When human brain had not yet evolved as it is today or even in times of Lord Krishna… human beings relied on different beliefs (falling in category of religion) primarily to ward off evil spirits or to invoke blessings of Almighty God. Even before religions came into the scene… existed Sanatana Dharma (path of righteousness).
As tree of dharma evolved further… various religions came into being! At this stage none knew what God Almighty stood for. To appease God Almighty all the time… people indulged in various religious rituals! As religion evolved further… some people followed path of bhakti yoga (total surrender to God Almighty) to reach god in their lifetime.
As the brain of human beings evolved further… human beings started thinking about the origin of god! Slowly God revealed himself through revelations like Vedas in Hinduism. These revelations were invoked by highly evolved sages of that era! Sages who believed in religious rituals… and also path of contemplation, self enquiry… logistical reasoning!
Slowly the sages realized that we were primarily a spirit… and not the manifest physical human form! We were primarily a soul atman, the spirit within that manifested human form to work out its karma… remove dross impurities within! This became possible when sages travelled path of jnana yoga (path of absolute wisdom) to reach god.
This path of jnana yoga (absolute wisdom) falls under category of spirituality not religion. As we were primarily a spirit… search for god meant travelling path of spirituality, path of contemplation… path of self enquiry, path of logistical reasoning to reach our true inner self. With passage of time… these evolved sages realized that karma could be negated to zero only by travelling path of spirituality… never religion!
In present times, the present Kali Yuga… dark age, metal age… reaching god via path of bhakti yoga (path of religion… path of rituals) was totally ruled out. Path of bhakti yoga demands total surrender to God Almighty which in present times of strife tribulation seemed impossible. Path of jnana yoga advocates travelling path of nishkama karma yoga… offering fruits of karma performed to God Almighty all the time!
The sacred Bhagavad Gita… the doctrine given to mankind by Lord Krishna details everything relating to path of spirituality that directly led one to God Almighty! One thing must be borne in mind… path of religion (rituals) was totally distinct from path of spirituality. It is path of spirituality that tells us about indulging in absolute celibacy for a minimum period of 12 years in continuation for full awakening of Kundalini Shakti, the coiled Serpentine energy lying dormant in base of spine!
Full awakening of kundalini energy results in opening of Sahasra Pushpa (thousand petalled Lotus) existing in our brain behind forehead. One immediately becomes an enlightened one… a bodhi, a Jina… a Mahavira forever! Journey of spiritual path had its pitfalls! In my search for god, I do not know how many times I had to eat hell for breakfast… how many contemplations of suicide! 25 years of yoga meditation… I finally reached god in the wee hours of third of August 1993 at 37 years of age!
It took me more than eight years before I realized the difference between religion and spirituality! More on religion and spirituality
By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who Realized God in 1993 – (Ref 150806)
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