... Glory be to every individual living being who is here
on Mother Earth as a manifested being owing to the Atman
(soul) within it. No soul ... No life !
Atman (soul) is the essence of all living beings including
insects, plants, trees and animals. All keep on evolving
into higher species owing to the inherent evolutionary
process existing within every being.
Atman, on its first leg of Cosmic journey starting from the
abode of God manifests initially as a single cell formation
... Amoebae ! After passing through various stages of
evolution as a two cell, then multi-cell formation, it goes
through the stage of plant life to eventually develop into an
animal being. This animal with an increasing tendency of
usable thought power evolves into an Ape,
ultimately reaching the pinnacle of its evolutionary
powers ... Becomes a human being (the highest stage of
manifestation) !!
The evolutinary journey completed ... This human being
has the power within to attain Salvation ... before merging
into the supreme !
Every soul has a typical property that it can not cleanse
itself ... Same as the metal within the ore can not purify
itself. It has to go through the entire process of purification
before the extracted pure metal can be merged with the
greater mass ... the Supreme being !
Is Atman different from Parmatman (the Creator of the
Cosmos) ... Yes hundred percent, but it has the same
nature and properties ! River Ganges merges with the sea
at Bay of Bengal. It becomes one with the mighty Ocean ...
Can we say it can now be named as Bay of Bengal !!
Every Atman (soul) after Liberation from the cycle of
birth and death becomes one with the God ... Similar as a
grain of wheat when merged with the larger whole, a full
mound of wheat ... becomes one with it, not it. Can we say
a grain of wheat has same properties as the mound. Yes,
with hundred percent certainty !!!
To purify itself, every Atman (soul) on its Cosmic journey
needs a Mother planet (a life supporting planet) to
cleanse itself of its surrounding impurities.
... is totally different from the Gods we pray to in our
normal course of life. To comprehend the reality of the
Absolute is just banned to ordinary human beings. Those
on a path towards Self/God-realization get a glimpse of
his domain now and then ... the divine link which keeps
the spark of self inquiry glowing within !
How much blessed are those ... Who see the Almighty in
all its Cosmic glory !! The most beautiful of the beautiful
... is but a creation of his ... be it the beauty of the Nature,
Science or a Human being ... a perfect blonde in her teens
!!! (Madhuri Dixit�s comparison to a Goddess is not an
exaggeration. She is not a creation in spare time).
One who can create such beauty ... a Cosmos comprising
of many Universes, a Universe comprising of many Milky
ways and Galaxies, Milky ways and Galaxies having
cluster of Stars exceeding tens of thousand in numbers !
Among the Stars a small Star with nine Planets is our
Solar system !! What Cosmic beauty ... what display of
accuracy and control !! Not a single Star or Planet going
out of control and dashing against another upsetting the
Cosmic order and balance ... You can now imagine how
mighty would he be !!!
Is a puny human being supposed to question his propriety
? The most frequently asked question (FAQ) ... Why were
we created ! to suffer at his hands !! What an anomaly !!!
Why would he who created us would lead us astray only
to suffer ... Such is not ... his being. We underestimate and
underevaluate him and continue doing our most heinous
deeds ! We try to shift the blame of our cowardice and
inaction ... Still, the balance remain maintained.
Theory of Karma keeps the system of God perpetuating in
full glory ... only to be rediscovered by an Avatar, a son
of God after every 1000~2000 years ! Only when such a
mighty one unveils the Absolute Truth ... Do we shift the
focus of blame from God to self and praise the Lord for
what he is and shall continue to be.
... is the root from where stemmed the present
... is the feeling of unhappiness which overtakes when you
By : Vijay Kumar "Atma Jnani"
e-mail [email protected]
Civilizations ... their faiths, beliefs and practices ! The
origin of all Cultures and Religions ... Dharma is the
Eternal guiding force which guided the first human being
on Earthly journey !!
You are born on Planet Earth. Devoid of any fundamental
knowledge ... You are a completely lost being ! The
inherent Dharma within prompts one to follow a certain
path ... a set of prefixed guidelines !! How does one know
who is a Father and Mother ... What is our relation to
animals, birds and all beings in general !!
The laws of Manu ... The first Human being to inhibit
Mother Earth, from where did they emanate from ? At the
time of Manu there was no system of Education ... Still, all
laws were written by him with such precision that most
are prevalent even today ... Even after a lapse of above
We follow the path of Dharma, derive the inherent
knowledge All from the Reservoir of Mind plus and Mind
minus ... The source of all knowledge and Wisdom
existing in the Cosmos. Manu had his instincts developed
to an extent that he could invoke those laws from the
mighty Reservoir of all Thoughts and write them in form
of legible reading so as to reach the masses.
What is Dharma ?
