think of the innumerable stars lining our galaxy & other countless galaxies across the universe. So I do not think god has any energy problems to put it mildly.
Let us then come to God as an intelligent being. Think about our complex universe. All the laws of nature that we know to be true. The beauty of creation that uses for e.g. mathematics, Fibonacci Sequence in nature.(The west became aware of this only in 1202 when Leonardo of Pisa, known as Fibonacci showed it for the first time in his Liber Abaci. However, the ancient Indians were very well aware of this thousand of years before the west). Therefore mathematicians like to say that God is a mathematician. In the same vein, the he is a master of Physics, Chemistry etc. I am sure you get the point. So when it comes to intelligence, he is the source of it & what we have is but a miniscule fraction of it. Therefore he is the most intelligent or can we say the standard for perfection in intelligence.
So God being the eternal, most intelligent, omnipotent being that he is, he is the supreme goodness, the absolute truth & thus everything positive in us is present in him to the nth degree. But for such a being, who is self-sufficient in himself, who is always in a state of equilibrium, of constant peace, what was the cause for him to create? Could it be love?
Now love could be a very positive thing if it is selfless in nature & when it is present in him it also has to be to the nth degree. The thing about love is, for us humans, we need to share this love & also need to get love in return. That is an inherent flaw in us. But he is flawless & as such he does not need us to love him. Maybe, he in his benevolence, to give us his infinite love, became the many us. He created us in his image (isn’t that what the bible said), but not our body, our soul. As our scriptures say, soul is formless, it is pure, it cannot be created or destroyed & that is so much like the concept of a perfect god. However, it is this body that we have at birth that is gross (I mean in spiritual terms) when compared to the soul & the manifestation of ego as ‘I’ in our consciousness that prevents from realizing our true self. It is like a mirror that is covered with dirt. It is only when you willfully clean the muck on its surface, the mirror becomes clean & you can see the true reflection of the self.
So maybe that is the point of creation, love. Divine love. The infinite love that the Supreme Being has for the many parts of him, us.
But then is it really? There is another school of thought that says that there is actually no creation & it is all a cosmic dream that we are all part of & interconnected. I mean how do we know what is real. For e.g. when you are sleeping & having a vivid dream, at that point it is very real isn’t it? We get up crying out if it is a bad dream, we laugh out loud if it a funny dream & then you wakeup. And you realise that it was just a dream. So what if death is that wakeup from the cosmic dream. And you sleep again & start on a new dream that is life.
You know what, after all this, I think I am back where I started. This is why having the right spiritual guide or teacher is so very important. Because he has already traveled that path & with correct directions, he makes your journey that much faster. Therefore the Sanskrit shlok – Guru Brahma, Guru Vishnu, Guru Devo Maheshwara. Guru Saakshat Parabrahma, Tasmai Shree Guravae Namah. Because he lights up the path of knowledge in your pursuit of the Absolute Truth & helps you in realizing the god within you & thus become a divine being yourself, he is God or his equivalent. Teachers’ today like to quote this shlok without understanding its true meaning. Therefore, when the subject is flawed & so is the teacher, why expect a perfect student?
Postulating a Theory on Evolution
Some of you already know about my struggle with religion in my quest to find the truth. I had rebelled against the faith I was born into because I felt at that time that there were many shortcomings in the practice of this religion. Life definitely has come full circle for me when now I realize that the shortcomings were actually in me, due to my restricted knowledge & lack of understanding. So this time around I came with my eyes fully open.
The funny thing about truth is there is no 2 ways about it. For something to be totally true, every aspect of it has to be true & in conformity to what you can perceive. Hence, my statement earlier as to why this is so important to me to work this one out.
The Hindu scriptures clearly states that every soul goes through a cycle of 84 lakh birth-death cycles to finally attain the human form. Starting from microscopic creatures, to plant life (Oh yes! Many of you did not know it, did you? Our scriptures clearly say that plants fall under the living category & we all go through that phase to reach here. There was a time, where the ancients used only dead wood or collected wood fallen down from the trees and cut those trees that are already dying. And every time a tree was cut, there was a ritual wherein the woodcutter asks for permission & begs forgiveness for his act ), to birds, animals & then finally man. And having come here, the time is to be actually invested to get out of the whole cycle which is termed as ‘Nirvana’ or ‘Attaining Salvation’. However, we spend most of our time in frivolous pastimes wasting this opportunity & then start again somewhere in the cycle based on our deeds. Now, for this to be true, there has to be an explanation for what we are seeing in nature. This got me thinking as to how using this framework, one can explain how certain species become extinct, never to come back. For eg. - you have the Dodo bird that has been extinct for a long time now. Not a single bird is left thus giving rise to the phrase ‘As dead as a Dodo’.
