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Questions  and  Answers

 

You are known to be a humble being; how did you cultivate humility?

 

He replied with a question “what is there in me, to be proud of”

 

 

Why are our prayers not answered?

 

If they answered there would be no purpose of life on this planet

 

Who are our best friend and our worst enemy?

 

A controlled mind is our best friend and one can never find an enemy more worse than an uncontrolled mind

 

 

What is most difficult in this world?

 

To walk the righteous path and also to realize “who am I”

 

 

When will hate cease to exist?

 

The day love will cease to exist will be the day hate will vanish; because they exist because of each other, love has no meaning without hate, and as you collect experiences in life you will understand that they are born from each other

 

 

Who is a saint?

 

Who does not count sins of others but his well aware of his own sins

 

 

Is celibacy a must on the spiritual path?

 

What is more important in the journey of life is to gain the realization that love is more profound than lust. Life is all about alchemy—that is transformation where lust is transformed into love

 

 

Who is the one true God? The Christian God or the Muslim God

 

The one who taught the bird to build a nest

 

 

Spiritual consequences of women wearing revealing clothes

 

In rural areas women may be seen dressed in revealing clothes or being topless, but it is considered as their custom, the same may not be accepted in a city where a woman is looked down upon wearing revealing clothes, similarly I have seen many rural women smoking or chewing tobacco but when a lady staying in a city does the same it may not be accepted by many.

 

It is not about wearing, it is about the feeling to sexually provoke anyone

 

This article is about the spiritual harm done to women who intentionally wear revealing clothes or in any way provoke others sexually (of course applicable to men as well)

 

I ask some simple questions; the answer to these questions is the answer to the above mentioned topic

 

Why do we cover a bottle of milk while feeding a child?

Why do we keep food covered instead of open display?

Why do we hang an evil eye “repellent” in the house?

Why we do not display our wealth openly?

 

The answer is same; to ward off evil energy (evil eye) which causes harm

Similarly a woman dressed in revealing clothes continuously receives such bad energy (there is a communication of negative energy between the person and the woman, which in no way is beneficial to both of them), it may boost her ego due to the attention received, but she certainly is inviting the negative energies towards her as she uses her body to distract men from purposeful and higher thoughts – thus leading to the decay of their thought process (the process of thought is the basis of spiritual progress)

 

She is equally affected when a man sees her photo or video, energy is transferred in this case also ( aura can also be studied by looking at the photo of the person, and a psychic person can come to know that the person is dead since the photo of a dead person does not show aura)

 

I end by saying that a spiritually accomplished person would never have the feeling to sexually provoke anyone

 

You may also like to read my article on sex (click on link below)

 

http://bhoj11.blogspot.com/2017/05/a-pilgrimage-called-life-part-5.html

 

 

Hundred years back Rudolf Steiner proclaimed that blondes are more intelligent

 

Rudolf Steiner proclaimed that blondes are more intelligent; he also said that blondes will become extinct sooner

 

Both the above mentioned points have been scientifically proved now

 

Hundred years back Rudolf Steiner told us about feeding cows with a different diet resulting in the cow going mad—now the world experienced the mad cow disease, he talked about the spiritual reasons behind twin birth, the effects of nicotine and about the ill effects of alcohol, he told us the truth behind the one we called Mahatma, he talked about the harm of using chemical fertilizers, he showed a way to understand things around us spiritually.

 

If such topics are taught to children we would certainly have a Vedic civilization

 

I have copied a few points from his lecture on blond hair from the website of his archives:    

 

Blond hair is closely linked with blue eyes; as a rule, blonds have blue eyes.

 

Now, some people have a strong force in their blood that drives the substances from food all the way into the eyes. This gives them brown or black granules. Those with black granules are people whose organisms can drive the blood most strongly into the eyes; the substances from nourishment easily reach into the eyes. This is less the case with brown-eyed people. Their eyes are not so well-nourished, and a blue-eyed person's organism does not drive the nourishing substances far enough into the eyes

 

Consider the Scandinavians. Much of the nourishment must be utilized in fighting off the surrounding cold. A Nordic man does not have enough energy left to drive the nourishment all the way into the eyes; his energy is needed to ward off the cold. Hence, he is blue-eyed.