"Dharma" ... Your right to do what is just and right and not
what was destined. Who is supposed to be following
Dharma ! Do we each and every individual manifesting on
Mother Earth follow Dharma inherently !! Yes, Each one
of you. None can escape it ... For an Atman (soul) which
has manifested on Mother Earth ... needs a constant guide
to continue on its Cosmic journey and it is only �Dharma�
... the eternal �Sanatana Dharma� which comes to its
rescue !!!
Jains may say ... Jainism is the highest and the oldest
Religion ! Their first Tirthankar Lord Risabhdeva was
born at the time of beginning of the Cosmos nay when
Earth started taking a shape for germination to take place.
Buddhists may say ... Lord Buddha is at the highest
platform ! Followers of Lord Krishna also say the same !!
Preachers of Islam insist on Mohammed prophet being the
foremost of gods !!
Christianity which has roots in several countries believes
only in Trinity ... An Energy source (the Creator), Mother
Mary and Lord Jesus Christ !
What then is the Truth ?
Let me take you on a journey backwards in time ...
Roughly 1800 years or before when prophet Mohammed
was not even born ... Would you still say Islamic Dharma
had its roots all over the place. Nay ! There was nothing
like Islam for its preacher was not even born !!
Traveling further back roughly 2000 years from now when
Jesus Christ was not even born ... Were there any
followers of Christianity ... A non existent Word at that
time !!
Traveling further 500 years back when Gautam Buddha
was not yet born ... No sign of Buddhism was to be seen !!
Further 77 years in time (Gautam Buddha was a
contemporary of Lord Mahavira born 77 years after him)
... Jainism did not have any roots as a Doctrine. Even
though 23 Tirthankars had come and gone but Jainism took
its roots as a Religion only after the Mahavira, the 24th
Tirthankar came !!
Further back in time ... Roughly 3500 years from now ... A
time when even Lord Sri Krishna was not even born ...
Where lay the teachings of �Gita� !!
Going further back by 1500 years i.e. 5000 years from
now ... A time when Vedas are supposed to have been
composed ... Did Dharma exist ? Yes, Dharma was very
well there at each and every stage.
Comparing Dharma and all religions as a united front we
find, all part of the same whole yet different !
Now imagine a tree with roots and a long single stem
going straight upwards. Roots being the reservoir of all
Wisdom and Knowledge i.e. the mighty Mind plus and
Mind minus !!
The base stem being Dharma ... An inherent Cosmic guide
available to each and every Atman (soul) manifesting on
Mother Earth ! This was a time when literacy was not
there and all jivas lived together, their behaviour towards
one another prompted by Dharma !!
From Dharma germinated the stem of four Vedas ...
consisting of all applied knowledge ... the first visible
signs of literacy on Mother Earth ! This knowledge was
available to all but, within the confines of Dharma !!
This stem grew straight up and evolved Lord Sri Krishna,
about 3500 years ago. The Humanity got a straight and
most upright document ... A code of conduct for all to
follow ... The Doctorine of Gita ! Gita contains in itself a
summary of all what God wants each one of us to know ...
The song Eternal, knowing which one can come out of the
cast of ignorance and see the self in full effulgence !! The
culmination of Spiritual practice of million of years brings
one face to face ... With God, the Creator of the Cosmos !!!
Loaded with Vedas, Upanishads and Gita ... Humanity
evolved further and 1000 years thence, the stem which
was growing straight branched into Mahavira who
evolved a different line of thinking somewhat different
from Gita (In essence all Doctorines and Religions finally
meet at one point ... This becomes clear to one only after
Self- realization !!).
The teachings of Mahavira expressed that every individual
had the capability of becoming God ! One who wins his
real self ( acquires Kevala Jnana (becomes Omniscient)
and realizes that he is a Cosmic power in its pure Atman
(soul) form) is known as a �Jina� and the followers of
Mahavira thus came to be known as �Jains� !!
This branch of Jains (the followers of Mahavira) further
branched into two ... One Digambars (Highest amongst
these even leave the attachment of cl oth and lived nude) ...
the other Svetambars who decorate Idols of their Gods
with cloth and believe in a more balanced and Earthly
living order ... A being more mundane and physically
attached to the materialistic World !! Their Saints wear a
loin cloth and cover their mouth with a strip of cloth.
This branch of Svetambars further segmented into 20
panthies, Mooh patti dhari and so on depending on difference in
their beliefs and decree of the elders !
The main stem still growing straight after about 77 years
branched into Gautam Buddha ... Who taught a different
set of teachings. Finding the path of Gita and Jainism to be
very arduous and difficult to follow ... He recommended
the Middle path ! One could even while performing his
Earthly duties proceed on the path towards God. Keeping
a balance between prayers and household duties ...
Become the mainstay of his teachings.
Further up after about 450 years (1998 years ago from
now) Jesus Christ came on the scene with his set of
teachings. Having born in the West and all earlier
traditions being confined to India (Hindustan) alone (Gita,
Jainism and Buddhism being strictly of Indian origin) the
teachings of Jesus spread throughout the West !!