While I tried to reason this out for a long time, only recently have I come up with a plausible answer (that is if any of this is plausible at all – you know there is a school of thought that says that actually there is no creation & that we are all part of a cosmic dream. Remember the movie – The Matrix). Well it goes something like this -
Man is a very selfish creature. In his unending quest to quench his greed, he has been looting & destroying the wealth of nature as if the world is his fiefdom & everything in it is just to please his every whim & fancy. Every society of man has been progressively growing more & more evil in its outlook to fellow human beings as well as other inhabitants of this planet. In such a scenario, it is only obvious that we will have to start from the lowest order again. And in our materialistic quest we have destroyed innumerable plant & animal species. Now with every death, the soul progresses. So would these plant & animal life. Hence, while in one hand we have an increase in human population around the world, there has been also an explosion in the many germs & microscopic lifeform which forms the lowest order in the migratory cycle of the soul.
The fact that entire species have become extinct forever, such that it will never appear again makes me think about one more important aspect about life on this planet. I think that we are very close to the time for the universe to end. The ‘Pralaya’ that the scriptures talk about. We may have only a few hundred years or a few thousand maybe left at the most. A few hundred or thousand years on a cosmic scale is nothing against the backdrop of a universe that is billions of years old. It is as small as a micro second in comparison. And then creation will happen all over again. It is an unending cycle & only the creator knows how many times this universe has been created & destroyed, only to be created again. For that is ordained.
Rebirth - A Theorem & its Corollary
Hi,
This is something, a thought that has been going on in my mind for a very long time & I decided to give it shape or rather put it in words & mail across to get reactions to the same.
I am sure most of you remember high school geometry where we had Theorems & Corollary’s of the Theorems. For those who don’t, I will give you a small example just to refresh your memories. For example, we have the Pythagoras Theorem which states that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. There was also a corollary based on the proof of the theorem that the remaining to sides of this triangle form a right-angle & that it lies opposite to the hypotenuse.
Keeping with this principle, I propose a theorem stating that – Rebirth is a fact & not fiction & a corollary to this theorem saying that – Brain is not the only seat of memory.
Now for the corollary to be proved as true, first it has to be proved that rebirth if a fact.
Theorem - Rebirth is a fact & not fiction.
Traditional science pooh-poohs the whole idea of rebirth as old world nonsense and believes only what can be proved scientifically. Fortunately, science has evolved and modern science, especially the parapsychology branch, has been trying to find answers to questions that weren’t even considered serious enough to warrant a search for an answer, let alone find one.
However, for establishing the concept of Rebirth as fact here, proof is necessary. Now the question that would most definitely rise in your mind is how in heaven’s name will I ever prove it? Well the answer to that is, I won’t. That is, somebody else has already gone to great lengths to document cases across the globe. Probably the best known collection of scientific data that appears to provide scientific proof that reincarnation is real is the life's work of Dr. Ian Stevenson. Dr. Stevenson has devoted the last forty years to the scientific documentation of past life memories of children from all over the world. He has over 3000 cases in his files. Many people, including skeptics and scholars, agree that these cases offer the best evidence yet for reincarnation. (For those who are still skeptical, please visit this link http://reluctant-messenger.com/reincarnation-proof.htm . This would go a long way in allaying your fears where a ‘western’ scientist has provided scientific & documentary evidence of rebirth).
Hence, due to lack of time & first hand knowledge and considering the authenticity & detailing of Dr. Stevenson’s work, I hereby surmise & submit as proof that rebirth is a fact & not fiction.
Now for the corollary.
Corollary to the Rebirth Theorem – Brain is not the only seat of memory.
What re-birth really means is having memory of an earlier life. Now everyone knows the story of Gautam Buddha wherein on attaining Nirvana, he remembered all his past lives. Here, we are dealing with lesser mortals & even rarer incidents of remembering our past lives.
Now, if the brain were the only seat of memory as is generally believed, then it is impossible for people to have any remembrance of a past life. For on death, every part of your body including your brain is destroyed & on birth, a new brain is created from scratch. So how is that any person can any memory of his/her past life.
Here I would like to enter into the unscientific grounds & propose that maybe it is recorded in the soul of an individual. If the scriptures are to be believed, the soul is a small particle that is situated in the heart region of individual. So, is it possible for something as miniscule as that to record so much in detail. Well let’s take modern day pen drives for example. Not only are they getting smaller in size with each passing day, they are also improving on the memory side. As it is today, we have pen drives that have around 40GB as memory. And that is a lot of memory. So imagine the kind of technology God can create. For him, this is no big deal.
So, taking the computer memory parallel further, if we equate the soul to a pen drive, the human body to a computer & the hard drive as the brain, then, we can say that certain data, if not all, can be saved into this pen drive/soul & password protected such that you cannot access these files without the proper password when plugged-in to another computer/body. However, for whatever reasons, some of us tend to remember this ‘password’ & can access these files. And thus, we have memories of a previous life or evidence of rebirth.
As to why this happens & why only a select few are fortunate enough (are they really?) to remember is something that I have no answer for. But for now, thus it is proved that for rebirth to be a fact, brain cannot be the only seat of memory.
I rest my case. Any takers?
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