Do or Die

Yes, one day or the other, all of us are to give up the body this is what is normally called death. But, if we understand that mere giving up of the body is not dying and actually, there is nothing called death it is a mere mental formation we stand to gain the kingdom of immortality.

Try to understand the gravity of the situation. Die we must today or tomorrow. Are we prepared for that moment? If today itself we have to go who can deny the possibility or resist the pull are we prepared? If we are scared, we are not prepared. Our fears only tell us how entangled our mind is. The task is gigantic. In order to conquer death, the mind has to be brought under control. Death is a mere conditioning, mere phantom, with no real existence. A conditioned mind fears it out of the belief that everything is going to be lost with death. Is it really so? The masters tell us that when the false beliefs, conditionings, incompleteness and desires are given up by right understanding, the mind experiences its own subtle, immortal base. The Self is luminous, eternal and blissful. It is the Reality behind everything that is apparent. Controlling the mind is as difficult as controlling a storm itself. Lukewarm approaches, soft steps are not going to help. An all pronged attack has to be planned and executed. All aspects of the mind need to be taken into consideration. All functions of the mind perception, volition, intelligence, emotion, mental formation and ego need to be made best use of. Inactivity has to be sublimated into activity, and activity into unactivity. So, mere mechanical concentration is not going to help. Meditation is not concentration. Development of unactivity is impossible to attain without clear understanding, clear intention, clear will and clear planning & its execution. Till the time the mind is transcended, it has to be made best use of.

Time is short. It is running away with incredible speed. Only yesterday we were children. Are we making best use of the time we have got? Is it a life with a direction or a haphazard and meaningless life that we are living? Are we satisfied with the way we are passing our days? Are we really living without regrets? And if not, do we have the time to think whether any direction can be given to our life; whether life with satisfaction and without regrets is a possibility?

Satisfaction is possible only when the contemplative faculties are invoked. This requires tremendous scavenging capabilities. Giving up the junk is a prerequisite. Clean the dust from the mirror, the reflection is spontaneous.

We need to give the hardest blows to the wasteful wanderings of the mind. Looking at the current requirements of man, these strong blows have been formulated in the form of six laws. If we make them the base of our thinking process, there is no power on earth that can stop us from unfolding the divine possibilities hidden in us.

No proof, no belief

Nothing needs to be accepted without scientific substantiation. Krishnas and Buddhas and Christs need to be tested analytically and then experientially. All of us belong to the age of science, the age of testing everything at the altar of experience. We cannot afford to ignore scientific temper in this age of ours.

A physicist goes to his lab, conducts experiments with certain instruments, over certain objects and writes down his observations over a period of time. Then, he tries to find out the hidden schemes of nature in what is so apparent. He calls these schemes of nature the natural laws. Having proved these laws himself in his lab, he then proclaims it to the whole world. He has discovered the laws and anybody, anywhere, anytime can go to his lab and put them to test. Others following his instructions, conduct the experiments in their own labs and testify the truth or falsity of the assertions of the discoverer. The discoverer, if he is really scientific, is always open to objective suggestions and queries.

What has happened here? The subject the discoverer scientist goes to his lab the place most congenial to the experiments. He passes the object the thing to be scrutinized through the observation of his instruments the most appropriate way of making observations. Then he scans the observations objectively, dispassionately and intently. Subjectivity, bias or prejudice have no place in his observation, scanning and analysis because he is a scientist. The Earth moves clockwise or anti clockwise around the Sun or the Sun oscillates around the Earth, he only observes. He has nothing personal to gain from his observations. The moment any personal gain or bias comes into picture, the scientist does not remain a scientist.

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