 

This also affects the colour of hair. A person with strong forces drives food substances all the way into his hair, making it brown or black. A person with less driving force does not push these substances all the way into the hair, and thus it remains light. So we see that blue eyes and blond hair are related.

 

The earth was once young. Now it is past its prime; it is growing older and some day will perish from old age, though not in the way described by the materialists. We are already faced with some of the signs of the earth's old age. Therefore, the entire human race has been weakened in regard to the driving force that moves the food substances through the body. So what part of the population is going to be the first to disappear from the earth? Dark people can last longer, for they possess greater driving force; blonds have less and become extinct sooner. The earth is indeed already into its old age, there are fewer blonds around. Because the earth has less vitality, only the black and brown peoples attain sufficient driving force; blonds and blue-eyed people are already marked for extinction because they can no longer drive nourishment with the necessary force through their bodies.

 

When we really study science and history, we must conclude that if people become increasingly strong, they will also become increasingly stupid. If the blonds and blue-eyed people die out, the human race will become increasingly dense if men do not arrive at a form of intelligence that is independent of blondness. Blond hair actually bestows intelligence. In the case of fair people, less nourishment is driven into the eyes and hair; it remains instead in the brain and endows it with intelligence. Brown- and dark-haired people drive the substances into their eyes and hair that the fair people retain in their brains. They then become materialistic and observe only what can immediately be seen. Spiritual science must compensate for this; we must have a spiritual science to the same degree that humanity loses its intelligence along with its fair people.

 

Link to full lecture:

 

https://wn.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA348/English/AP1981/19221213p01.html

The Buddha in Hinduism

 

There is also a Buddha in Hinduism (Bauddh in hindi)

 

(more contents added on 29/05/2021)

 

 

Bhagvan Buddha as Vishnu at Chennakesava Temple (Somanathapura)

 

The Buddha that we normally talk of is the Gautam Buddha in Buddhism who was born in Nepal in a kshatriya clan (one of the four varna (social orders) of Hindu society, associated with warrior hood) had in-laws in Nepal as well, however he attained enlightenment in Bodh Gaya in India.

 

The Buddha in Hinduism is Bhagwan Buddha, who was born in a Brahmin clan and is considered as the ten incarnations of Bhagwan Vishnu, the story of the ten incarnations is the story of the evolution of human race, starting from the life form that originated in water to the perfect human being (I have written a blog for the same)

 

 

Bhagvan Buddha as an avatar at Dwaraka Tirumala temple, Andhra Pradesh

 

 

Hindus of India, Nepal & Bhutan who carry out rituals study about the Buddha avatar but do not know about Bhagwan Buddha.

 

Bhagvan Buddha as an avatara at Airavatesvara Temple

 

 

The Bhavishya Purana literally meaning future puran is one of the eighteen major works in the Purana genre of Hinduism, and implies it is a work that contains prophecies regarding the future, mentions Bhagwan Buddha to be born in a Brahmin clan in India

 

Also in Srimad bhagwat the location of Buddha avatar in said to be Kikateshu Bhavishyati i.e. Bhagwan Vishnu will incarnate as Buddha in Kikat. Kikat term as been mentioned in Rigveda too and Kikat denotes a particular location as per the commentary by Saayanacharya.  Though, the particular location has not been specified. Chaitnya Mahaprabhu was fond of the world famous Shridhar Teeka which is the commentary written by Shridhar Swami on Srimad Bhagwat, here Shridhar Swami has defined Kikat as the area of Gaya. In Kikateshu Bhavishyati, Kikat means Gaya. Like Puri is a part of Purushottam area similarly Gaya is a part of Kikat area.

 

The shankaracharya of Govardhan Math, puri, Sri Nischalananda Saraswati ji has done research on this found a location and says that there is a village of Brahmins at a hillock and there is an ancient icon of Buddha there.

