When we were positive in life the results were always positive! For results to precipitate it definitely took some time! Negative thoughts precipitated faster. In my 60 years of life never for once did the opposite happen. Yes, thinking positive all the time sometimes I had to wait for results for days! While indulging in hit and trial method […]
In physical manifest form, human beings could never cross boundaries of time and space… now or in future ever! As ordained by God moment human beings reached stage of enlightenment and finally moksha salvation… as a free soul atman one could travel to any part of cosmos at will. The powers of all enlightened souls like Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, […]
From ground floor of Empire State building can we view whole of New York? As we climbed different floors our view increases. The whole of New York becomes visible from top floor. Indulging in yoga meditation… path of contemplation we activated dormant lying portions of brain. As our indulgence in yoga meditation, accordingly the utilization of brain! Normal human beings […]
In the nascent stages when human form had not yet evolved as today, people worshipped Surya Devta mostly out of fear as absence of sunlight on mother earth even for a few days could result in death of every form of life. With advancements in science, the mystery of Surya Devta no more remained a mystery, everything became known to […]
Stage of Nirvikalpa Samadhi was not that easily reached. Mahavira stood on a hillock for 12 years in continuation to reach stage of Nirvikalpa Samadhi. Siddhartha Gautama sat under a bodhi tree for a period of 12 years to reach stage of Nirvikalpa Samadhi. Remaining in state of Nirvikalpa Samadhi permanently announces one becoming an enlightened one forever. Nirvikalpa […]
Contemplation, the only path to indulging in meditation could be practiced anywhere… in the open or most crowded streets of the city. In the initial stages of spiritual pursuit I also believed that meditation is best indulged in the quiet confines of a room. Slowly I realized I could indulge in contemplation even while jogging, walking, standing, swimming… studying or […]
Position in Hinduism or Jainism was not different than Christianity. People went to temples to pray to God but all the time indulged in meaningless gossip. No one seemed interested in knowing God. When young about six years of age I accompanied my mother to various Jain temples. I also prayed to God through medium of idols kept in […]
Perceived from pessimist point of view the glass was half empty but from an optimists point of view the glass was half full. The present society is going downhill and in a short while from now would reach a point of no return. In Dwapar Yuga during times of Lord Krishna almost similar conditions existed. To put the society […]
Love is the fundamental property of cosmic system in absence of which no living form could survive. Love was necessary to maintain harmony, order in the society. It is only our love for God that human beings embarked on spiritual journey. It is our love for mother earth that human beings cared for mother next to God. It was only […]
Initially came, tree of Dharma that developed a strong footing with advent of Lord Krishna (an avatar of his era) who succeeds in re-establishing Dharma (righteousness). This tree of Dharma developed its first branch and came, Mahavira (24th Tirthankara of Jainism). Few years later another branch and advent Siddhartha Gautama! Still another branch; came Jesus Christ and a few centuries […]
Bhagavad Gita does not relate to physical manifest life! If our goal of life was spiritual only then we must indulge in Bhagavad Gita, never otherwise! Following teachings contained in Bhagavad Gita human beings finally reached God in their lifetime. I know many who started in pursuit of God via path of jnana yoga as detailed in Bhagavad Gita only […]
As detailed in Bhagavad Gita divinity was present in every human being from beginning of life. An avatar descending from above was allegorical, a metaphor to explain importance of an avatar for mankind. One amongst us, an ordinary mortal in times of extreme strife, tribulation takes upon himself the responsibility of re-establishing dharma (righteousness)! Such a feat could not be […]
In yesteryears in erstwhile Bharatvarsha (now India) accomplished sages and Rishis initially indulged in contemplation to realize abstract truths of life from above. Not a single word from God had been invoked by mankind until now. As the thinking process, the thinking prowess of sages and Rishis grew… they indulged more and more in contemplation on God. They devised various […]
Listening to inner voice all the time, the voice of our soul atman, consciousness we could manifest destiny reach cosmic end of life… emancipate from cycle of birth and death forever! If our goal of life is not spiritual, we could still manifest success to accomplish any goal in life. Listening to what others said or did human beings […]
In pursuit of God from six years of age I was always fascinated by mantras in Hinduism and also Jainism. Born a Jain I always asked elders in the family or outside to convey the exact meaning behind mantras. I even asked many Jain Munis the correct meaning of mantras but none could explain anything. Exasperated I contemplated and finally […]
In daytime our brain indulged in myriads of thoughts relating to our day-to-day activities in life… mostly related to our earning bread-and-butter. Leaving apart top entrepreneurs, most human beings went to work to earn their livelihood and accordingly was the invocation of thoughts! In the evening or night all thoughts relating to livelihood subside. We invoked thoughts relating to […]
As detailed in Bhagavad Gita the whole society was divided into Varna (never caste system). If a Brahmin engages in a shoe shop one would be considered a vaishya (trader) and never a Brahmin. If a shudra indulged in scriptures… one would be considered a Brahmin, never a shudra! In the history of Hinduism there were many so-called Shudras who […]
Dominated by an ego (Aham in Hinduism) we failed to realize our true identity as a spirit, consciousness existing in heart. Before separating from God all souls atmans were pure. The moment they got separated (at the time of big bang); during their cosmic sojourn they got mired in impurities similar as a rolling ball gathers moss. To cleanse self […]
Who created the entire cosmos? Who created souls atmans? The present human form was manifested by our soul atman to cleanse self of dross impurities within! The whole cosmic system was directly governed by law of karma… as we sow so shall we reap nothing less or more. Human beings were directly controlled by their ego (Aham in Hinduism) but […]
In heaven (swarga) existed souls atmans related to solar system, but having a positive residual balance of karma! Those with a negative residual balance of karma existed in hell (naraka). Both heaven and hell existed in sun… heaven in the core of sun where temperatures exceeded millions of degrees centigrade, it was in such high temperatures a soul atman felt […]
Lord Brahma, the creator was part of Hindu Trinity of gods! Lord Brahma is considered the creative attribute of God Almighty (Brahman in Hinduism). As a human being we were just born. Nothing related to birth was in our control. Once we were born, the role of Lord Brahma ends! Why pray to Lord Brahma when he could not interfere […]
The Mughal rule in India lasted over 330 years, much more than British! More Hindus were converted into followers of Islam during Mughal period than British rule. The conversion from Hindu to Christianity was minimal compared to Islamic Dharma! The Islam religion spread its tentacles far and wide during Mughal rule and exists even today. The followers of Islam in […]
The development of human brain predates not more than 10,000 years! As per Jain philosophy, initially came Kulkaras who developed farming and related activities. During this time the human brain was in its infancy. It was only through hit and trial the human brain evolved with time. By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who Realized God in 1993 […]
When six years of age I had 100% faith in God (termed shraddha in Hinduism). My former schooling had not yet started, science was totally absent! Belief in God had no relationship with science. Spirituality starts from the point where science ends. Belief in God relates to field of spirituality. Through limited parameters of science we would never be […]
The one and only God in entire cosmos was Brahman, the creator of present cosmos! All other gods and goddesses of Hinduism and other religions of world were only attributes of God (Brahman). It is God Almighty (Brahman) that exploded self with a big bang to form present cosmos. By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who Realized God […]
Despite all teachings of Buddhism laid bare, not a single practitioner of Buddhism indulged in contemplation to reach cosmic end of life, 8.4 millionth manifestation! You indulged in contemplation for a period of 12 years under a bodhi tree to reach stage of enlightenment but to what avail! Bookish reading has become the order of day. All indulged in scriptures […]