Pooja Room ( Part II )

 For continuity please read Pooja Room Part I )

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Among various methods of cleaning, tidying and organizing the mind, the Pooja Room, is bydream analysis. The nature of dreams indicates the amount of junk and  garbage piled up in the mind and their analysis helps in discarding this junk by and by.There are numerous kinds of dreams but we can divide them into three broad categories:

 

(I) The dreams which you see while sleeping.

 

(II ) Day dreams, the dreams which you see while awake but transported to some other world. Technically you are awake with your eyes open but you are not present in the world around you.

 

(III) Life long dream when you are in deep slumber from your birth till death.

 

To begin with we take up the first category which is accepted by most people to fall within the purview of a dream as such.  When I use the plural of dream in the forthcoming discussion, it will not include the second and third category unless specifically stated. The other two categories will each need independent consideration.

 

Dreams are nature's device or mechanism to maintain the equilibrium of mind and to save it from explosion. In most of the cases mind is so much full of information, data, thoughts, emotions,memories,ideas ,proposals,plans,decisions and a lot more that it is at the point of break down and it cannot perform even its day to day 

 

minimum functions. This is the stage of a man  gone haywire. This situation can also be termed as nervous break down or neurosis. Such an extreme situation is a serious cause for concern and needs to be handled by specialists in psycho analysis or professional Counsellors . Unfortunately in such cases people take the help of psychiatrists who rather than providing any relief compound the gravity of the sufferer by prescribing tranquilizers and intoxicants. This situation of the mind can be illustrated with the analogy of your over burden of work to such an extent that your physical efficiency is drastically reduced, some times to the level of zero or minus, when you break down completely and fall sick reducing your output of the pending work to nil. Counseling from practicing psychologists, spiritual practices and religious rituals are more effective and useful in such extreme cases than the treatment by psychiatrists.

 

Since the mind is not capable of handling the work assigned to it , it begins to process the data at night or any other time when you are half asleep. In fact, in such a situation it is almost impossible to have soothing sound sleep. The sound sleep comes to you in fits and starts broken every now and then by the restlessness of the mind weaving the web of dreams as a solution to various riddles on the basis of trial and error and different permutations and combinations. The result is highly complicated and complex dreams which have no sequence, cause and effect or any other logical unity. What these dreams mean and what they portend is a subject of separate study but the presence of such like dreams gives indication of a mind full of junk that needs to be discarded.

Pooja Room ( Part I )

The mind is your Pooja Room for meditation, Self realization and god realization. Before inviting God to this place it needs to be thoroughly explored and cleaned. No negative or Devilish thoughts should be hiding anywhere.Everything  residing in any nook or corner of this place has to be shaken and checked to confirm that it should not be self and God repellent. All the dust and cobwebs have to be removed completely to make this place a sacred altar of God. Once it is done you are ready to receive your Honored Guest.

Human mind has numerous layers or compartments to store information, knowledge and incidents that happen in life. These layers of the mind have been divided into three broad categories: unconscious, sub-conscious and conscious. The functioning of the mind and its decisions depend on the information and data stored in mind. Our physical health is a function of the mind to a very great extent. Various physical ailments and disorders are psychosomatic and can be cured by examination of the mind and removing the aberrations from it that result into physical disorders. Unfortunately most of the information and data stored in the mind is negative, unwanted,undesirable and trash. With the passage of time this garbage shifts to the sub conscious level of mind and continues to play mischief from there. So far as the information and data stored in the unconscious mind is concerned, an individual cannot do much about it. This information and data come from the experiences of the previous births or from the genes. The cleansing of the unconscious mind can be done by the specialists only.

However the trash and impurities from the sub conscious and conscious compartments of mind can be easily removed with increased awareness , will power and determination of the individual. In case of necessity outside help can be taken from friends and relatives.  More than 90 percent of the garbage and debris leaves your mind when you shake and shuffle in the presence good and nice people around you.That is why the need for  SATSANG, the company of nice band divine souls,and not just a religious congregation . One method to remove the trash from mind is Self. Analysis and the other methods are meditation,DHAYAN Sadhna, Naam Jap ( the repetition of the name of god or goddess of your choice) and listening to devotional music. The entire process is the collective job of Head and Heart.

