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