Regards,

OC

Many of us ignore facts and suppress our own inquisitiveness, suppress our own understanding deep down in our hearts to avoid strife, tension between peers etc…Confusing? What is the meaning of shiv ling and its shape? Some know but yet shy away from re-thinking it, some who don’t know can easily find it on the web!

What is my point? People are born and are raised in a religion. Some stay, some leave. Those who shy away from their inner instincts are the ones who have more probability of staying, but still struggling to be satisfied with what their faith is all about. Those who search for the truth, prompted to respond to their inner instincts, leave their faith or stay if it really makes sense. Confusing?

People of India…listen to your heart deep down. Do you really think that these symbols signify the presence of God? You live for 70 years and you think you either become non-existent or come as another being? Do you really believe deep down that this is your fate? I have struggled with my faith in which I was born but now have found the trophy of my quest, God! Why shouldn’t I speak to everyone about it? Many of you have zeal, a zeal for the faith in which you were born. But your own heart cannot accept the things which you would like to believe, because it doesn’t exist. Your zeal without the knowledge of the truth will take you to the pits of hell where there is only darkness, anguish and suffering and you will realize that it is neither your re-incarnation nor your non-existence. I am in no way inclined to speak against you or your beliefs. I know the zeal I had for my faith in which I was born. I had no knowledge nor satisfaction of my heart until I found what I have come to believe. Confusing?

Would you trade-in 70 years of zeal for wrong things, so that you follow your family tradition, so that you don’t offend your parents, so that you be blinded by your own zeal? or Rather would you look, open your eyes and listen to your heart and search for the thing that is real?
Would you trade-in 70 years of decent living on earth for eternity in abyss? or Rather would you smack you brains and get to work to find the truth, so that you can spend eternity with the real God?
Please India, time the deal with the pretensions and bring the facts to the table and deal with it. Let the people who are bound by spiritual darkness be released by this truth. Jesus Christ is this Truth. He is waiting for you to seek Him. Call upon Him and He will answer. Jesus saves from eternal fire (hell)!Don’t let it be too late.

If you pledge by Mahadeva then understand first that whatever happens is His WILL.

As i read from the internet, only two well known ‘nath’ sampradays are known in world right now: Adi-nath and Nandinatha Sampradaya.

Adinath is the linage of the great Matsyendranath and Gorakhnath ji. the second last nath in this chain, initiated a ‘white’ who near the time of his death, declared - no more initiation of Indians!!! and only whites!
[Shri Gurudev Mahendranath (April 29, 1911–August 30, 1991) was a British occultist, real name: Lawrence Miles in London, England founder of International Nath Order (originally Western Nath Order) after getting initiation(mistake) by Shri Sadguru Lokanath of Uttarkashi, India into adi-nath sampraday, Shri Pagala Baba of Ranchi initiated(mistake) him into the tantrik Uttara Kaula. Later(result) this guy decided: " As Guru of these ancient sects, Shri Mahendranath resolved not to pass on the Indian Sannyasi initiation into these sects. He made no new Indian sadhus. "

so a British, in the end, stole the great tantra and linage too...
]

same with Nandinath linage, the reins has been handed over to a white who has settled in Hawaii and 1)is not accessible to ordinary hindus. 2)whites get the privilege and preference for doing prayer, knowledge etc. over Indians.

Those who know Shiv-Puran, plz. read the story of durgam-danav (killed by Devi Durga).

the great lord SadaShiv has also said that knowledge should be given to the ‘right’-person only.

the real knowledge and essence of hindu religion is being silently stolen by west, and here we are discussing what?

my heart cries.

har har mahadev!
jai bharat maa!

Hi Nanda,

your “my personal view is that this is clearly god’s way to say “Gimme sometime alone, please, for once!!”..certainly brought a smile to my face.

You have struck upon various issues really ..exactly as I would have liked it while writing this piece. Te discussion about non duality or Dvaita Advaita is as old as the hills and perhaps will continue to the end of time. I guess some queries are meant never to be answered for the search to perpetuate timelessly.

I find myself agreeing with you totally when you lament over the pursuance of finding God outside ourselves..since I am a keen Vippassana student, the meditation technique which finally led to Buddhas enlightenment and which makes us the sole creators of our spiritual destiny, denying the hand of god sitting high up in ‘harsh climates’.

Paradoxically, like most humans however, I disagree when the Dvaita student in me raises its head and the faith and “Bhakti’ deeply ingrained theories strike out. I find myself precariously swinging between both these worlds, equally an adherent , passionately so of their guidelines. If faith be the cornerstone of spiritual progress, which experience shows me to be true, then I am well on my way. Simultaneously, if disregard for rituals and symbolic actions be the test of a true Advaita meditator, I may find myself in that category as well. If you recall , therefore I began by asking ‘do we consider ourselves deuteragonists’ in that sense.

I also believe strongly in what I wrote above, to do with shrines being at places that call for an arduous trek ..”The journey if arduous and long, intensifies the purpose, magnifies the longing and purifies ones intention. So much so that eventually, the Self has been elevated to a degree of cleansing that makes for a receptive medium.. If the insides are full of hatred, envy, anger, despair, ire, there is little that can be received. Only an empty receptacle can be replenished with blessings and energy.”

It is merely another way to get deep into our self conscious for those to who tangible assimilation of religious ideals is a must. All paths lead to the sun if interpreted metaphorically will elucidate my point. The sum total or bottom line remains an elevated and heightened sense of spiritual awareness.. As Vivekananda said’ You can be born in a church but dont die in one”..meaning progress is the only yardstick of inner growth. Human life has just this one goal..none other.