Man is by nature curious. This is not a negative aspect of his being but a virtue that has given birth to the most complex technological development. Curiosity is a capacity of his mind that one day will lead him to ponder over the realities of man, God and the Universe. Thus he will attain the real aim of his existence. However, his actual story is that he is a slave to that faculty, so much so that he has developed the habit of using his kinds as well as animals to achieve his ends. In so doing, he has become a slave to his ten senses and the basic instincts such as greed, anger, lust, hatred, superiority and inferiority complexes. Though traditional
slavery no longer exists,
Man is still a bond slave of his own nature. Strange as this may seem, practically no effort is being made to attain liberation from that lamentable state of affairs.
Once there walked on our Earth persons like Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed and Krishna. They had the key that would liberate us from our slavery and thus enable us to attain the ultimate freedom - mind freedom. Alas! We are so enmeshed in achieving the illusory pleasures of the
world that we are deaf to their proposals. In fact, our slavery is already a deep-rooted habit. It is quite normal to get angry, to have jealousy, hatred, boredom and so many hellish qualities. External events are like remote controllers, we are controlled by them, hence are not free. Whatever happens in the environment affects us at times to agony and death. For instance, when a friend says that we are ugly, the reaction to that remark makes us feel bad and we may try to imitate people whom we judge beautiful. On seeing the nude picture of a woman or on watching pornographic films, we get extremely excited, so much so that we may masturbate. This may even lead to a rape. The mind is nearly completely out of control.
Imagine the fate of man: he is unable to retain his concentration on a single object for even a few seconds. His thought process, which is uncontrolled, creates stress and other emotional disorders. Worldly activities are carried out through the medium of verbal power and so many problems crop up because of its wrong use. Messages are distorted, bitterness is expressed. Lots of people suffer from slander, abuse and criticism.
Food maintains our body and its consumption should be done in a scientific way. We should select food that will give us vigour, memory, good health and other qualities, which will enable us to lead a normal and happy life. But being caught by the sense of taste, we have become a slave to it and we select food through habit and likes.
taste is given priority, though our health is exposed to the gravest danger through unintelligent choice of edible things.
It seems as if the human senses and the external objects are closely related. Religion talks about senses and the sense objects. For example, food is a sense object of the sense of taste. In fact, man is a slave to his ten senses. These were gifted to us by Nature so that by using and mastering them, we can attain our divine nature. But the unconsciousness of the mind, in association with the external world, has made us become slaves to them. How to get rid of the slavery formed through the habits of millions of lives? Man, deep down in his mind, knows fairly well that he is in a mess, yet he finds no way out. And even if he is proposed a way out, he refuses it because of the tremendous effort that he will have to make. When those who are free come forward to give their help, they are ridiculed, mocked at and even nailed to the cross. It is so easy for man to simply turn his back and plunge deeply in his old way of life, choosing to remain a slave rather than to struggle for liberation.
My proposal is therefore to help them to attain the freedom achieved by sages of the calibre of Jesus, Buddha and others. Through the medium and help of those people, a global mind awakening programme should be worked out. This can be achieved through the science of mind transformation, which is also called meditation. When there will be a global revolution in the
spiritual field, then the wind of real peace and joy will blow over our planet.
meditation is the ultimate door that we have to knock, otherwise we will become extinct forever.
Meditation is completely harmless as a science. It deals directly with the mind. It can be said with guarantee that such a science can make the Earth a paradise-like place if it is practised by one and all. It costs nothing in terms of money, which means one need not pay for it. Those who are expert in the domain normally share it with those who are thirsty of it. Let each individual be determined to have a transformed, fresh and new mind so that a better humanity will find the day.
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