Grace of God in personal life....
by utkarshIndore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Jan 2010 2,790 Views 1 Comments
Desires can go only when we understand them in true form. This fire can be doused when we understand the science behind it. For this, wisdom is necessary as wisdom brings intellect of discrimination !
The way concept of grace of God is presented to masses by various gurus, priests, religious preachers and sect leaders, is like playing a hoax on public. For hundreds of years, masses are being told that they just need to surrender to God and all their wishes will be fulfilled. They are also told that after surrendering to God, they can wish as much as they want and even then they will be liberated. In fact various gurus ask disciples to surrender to them too and then they are exploited and misled.
Concept of grace of God has been used like the concept of Satan. Both concepts are similar though in opposite direction. In the concept of Satan, the responsibility of bad deeds is put on Satan and person is absolved. In grace of God concept, responsibility of liberation is put on God and this concept is extended even to fulfillment of material desires. So practically, an individual can do whatever he wants but still expect that it is God that will liberate him. Both concepts are used by individuals across centuries to exploit the masses.
In this universe everything is governed by cause and effect principle. Nothing can escape it. Nothing can happen where this principle is not applied. Every thought, word or action of ours starts a karmic cycle that ends at point of origin only. Even god can not change this. We are liberated only when our subconscious is empty. We are free only when there is no unfulfilled desire and unresolved issue left in subconscious. Till our subconscious has any content, even god can not deliver liberation to us. Fulfillment of desires by surrender to God is not spirituality. Fire of desires can not be doused by their fulfillment. This in fact increases that fire. It's like putting petrol in fire. Desires can go only when we understand them in true form. This fire can be doused when we understand the science behind it. For this, wisdom is necessary as wisdom brings intellect of discrimination. By this intellect only we can discriminate between self and non-self, between real and illusory. After understanding this difference we have to live life according to real, and then only we can be liberated. No one can escape this route.
Scriptures say that there are four aims of life- dharm (righteousness), arth (wealth), kaam (desires) and moksh (liberation). Out of these four, arth and kaam are destined. One can get only as much he is destined for. Other two, however, are got by action. This action is not based on any ritual but it is living the life with wisdom where one can discriminate between real and illusory. In other words, arth and kaam are based on past life karma and dharm and moksh are based on the efforts in the present. Hence where is the place for grace of God? Then why we should live in illusion?
Surrendering to God doesn't mean that we can have unbridled desires and put onus of their fulfillment on God. It means that we should accept everything in life as grace of God and doesn't have any individual desire. It means that we should accept that whatever is happening in our life is gift of God. It doesn't mean that we should not try for something, but when even after giving our 100% if we don't get desired results, we should not regret it and remain in the state of equanimity. If we like or dislike a particular result then it will create an issue for our subconscious for future resolution and that particular karmic cycle will continue. Hence at every moment we should give our best response and then with every result we should remain in the state of equanimity. In other words our actions should be without any attachment for a particular result. Only this way of living can expand our consciousness to infinity and can liberate us.
God made this universe and set the rules to govern it. Then it gave us full freedom to be maker of our destiny. Then why we should expect anything else from God? It has bestowed all its powers to us then why we still seek short-cuts in life? Why we expect that things should be delivered to us by someone else? There are no shortcuts in life. We reap, what we sow. When we see this in global warming, then how we can escape from it by grace of God in personal life?
With Regards
SURENDRA SINGH? VIRHE
The way concept of grace of God is presented to masses by various gurus, priests, religious preachers and sect leaders, is like playing a hoax on public. For hundreds of years, masses are being told that they just need to surrender to God and all their wishes will be fulfilled. They are also told that after surrendering to God, they can wish as much as they want and even then they will be liberated. In fact various gurus ask disciples to surrender to them too and then they are exploited and misled.
Concept of grace of God has been used like the concept of Satan. Both concepts are similar though in opposite direction. In the concept of Satan, the responsibility of bad deeds is put on Satan and person is absolved. In grace of God concept, responsibility of liberation is put on God and this concept is extended even to fulfillment of material desires. So practically, an individual can do whatever he wants but still expect that it is God that will liberate him. Both concepts are used by individuals across centuries to exploit the masses.
In this universe everything is governed by cause and effect principle. Nothing can escape it. Nothing can happen where this principle is not applied. Every thought, word or action of ours starts a karmic cycle that ends at point of origin only. Even god can not change this. We are liberated only when our subconscious is empty. We are free only when there is no unfulfilled desire and unresolved issue left in subconscious. Till our subconscious has any content, even god can not deliver liberation to us. Fulfillment of desires by surrender to God is not spirituality. Fire of desires can not be doused by their fulfillment. This in fact increases that fire. It's like putting petrol in fire. Desires can go only when we understand them in true form. This fire can be doused when we understand the science behind it. For this, wisdom is necessary as wisdom brings intellect of discrimination. By this intellect only we can discriminate between self and non-self, between real and illusory. After understanding this difference we have to live life according to real, and then only we can be liberated. No one can escape this route.
Scriptures say that there are four aims of life- dharm (righteousness), arth (wealth), kaam (desires) and moksh (liberation). Out of these four, arth and kaam are destined. One can get only as much he is destined for. Other two, however, are got by action. This action is not based on any ritual but it is living the life with wisdom where one can discriminate between real and illusory. In other words, arth and kaam are based on past life karma and dharm and moksh are based on the efforts in the present. Hence where is the place for grace of God? Then why we should live in illusion?
Surrendering to God doesn't mean that we can have unbridled desires and put onus of their fulfillment on God. It means that we should accept everything in life as grace of God and doesn't have any individual desire. It means that we should accept that whatever is happening in our life is gift of God. It doesn't mean that we should not try for something, but when even after giving our 100% if we don't get desired results, we should not regret it and remain in the state of equanimity. If we like or dislike a particular result then it will create an issue for our subconscious for future resolution and that particular karmic cycle will continue. Hence at every moment we should give our best response and then with every result we should remain in the state of equanimity. In other words our actions should be without any attachment for a particular result. Only this way of living can expand our consciousness to infinity and can liberate us.
God made this universe and set the rules to govern it. Then it gave us full freedom to be maker of our destiny. Then why we should expect anything else from God? It has bestowed all its powers to us then why we still seek short-cuts in life? Why we expect that things should be delivered to us by someone else? There are no shortcuts in life. We reap, what we sow. When we see this in global warming, then how we can escape from it by grace of God in personal life?
With Regards
SURENDRA SINGH? VIRHE
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