West ... A region more colder in climate and to follow
Indian traditions in the earlier years when there was
practically no Science and all was dependent on the mercy
of God would have been found externally difficult (most
of the ancient Indian Saints barely wore cloth and
engrossed in serious meditation ... Could increase or
decrease their body temperatures as per will). Teachings
of Jesus Christ came to be known as the �New testament�.
Jesus Christ thus taught man to live a perfectly balanced
homely life ... Full of harmony with neighbors ! Praying to
God before meals, every sunday Mass became a practice
with Christians, to remember God in daily life !! (To live
a perfectly balanced life could remain a motto for a few
hundred years but what after when the basic needs of a
man were fulfilled. As on today most Christians are
looking forward to India to teach them a deeper meaning
of life ... the truth of �I� within !!).
Further up after about 200 years came prophet Mohammed
who almost followed the same path as Jesus Christ ... The
prime reason why Christianity and Islam are known as
contemporary religions ! Followers of both are more
inclined towards physical well being rather than elevating
self to higher Spiritual realms (liberation of the Atman
(soul) within from the shakles of birth and death was
never their aim). Teachings of prophet Mohammed were
incorporated in �Quran� and his followers came to be
known as followers of Islam.
Further up came Adi Shankaracharya in the 8th Century
(about 1000 years after prophet Mohammed). He again
voiced his concern on the down fall of �Sanatana Dharma�
as Buddhism had developed strong roots in India owing to
a very righteous King Ashoka, a staunch follower of
Buddhism ! He succeeded in his attempts in giving
�Sanatana Dharma� (Combined teachings of Gita, Upanishads
and Brahma Sutr as) a foothold by writing detailed
commentaries on Gita and Brahma Sutras and that too at
the young age of 15 !!
In the present times, following the same traditions of Gita
and Upanishads came Swami RamKrishna Paramhansa
and Acharya Ramanna Mahirishi. Both these Saints
Realized-God ... Never ever again to take rebirth on
Mother Earth ! Both were Saints of the highest order ...
True Yogis who preached Gita and whose services were
available to the commonest man !!
The Swami�s and Muni�s of today who meet only with
prior appointment ... Meeting whom is but a dream for a
commoner (for they do not have fat cheques for
donations) ... Can such be expected to achieve �Kevela
Jnana� and Self-Realization !!
It is only the grace of Almighty God that one Realizes-self
within this life ! How blessed are those who Realize-Self
and thereafter ... Spread the teachings of Gita !!
Hurry ... Before the Sunset of life occurs !!!
A Cosmic tree (tree of Dharma) with roots and branches
spread all over ... Where is the cause of disparity !
It has always been Unity in Diversity ... It is only the
vested interests of few which takes Humanity towards the
wrong goals ... Individuals who fail to realize that the
strings of all lives is in the hands of God ... One pull and
you are gone !!
All wealth, money and power which you consider now is
yours will belong to others once you leave this body ...
Realize-Self before the sunset of your life takes over !!!
All religions, all individuals are but different paths
towards the same goal ! There can never be a cause for
Religious disharmony unless vested interests are involved !!
Forget about Religions ... Follow any path ... Change as
many paths as you desire ... You shall reach the goal one
day ! (provided you aspire to realize self within this life)
Leave nothing to chance !! Never ever forget that it is the
Dharma of every individual which plays the lead role ...
Religions come next !!!
Dukkha (Sadness)
occur some loss ! It may be the loss of a life, Material
riches or any other factor with which one associates his
happiness !
Dukkha is other side of the coin of life ! Unless you feel
it, you can never comprehend happiness in its right
measure !! Both the factors are a Creation of God ... To
keep live stock in check ! This system forms the basic
building block of the Cosmos !!
Had there been no Dukkha, one would have wanted more
and more ! Numerous houses to live, no limitation to
Wealth would have been the desire of all !!
Compare these ... If we have plus, we have a minus ! We
have Sunlight~darkness, Big~small, Fire~water,
Rich~poor ... All part of the big manifested World !! But,
one word stands out alone without a parallel !! Bliss ... A
mental state of happiness one feels when in deep Samadhi
(Meditation) ... The Ecstasy felt not by the body but the
Atman (Soul) within ... A thing beyond the mundane !!
An act (by the body) which brings Atman (soul) nearer to
the God gives a feeling of bliss (inner happiness) ...
Totally incomparable with external physical happiness !!
One may feel extremely happy seeing a pot of Gold put to
his disposal ... But, only by reading Gita and Upanishads
can one gain Wisdom and simultaneously have bouts of
blissful experiences ! What when one Realizes-Self !!
Truly, the riches of the total Cosmos does not attract such
a one !!!
Make such a one the undisputed King of the Cosmos ! He
would deny all of it for he knows, he has become one with
the Creator and the material riches and attachments are but
a thing of the ephemeral World !!
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Added on : Feb 5, 1999
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