Claiming to be secular, we carve out a way
to extend the boundaries on which we stand today. Irrespective of what we do,
we tend to console our guilt conscious by stating the cliché of being secular.
Such has our lust increased that we could form an explanation justifying even
the most heinous action we are driven to do. Hence giving us enormous room to
do almost anything and yet claim to be unperturbed by the sickened society. In
ancient texts of the Hindu religion, a situation of this order is mentioned to
happen, where chaos will be such that its entropy will be beyond any human’s
control. Indeed, we are a part of such a beautiful
society this day.
“Lust, hunger, poverty, anger and attachment
eats up our intelligence and invites infamy to our life’s course.” After a
while of realization of the selection of the wrong path, man repents for its
incorrect choice. At this point, repentance goes in vain, since we already made
a choice which led us this far that we have done things that were strictly
beyond the boundaries set by our culture and civilization. Our roots have
decayed in such a manner that the tree could fall even against a slightest
breeze. This downfall of morality has a direct influence over the stability of
a civilization. When men cannot protect their integrity, how possibly could
they protect their civilization, which stands at the brink of devastation?
The discussion of the ingenuity of a
religion is not the matter in front of us. The matter is to accept one and
start the process of self-realization. Until and unless we know what we are,
and the true purpose of life, we can’t make up a prosperous and ethical society.
According to the words of a great saint; “ the one who sees unity in diversity,
peace in a warfront, love in hatred is liable to be designated as a perfect
man.” These words although seem very vague and ambiguous, allows our intellect
to seek for the unsaid mystery.
We attain peace and happiness, when we
start looking inside us, when we find the diversity in our own self. We remain
calm and composed, action-less and motionless, because we are now aware of the
truth. Every job a man does is to attain happiness and pleasure. Some feel they
can achieve it by earning more and more money, while others feel they achieve
it by spending time with their family. But neither of these could provide them
eternal and perpetual happiness. The only way to achieve this never ending
happiness is by knowing oneself, and it’s possible only by the knowledge of
this eternal yet mortal world. The moment we are able to conceive the truth,
millions of ambiguities and doubts get clarified, there’s no more jealousy,
anger and a communal harmony presides over our intellect.
This perpetual happiness is just the first
stepping stone. The eternal bliss seconds it, which is achieved when man is
able to see the residing almighty in him. At this stage, no creature seems less
than god; he seeks the divine manifestation in each and every thing around him.
He’s all happy, and totally content, he neither cries for the departed, nor
welcomes the new born, since he’s saturated with the true knowledge, which
leads us to think and understand beyond this mortal attachment.
The whole basis of a religion is to bring
order into human society, and protect it from destruction, the destruction that
had originated from the mortal beings making up the society, to give a society
the true knowledge and make them aware of the truth behind every happening.
It’s not the external source that is responsible behind the destruction of a
society, but the internal chaos which adds up to the antisocial elements.
If we have the perception that the divine
knowledge is useless at this stage, then it’s time to think again, you might be
sleeping in the darkest of nights, and when you wake up, there’s nothing left
for resurrection. It’s high time to get back to the basics and learn from it,
the essence of quality living.