 

Also in Agni puran dhyana (meditation) of Bhagwan Buddha has been detailed and his description like long ears is given

 

The shankaracharya of puri says that the Buddhists have drawn his picture on the basis of that shloka (verse) in Agni puran and have established it as Gautam Buddha, he further accuses Amarasimha who was a Buddhist and who created Amarakosha (note on Amarkosha written at the end) that he very cleverly wrote the names of Bhagwan Buddha, and Gautam Buddha together. He used a word as a divider in between which people fail to understand as a divider due to which incarnated Bhagwan Buddha has been forgotten and Gautam Buddha has become famous as the Buddha.

 

Bhagwan stands for God, the Buddhist do not believe in God, Gautama is the Buddha who has passed away and Maitreya, in Buddhist traditions is a bodhisattva who will appear on Earth in the future and will be the future Buddha

 

According to Buddhist tradition, Avalokiteshvara is the earthly manifestation of the self-born eternal Buddha Amitabha, whose figure is represented in his headdress, and he guards the world in the interval between the departure of the historical Buddha, Gautama, and the appearance of the future Buddha, Maitreya.

 

Both the Hindu as well as the Buddhist Buddhas have the same gotra (lineage classification) named “Gautam” which further adds to the confusion

 

Bhagvan Buddha as an avatar of Vishnu in a Persian-style painting

 

I often think of the 6000 year old idol at the Badrinath temple of a saint sitting in mediation in padmasana pose and having four hands (the image of maha avatar Babaji is copied from this idol, I have written a blog on the same), some say it is the Buddha

 

Sketch of the idol at the Badrinath temple

 

The ten avatars of Vishnu, compare the second last picture of Bhagvan Buddha with the Sketch of the idol of the Badrinath temple, sitting in padmasana and having four hands

 

 

Note: The Amarakosha (अमरकोशः) is the popular name for Namalinganushasanam (नामलिङ्गानुशासनम्) an ancient thesaurus of Sanskrit, a reference book of Sanskrit words {A thesaurus or synonym dictionary [A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word] (note: A morpheme is the smallest meaningful unit in a language.

 

 

A Pilgrimage called Life---part 8

 

One is attached to the world in hate as much as he is attached to the world in love; one has to go beyond both, by neither accepting nor rejecting anything.

 

 

Abraham Lincoln once said-- “You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry”; for it is very natural for a righteous person who always tries to walk on the path of dharma to feel angry looking at the society in general—the hypocrisy of the leaders, a world of constant comparison and competition, the increasing gap between the super-rich and the poor.

 

However the Ashtavakra Gita, says:

 

Bondage is when the mind longs for something, Grieves about something, rejects something, holds on to something, and is pleased about something or displeased about something.

Liberation is when the mind does not long for anything, grieves about anything, rejects anything, or holds on to anything, and is not pleased about anything or displeased about anything

 

So we are equally bond to this world, both in love and in hate 

 

Further, the Ashtavakra Gita says 

 

A Bhogi (who is after more and more of enjoyment) as also a yogi who is bent on renouncing all enjoyments are both qualitatively on the same plane

The minds of both are on "enjoyment' one for grasping it and the other for leaving it.

One has to go beyond both by adopting the attitude of a witness (Sakshi) i.e. by neither accepting nor rejecting.

 

 

So a person should not worry about the surroundings but concentrate on himself

 

Everyone wants a change in society, but how many are seeking a change in themselves; for the world can only change if there is a shift in consciousness, and this will happen when individuals change themselves rather than hoping for the world to change

 

“The only hope for humankind is the transformation of the individual. To change the world, you must first change yourself.”

Jiddu Krishnamurti

 

An enlightened being does not have to preach others, his very existence is a blessing to all, and where ever he is, the surroundings automatically change and he influences others without saying anything

 

I conclude by quoting another teaching from the Ashtavakra Gita

 

Those who desire pleasure

and those who desire liberation

are both common in the world.

