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Liberation Today

Yesterday my daughter asked me this question-why do people want to know about the future when they should be bothered about the present? I answered that the future is unknown and what is hidden is more intriguing than the present day.The present is happening to us and 99% of the time we are not happy about it. So we look forward to the future which may hold the key to happiness and success.This was the great worldly knowledge that i imparted to her. I was not happy with what i told her.Then I thought back to a few days back when my dear student had asked me a question about whether we do come back to a human form after death or not.I explained to her it all depends on our karma. or what we say as Prarabdha Karma.The next life is not at all in your hands. You may come back as a tiger, cat, worm or any living creature.You may get a human form also. Or you may become a tree.The chances of getting a human form is 1:180million lives!!!That is the number of lives we are supposed to live in

Taboo subjects

Y'day I was talking to someone about the forbidden topic of Sex. Why forbidden?Because in India we don't talk it out loud.Though we are all experts at it.The question which arose was why do we consider the topic taboo? Now consider this the rest of the world young students at the age of 13 or 15 have already experienced it still here in India we are so particular about our kids not doing that.95% of the world thinks it is ok to have sex before marriage or at school.But here in India we deride it. Now consider this 95% of the world says it is okay are they right or are we right? Similarly we denounce the killing of cows. The world over beef is eaten. So again the question is whether we are right or is the world?Similarly we again go back to our earlier question are we right or is the world view on sex right.

Need For A higher Authority

My friend visited a Satsang organised by one of the local Gurus and found his teachings absolutely not workable. The Guru exorted the delegates to get up early in the morning,around 4am to do a round of breathing and yogic excercises. That was recomended for about an hour or two. He wondered how many of those hundred thousand delegates would do it so early in the morning. Can most of the world citizens do that? Not possible would be the most favourite answer. Similarly do you meet God by doing such rigourous excersises would be the next question.That would mean most of the guys who frequent the gyms or do the drills in school, cricket players etc would have met God by now. So that would mean the Religion and spiritual world would be a domain of just a few. What would happen to the rest of the people. Would they go to hell or purgatory because they have not had the opportunity to do those things as required by the religious heads?Then where is salvation for the rest of the world who are

Trust

Yesterday I wrote on the belief systems today I think the next in line is the word Trust.Whom do we trust in .Our parents when we are small,Later it is our friends,teachers etc.After we get married we trust our spouses.the temple priests,our padres and the religious heads.Our presidents and prime ministers. Do you know they all let us down?Not one of them can be trusted in your life. Then the question arises if all these guys are prone to let us down then whom to trust? The wise guys says GOD. But then again we wonder why all these calamities occur time and again.Why are there wars,natural calamities and things like the world trade center crashes? That also sets u thinking where was God then at that time ? He could have prevented all these things if He wanted to!So again how can we trust an entity we cant see?I always wanted to question someone on this issue.The religious heads and the spiritualists too.If you have not seen the finer authority then how can u say that HE exists?Only tho

Belief

More than 50% of this world is atheist or communists.They do not believe in the existence of GOD. When the believers try to persuade the non believers about the existence of God, they meet a stonewall.How do you convince a non believer about this esoteric being,who is not even visible.To prove that is difficult,or rather impossible. So let us assume that what the non believers say is also true and give them a benefit of doubt.The philosophies worldwide says start with the belief in the existence of God.But why not start with the non existence and then prove your point.The Vedas say that we can start the Question round and say Neti,Neti meaning Not This,Not This.So the moment you ask the question whether this is God the answer is Neti neti.Where does all this lead us to? That to every thing we will end up saying Neti neti.does this not prove otherwise that God is not this.Neither this nor that.So where is the Almighty?Do you the reader have any particular answer for this riddle? Please