Monday, January 5, 2009

THE REAL PURPOSE OF OUR LIFE

THE REAL PURPOSE OF OUR LIFE

THE PAST

Almighty has blessed us with this life to take a part in this material world to enjoy the worldly life full of sensual joy with certain limitations so that we will not miss the opportunity to learn the real purpose of this life. It is indeed a rare opportunity to have taken this birth since it is very difficult to get a chance to take birth as a human being. We are not aware of our past life and we may not know whether there is a chance to take another birth as human being. We are witnessing multidimensional personalities who are contributing their best to make this world a better place to live in spite of the erratic growth of population on one side and fast deteriorating moral values in the guise of modern civilization on the other.

The development in all spheres of life helped the world population to transform into a global village by revolutionary progress in the communication technology on one side and at the same time terror and crime has taken the steering wheel to drive the individual to the lowest rung of the ladder. Then how shall we react to all this so called progress?

There is no doubt about the advantages of this progress in material life but at the same time it is depressing to note the fast deteriorating human values in the process. Who is to be blamed for all this prevailing environment of hostility and feeling of insecurity in our lives? Who is responsible for all this?

The answer is obvious. We have to blame ourselves and there is no point in blaming the society as a whole since that is nothing but hypocrisy. Again the question arises as to how can we, the individuals with all these limitations be able to get over this chaotic situation? Do we have to fall victims to all this and under go silent suffering and feel miserable and helpless?

This is the thinking pattern of most of the sane individuals since they are very much disturbed with the prevailing situation. But if we apply our thought and think positively there appears a simple solution to make this very life of ours a most glorious one. It is to divert our attention from this chaos and concentrate on the job we are expected to execute to make our living comfortable. But personal experience has proved that it is not easily possible since more and more undesirable thoughts bother us and we miserably fail in the process.

For this some of us tried other means such as smoking, drinking, and out door entertainment for diversion and in this process our expenditure has gone up and we started to live beyond our means and made our living more and more miserable. Thus instead of solving our miserable problem we complicated our lives and literally got stuck with them struggling to wriggle out of them. Then we tried to divert our attention to God by going to temples, performing lengthy rituals, visiting holy places, and finally started searching for that peace and tranquility by visiting holy men spending time sitting around them. No doubt we got a relief from these haunting thoughts temporarily but once we are physically away from them our condition returned back to miseries and pressing problems

THE PRESENT.

Our trials in search of that peace and tranquility made us more and more restless and finally we had the good fortune of knowing about Rev.Babuji Maharaj, His Method and Mission. We started practicing and soon we began to experience peace and calmness. This state of calmness and tranquility prompted us to continue the practice and slowly we became more serious and applied our will to involve more and more by adhering to the practice as instructed by our Master.


This serious involvement led us to reap more and more benefits such as more attention to our duties for the sake of duty, with least anxiety about the consequences/results, and the constant remembrance of the Divine Master cultivated by our practice over a period of time helped us to develop a sense of nearness and presence of Master and last but not the least a sense of contentment that helped us to become fearless about the inevitable death and its effect on our family members.

This sense of contentment naturally helped us to be free from anxiety and tension about our unknown future which we had earlier before entering this Sadhana and face our life with boldness and zeal as we have the privilege of constant shower of Master’s benevolent grace. We understood without any doubt that the benefit of the sadhana is in direct proportion to our serious application and sincere following of the instructions and any deviation will be detrimental to our sadhana.

Our constant remembrance of Master will help us to confront any obstacle since we experience Him and He is there to guide us all through till we reach the ultimate goal. We experience the effect of our sadhana by leading our routine life without any anxiety or tension and a sense of peace and tranquility. What else do you expect from your life now? We understand that Master’s support will always be there if our thinking and actions are in right direction and in accordance with law of nature.

THE FUTURE

Rev.Babuji Maharaj assured to take every sincere follower to that eternal state of existence only possible to deserving souls even before leaving this body. It is possible as He proved it by His own example and exhorted every Abhyasi to aim at that only without getting satisfied with small benefits like peace, calmness and tranquility. We had the privilege of close association with some of the spiritually elevated personalities among our Abhyasis prepared by His craftsmanship and our own experience, built confidence in ourselves of our sure progress towards our final destination. As beneficiaries of this rare boon from our Great Master we have a bright future to reap the fruits of His hard work to redeem us all from the miseries of life and living.

What else is required on our part of duty is to live in constant remembrance of our Master and get relieved from the innumerable layers of samskars that resulted into our present life and affecting our future as well, since he alone can help us to get rid of the hurdles in our path towards our final destination .The results depend upon our own sadhana on our part following with love, faith and devotion towards Him.

Dear Brothers and Sisters! our role as Abhyasis not only help us individually but our sincere and faithful sadhana create positive vibrations around us attracting more and more individuals towards Master and that shall be our true Guru Dakshina to our Master for making us better human beings for our own good.

Just imagine the society full of sincere followers of Master all around and look forward to that harmonious society visualized by our Great Master in the nearest future so that this beautiful world of ours can be transformed into a heaven on earth instead of hell