Rare is the great soul who

Desires neither enjoyment nor liberation

 

the Ashtavakra Gita, conveys that the liberated one is he who does not seek liberation

 

 

The Divine Cow; Gau Mata

 

Our Mother, the Divine Cow;  Gau Mata

(gau means cow and mata means mother)

 

 

For some the cow is only a piece of meat

 

But for us, she is this

 

When we study the scriptures we realize that it is not just an animal but an entire energy system, the Gau Shakti, so necessary for human kind

 

 

Life evolves upward from levels lower than even apparent animation; when the animal starts its evolution journey its body grows laterally meaning sideways /  horizontally eg: a worm, lizard etc and there is hardly any development in the fore head, the forehead is a measure of the development of the Pineal gland- seat of the soul, the third eye

 

 

As the animal progresses it starts to grow vertically, meaning its height increases and with that it keeps on developing bigger fore head which symbolizes intellect and intelligence; you will never find a famous person with a small forehead

 

 

Look at the head of less evolved creatures say the worm or a cockroach there is hardly any development in the pineal gland now look at the head of a cow see it has a highly developed pineal gland

 

 

Animals that have a close association with human beings evolve more quickly, and are likely to be promoted sooner to the level of human evolution. { love read inverse is evol }  

 

 

Some people argue that whether we eat a plant or a cow we are killing a life, this is wrong one cannot compare the consciousness of a plant or say a chicken to the consciousness of a cow, the chicken or goat may not realize that they are been taken for slaughter, but a cow will certainly come to know beforehand.

 

 

The slaughtering of these more highly evolved animals produces strong emotions such as fear and anger which remain as vibrations in the meat itself and increase people’s naturally aggressive and/or fearful tendencies, that is the reason some people avoid use of leather goods, since they may contain the bad vibrations of the slaughtered animal

 

 

Krishna is also called as Gopala (गो पाल)  meaning "cow protector" from Sanskrit गो (go) meaning "cow" and पाल (pala) meaning "guard, protector".

 

 

Vedic cows have a surya nadi because of which Gold is produced not only in their milk but also in their urine; scientist have proved this by abstracting Gold from their urine, even her dung has so many properties

 

 

Where a cow resides she brings good vibrations

 

To consecrate (make pure) a place; Gospands (beneficent cattle) like cows, goats, lambs etc are set free to graze for a minimum period of seven months! The urine and excreta (taro and gobar) of the innocent animals help destroy pockets of sprites and dark forces, if any and make the whole area peaceful and pure (in this regard, it is very pertinent to point out that some years ago, when in Chernobyl, Russia, there was a leakage of radioactivity, scientists were pleasantly surprised to find that houses which were splattered with the urine and gobar (dung) of cattle, there was hardly any adverse radiation)

 

 

It is indeed sad that our Vedic cows were replaced by the hump less western cows, let us try to bring back our Vedic way of life

 

Some thoughts---1

 

Reality doesn't exist until observed

 

During one of the healthy debates Niels Bohr put a fundamental concept of quantum physics to Einstein that a particle (object) does not exist until it is observed; Einstein’s argument was that, “consider the speeding car to be a particle (object) and if I do not observe it, that means it does not exist and there is no question of me getting run over by that car”

I have not studied Quantum Physics, but I find this to be very interesting

 

The only door Houdini could not open was the one that was not locked

 

Harry Houdini made a name for himself by escaping from every imaginable confinement -- from straightjackets to multiple pairs of handcuffs clamped to his arms, including the ones that were specially made for him which took five years to make.  He boasted that no jail cell could hold him. Time and again, he would be locked in a cell only to reappear minutes later.

 

It worked every time -- but one. He accepted another invitation to demonstrate his skill. He entered the cell, and the jail cell door shut. He began working the lock. But something was wrong. No matter how hard Houdini worked, he couldn't unlock the lock. For two hours he applied skill and experience to the lock but failed time and time again. Two hours later he gave up in frustration.

 

The problem? The cell had never been locked. Houdini worked himself to near exhaustion trying to achieve what could be accomplished by simply pushing the door open. The only place the door was locked was in his mind.

 

Similarly, Faith is not a complex process. It is not the result of years of education, pilgrimages, or flashy supernatural experiences. The door to belief is ready to open and is locked only in the minds of those who choose to believe it is.