( The information provided here is sketchy and brief to draw the attention of the readers to this important aspect of an individual's preparedness for self and God realization )

Check List of MUKTI

I joined Speaking Tree Community with the idea of making search and research in the field of religious philosophy , spirituality , enlightenment and metaphysics.I wanted to confirm and authenticate some of my findings based on my meditation and inner journey. One of my personal convictions is that it is the same scene ,same light inside every body, a Grihasthi or a Sanyasi..,the Guru and the Shishya. This conviction has been confirmed to a very great extent after reading the experiences and ANUBHUTIES of a large number of seekers of the ST. The paths and roads could be different but the ultimate destination of every body is the same. The other difference of various seekers is because of their language and personal way of expression.In spite of attaining the highest point, at least theoretically , most of the seekers are in doubt whether they have reached the right destination or not. There is no way to ascertain it except through interaction with the fellow travelers. The professional mercenary self styled religious leaders will always evaluate you in poor light and discourage you. They can't tolerate a man being worldly wise and evolved at the same time. That is why the need of SATSANG ( the company of like-minded fellow travelers ) to remain on the right path without any chance of going astray The other thing to be seen is whether you have just gained knowledge of the other inner world by visiting it now and then in  DHAYAN and Meditation  or you have started living in that world of self realization and God realization. Those who have chosen to live in that world have certainly attained MUKTI , and freedom from the cycle of birth and death, whether they have any knowledge of this fact or not. The check list of MUKTI is : reduced interest in personal belongings,wealth and property, distancing from family, close relatives and friends, love and concern for the whole mankind,animals and vegetation , soothing feelings and divine pleasure in solitude,reduced requirement of food, personal clothing and comforts,the end of chaos in mind, increased mental and physical potential, freedom ( partial or complete) from various chronic ailments and diseases, regulated and reduced beating of the heart, rhythmic flow of inlet and outlet of the breath. All these changes are inside you purely personal, there is no need to renounce your family, wealth , property and the world. The requirement is of detached attitude towards all these physical entities and your readiness to leave it ungrudgingly as and when time comes.

Oneness of God & I

As long as the soul is confined to your body
And you identify yourself in body
You are mortal like a bubble or wave
On the surface of Ocean,

As soon as your body
Gets immersed in the soul
You become immortal
Like the Ocean
...
ATMA is not different from PARMATMA
Nor is it a part of the WHOLE
Both are one and the same element
Each nonexistent alone.

Remember, if you can't do without God
God can't do without you
He needs you as much as
You need HIM.

The relationship between man and God
is a pact of mutual interest
If man keeps God alive in himself
God won't allow any harm to man.

All religions admit
That God was alone in the beginning
If He wanted to hurt or harm man
Why should HE have crated him at all?

God is not responsible for the hurts and harms
That come to man
In fact he invites trouble for himself
In experimenting the deviation from the assigned path.

Every Indian knows well about five VIKARS or vices: KAAM, KRODH, LOBH, MOH and AHANKAR that according to Religious and Spiritual Teachers are deterrents to the attainment of MUKTI (salvation) or higher level of spiritual living. Many consider them necessary evils difficult to get rid of and willy-nilly accept them as way of life and some carry along with them a feeling of guilt. The number of corresponding vices according to Christianity is seven and these are termed as seven DEADLY SINS. Four are common - KAAM (Lust), KRODH (Wrath), LOBH(Greed),AHANKAR (Pride), there is no vice corresponding to MOH, and the additional three according to Christianity are: Sloth, Envy and Gluttony. I have never been able to fully accept or reject this viewpoint. For me the presence of these so called vices in moderation has never been a matter of concern or a deterrent to higher or spiritual level ,of living. The excess of any one or more in combination is highly damaging to the mind and body. The maximum apprehensions to the people are about the most haunting vice KAAM. After long deliberations with myself what I have been able to conclude, I would like to share with others. KAAM in Hindi is usually taken to mean as Sambhog (sexual intercourse) or more so as KAAMNA (desire). The English word LUST has the same connotations. Well sex as an procreative activity is inbuilt in human body, it cannot be and should not be banished from the body.In ancient times all the RISHIS and MUNIS indulged in this activity and never spoke against it.So SAMBHOG as a bodily function for procreation (not for pleasure) is essential and cannot be termed as VIKAR, vice or sin.It is basically an animal instinctive urge to survive and is pure and sacred.However, when sexual activity becomes a FUNCTION OF THE MIND,and begins to live in mind overwhelmingly it becomes Lust and is certainly a barrier to the spiritual and higher level of living.Not only that , it becomes a cause of numerous sex related crimes,aberrations and perversions.

