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change the World
Devoid of inner peace, the man today is madly running after material
comforts and pleasure with an all consuming passion. With its miraculous
achievements, science has conquired many forces of nature but has
also taken hold of man's heart. His natural instinct to go beyond
materialism towards the fountain head of love and spiritual bliss
has died in him. He has lost the capacity, even the inner urge,
to extricate himself from the situation.
The religious communities have become commercialised and attached
to the moneyed class. Instead of propagating love and faith in God
they are spreading mutual hatred and snife. They are in fact killing
God in the name of God. Alongside it, persons displaying some occult
Powers are ruling the roast. The exebitionists of cheap supernatural
powers have assumed the role of great spiritual masters or Gurus.
The so-called bright stars of spiritual firmament are only trading
Godhood in the market place for a penny or two.
In this mid-night darkness of human history, the man must be awakened
and rescued, even per force. This task, however, can be accomplished
only by the highest spiritual power of the world. In the last five
hundred years, the great men of the spiritual world have been engaged
in vigorous spiritual practices-Tapasya-for the advent of such power.
And, now their efforts or Tapasya have borne fruit. An incarnation
of God has descended on the earth for the change of human heart,
destruction of evil forces, establishment of a new religion of Man
and an authentic and healthy order of Gurus or spiritual Masters,
creation of a new world culture based on love and brotherhood, to
humble the present seats of political power of the world and lead
men to one world government and, to instill in them a genuine accetance
of the world religion, the world culture and citizenship.
This incarnation is not the Hindu God, nor the Muslim God, nor
the Christian God either. He is the Lord of the universe --JAGANNATH.
The dream of world religion and world state has to take shape and
colour, otherwise the falling towers of the past will create a vacuum
and darkness will surround the world. World religion and world state
will not serve the real porpose without the background of world
culture which will demand new education, new scientific approach,
new industrial policy, new social order and political organisation.
The task is stupendous, as never faced by history before. The gigantic
efforts of human race during the last two hundred years in creating
an ideal social order in the name of free democratic society or
communism or dictatorship have dashed on the rock of self-centred
individualism. Man has cleverly cheated the church, the state and
even the avtars (incarnation) and prophets and cultural institutions.
The new age demands simaltmsneous creation of New Man and a new
social order.
| THE QUALIFICATIONS OF A NEW MAN |
Man must eschew the vanity that he can bring about such a great
revolution without devine aid. In all humility he should pray to
the Divine Power so that he may develop the necessary qualification
of an executor of the Divine Will. And what are those qualifications?
- BE A HUMAN BEING :
Be a man. The all devouring selfishness of man must be restrained.
A man is not supposed to think of an act for his own welfare all
the time. He must love the society and the world at large and
express his love for the world in action. The world belongs to
him and he belongs to the world. The prevailing animality within
must be thrown out.
- ''I'' SHOULD BE REPLACED BY ''WE'' :
"I" divides us and the demonic selfishness is at the
root of all evils. One must try to get this extreme selfishness
under control.
- LEADING A SPIRITUAL LIFE :
BASED ON LOVE, COMPASSION, SHARING, EQUALITY etc. One must realise
and express in life that God is neither Christian, nor Moslem,
nor Buddhist, nor Hindu. God belongs to all without any difference.
Let God/Love/Truth guide us individually and collectively. One
must pray for the welfare of all.
- REGULAR SPIRITUAL PRACTICE :
Individual and collective worship on the basis of universal brotherhood
and love. The basic requirement for the success of such a practice
(Sadhana, worship) is the purification of the Body, Prana (Energy)
and Mind. The system of worship may vary from individual to individual.
- SERVICE TO HUMANITY ON THE BASIS OF UNIVERSAL LOVE :
One must end this piece by quoting the great spiritual personality
Aurobinda--'' A few shall see what none yet understands, God shall
grow up while the wise man talk and sleep, for man shall not know
the coming, till its hour and belief shall be not till the work
is done.''
PLEASE NOTE :
As regards the Incarnation of Lord Jagannath is concerned the writer
of this plece wishes the right not to answer any question on this
subject. As everybody will understand that the divine incarnation
is a matter more concerned with ones own faith, the writer has expressed
his realisation and in humility does not want to burden others faith.
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