The Ultimate Truth: God vs Devil -Part III
Facts & Fiction

The erosion of divine values love, brotherhood,caring and sharing has weakened God's camp of human beings which is attributed to the cyclical turn of events named KALIYUGA. Taking advantage of this weakened aspect Devil has sown the seeds of selfishness,hatred, greed and hostility among the shaken and stiffened followers of God, which means gradually weaning them away from God and swelling the ranks of Devil. As a result , otherwise hidden Devilish designs are coming to the fore and are causing conflicts, hatred and violence. Devil has his own share in the natural phenomenon of day and night and dwelling places of the human beings. Broadly speaking the day belongs to God and the night belongs to Devil. There are overlapping periods of dawn and dusk. Dawn predominantly belongs to God and the dusk to Devil. Similarly more than temples , and other places of worship, Devil has the sway at pubs, discotheques, harlot homes and star hotels, which are far more glamorous and gorgeous than temples.In bungalows of the rich God and Devil have their separately and specially earmarked places : temple room and bar room. As the sun moves towards west heralding the onset of dusk , the haunts of Devil : pubs, discos, bars , massage centers , dancing halls ,harlot homes become alive and abuzz with life and the priests begin to lull the gods to sleep for the night rest so that the Devil may have his full sway at night providing favorable opportunities to the rapists, burglars , thieves and scoundrels of all shades and hues. By and large all these activities of tribute to God and Devil go on smoothly except sporadic incidents of clash of interests now and then. No wonder, worshippers of God are often found among followers of Devil in night revelries and the followers of Devil pay courtesy calls at temples and other places of worship, and even publicly announce huge donations. In such an atmosphere of cordiality between God and Devil only a few extremists on both the sides make a worthless hue and cry.

The Ultimate Truth:God vs Devil (Part II)
Facts & Fiction

In order to avoid any entanglements and controversies  with representatives of  various sectarian religions I avoid any reference to the religious scriptures  or different gods and deities mentioned in these scriptures, yet everybody knows it well that the comparative study of various major religions of the world shows that human AVATARS ( manifest gods ,deities or incarnates) representing different religions of the world had a tough time fighting the demons, the hierarchical juniors of Devil on this earth. The fight of the AVATARS with the demons was neck to neck and the defeat  of the Devil has been only temporary, and no AVATAR has been successful in eradicating the evil influence of the Devil from earth for good. If that is the history of battles between God and Devil or for that purpose their followers on earth so far, is it not better to work out a reasonable compromise? The other amusing and interesting fact is that the problem of God vs Devil is there only on earth, which is just a very insignificant and infinitesimal part of the whole universe. Clearly, the problem is not between God and Devil, it is between man and man. Unfortunately man is not satisfied with his smooth life and comfortable position as man only, he aspires for a closer and higher position, either with God or with Devil, and this diseased psychology of man is responsible for all the evils, turmoils and violence, The ambitious men get aligned either with God or with Devil, without their consent, and rage a war of sorts among themselves putting the peace and security of the whole human race at risk.There will be perfect peace on earth when man learns to live as man. This subject has vast day to day ramifications, therefore it will be dealt with,in detail, separately.