Wednesday, December 1, 2010

REBIRTH AND THE LAW OF KARMA

What does it mean by reincarnation of a soul? Do we really reincarnate or what is the doctrine of rebirth. Most of the human race holds this belief that due to cyclic changes the soul discards the old body and after passing through several planes takes it resting place again to descent on earth among the same people known to him. This soul is considered to be indestructible and when it takes rebirth, he becomes unconscious of his previous births but proceeds to take new birth under law of attraction. It does contain memories and traits of his past life and hence as per strict divine law it attracts the body according to divine justice to take birth as per it traits. But does his old karma’s dissolve after taking this new birth? This theory says that the life which is taken by soul is not new but due to his previous existence on earth and the new birth gives him chance to transform. This transformation is nothing but cleansing process due to inheritance of past karmas. These karmas take shape sometimes at the time of birth but sometimes during its journey of life. There is no favoritism shown by divine law. The king may become a pauper and pauper may become a king. He may be beggar in this life but could become a king in next life.

This belief has hint not only in Greek, Egypt, and India but is also found in China, Africa and many parts of the world as well. It goes back some five thousand years ago in some countries and in some it is one thousand, two thousand and in some three thousand years. The ancient roman people believed that soul was very complex. It is indestructible. At the time of death, it is the body that gets destroyed but the balance portion called soul survives. This portion passes through different planes which are subtle and spiritual and remains in a state of bliss and purity to some extent. When their term of bliss gets complete, it returns back to take another birth to start its journey of life again to attain the life of fulfillment. The worthy soul may not take rebirth. It is also being believed that unworthy soul pass through the river, where they forget and do not have recollection of past earthy life. The laws of the higher world say that whatever action, thoughts or traits we possess in our former life; we get birth in those circumstances, environment and conditions. The Supreme Being is the authority who decides the fate taking into account the karmas of his former life. Those unblemished by material life rise and are given the state of bliss. But those who are guilty and tainted by the material world have to take rebirth and are allowed to rise step by step towards divinity. They are given new body so that they can attempt to get rid of these karmas. In doing so they are unaware of their previous birth but may sometimes get the flashes of recollection, intuition or an instinctive feeling of previous birth.

Christian Church also has guiding religious principles of that time that says soul is pure and the bodies are deceitful and impermanent. The soul enjoys the joy of freeing himself from the prison of the body after the death. After much of migrations from one body to another and rebirths after rebirths, it attains perfection. Some may call it as punishment but some may see it as a way of perfection of soul. The absolute matter from where the soul originates returns back to it in perfect bliss to the place called highest divine kingdom.

In India this doctrine was held in high esteem when the human race was still in Stone Age stage of existence and its foundation were laid four thousand years ago by religious thinkers, philosophers and great rishis. These philosophers firmly established their philosophies and fundamental thoughts in the form of writing in Upanishad and Vedas also people at that time firmly believed them and accepted them as fact. Even today most Hindus and Muslims firmly believe the truth of soul and carried out acts as per religious adherence to fulfill the last wishes of the departed soul. They also believed that present life is step towards purification process of the soul. Today this process has become more complicated dominated by various ceremonials, rituals, cults and creeds sacrificing the original simple form of worship of one life denoting the spirit of nature. Adhering to this modern form is still the fundamental idea of rebirth of the soul being one with the purest form.

There are several references in religious books to the doctrine of rebirth especially in Bhagavad-Gita where Krishna says to Arjuna” There was not a time when you or I were not there. Nor we going to be remain permanent in this world. As the soul understand this material body which experiences infancy, adulthood and old age, which it discards and pass on to the new body in the form of rebirth. It will again live and play its own part. Hence the spirit of a man neither takes birth nor does it die. It is eternal. As the man throws his old garments and wears new, this spirit throws this old body and wears new bright one. You and I have taken many births but the difference is you remember none and I am conscious of all of them.”

It is said in Mahabharat that even if the soul takes new birth, he has to avoid the path of hell and should work out the path of salvation.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

EVERYTHING IN THIS UNIVERSE CONTAIN ENERGY

We all live in this world which consists of solar system where sun is the nucleus around which other planets are revolving in different orbits. Though the solar system was created billions of years ago, it is matter of debate for scientists around the globe as to when this life form can into existence. With evolution of time it has been established that life form came into existence in the form of fish in ocean. From then onwards, various creatures took life form along with vegetation, plants, flora and Fauna. Slowly and slowly human life took form with various shapes and colors irrespective of religion they followed and then slowly and slowly language of communication was born with each word giving understanding and meaning to an emotion that directly shape our destiny. Such is the power of word that they can change human life, because of emotions and meaning associated with it.

“My life is full of heaven”
“Life has become hell for me”
“I am feeling low”
“Today I am really happy”
“I have become emotionless”

Above sentences are some of the examples of words that carry emotions which bring out some meaning. Not only words, everything in this universe is symbolic and these symbols are so powerful that millions of people experience direct impact on their way of life. Take for example swastika symbol which is nothing but two lines of equal length intersecting each other in 90 degrees, with four smaller lines drawn at their end indicating clockwise movement of the symbol. This symbol is not only revered by millions of Hindus for its positive energy that they paint it outside their doors as a metaphor for its auspicious nature.

Symbols evoke emotional response and bring direct impact on human behavior. Not only words but symbols could be images, sounds, objects and actions. Words contain more meaning and emotional intensity because of sound energy associated with it. Images contain light energy. Not only that there is energy of smell, taste and the energy directly released by the object itself. The last is the energy of thought produced by mind and which is most superior of all.

These energies directly communicate with the conscious energy emitted by our mind and their impact which brings awareness to our conscious mind is called emotions. It is like radio frequency with a particular wavelength. Each object or any abstract thing has his radius of influence and if our conscious energy comes within that radius, we get certain understanding about the object. It is a basic process of learning through these powers as energy generally speaks in its language of frequencies and wavelength associated with the objects, words, images or actions. This learning process is through the power of mind or energies of mind.

In earlier days, astrologers used astrological charts to describe our solar systems and their direct impact on human lives. Today our physicists are using solar system as a metaphor to explain their relationship with electrons, protons and neutrons in the formation of matter. Their proposition holds good to explain that every matter has a nucleus and the electrons are revolving around them in an orbit in similar way as the planets are revolving around sun. These electrons do not maintain equi-distance and their orbit also varies from the nucleus. This resulted into understanding of atomic energy which we feel through our conscious energy throughout our life till we are alive.

Saturday, October 2, 2010

अरमानो की दास्तान-A poem

ऐ दिल तु बहोत अजीबसा है
अरमांनो का तु सागर है
हर मौज पे इक अरमांन उठता
जो तुझको बहा ले जाता है

सपनोकी डगरपे ये चलते
मन्जर इनका है ख्वाबोंका
कुछ ख्वाब तो सच होते लेकिन
बाकी एहसास मायूसी का

तकदीर के हर इक पन्ने पर
हर इक अरमां की कहानी है
कुछ पन्नॊपर बच्चपन की मेहेक
बाकी पर ढलती जवानी है

इस रंग बदलती दुनियांमे
ये भी अपना इमान बदले
कोई कुछ पलके थे मेहमांन
कोई साया बनकर साथ चले

टुटॆ हुए अरमांनो का बोझ
मानॊ जैसे कोई लाश लगे
गेहरी खामोशीका आलम
सब जग जैसे रूठा लागे

इतनी ठोकर खाकर फिर भी
क्युं आंस है इन अरमांनो की
धोका दे जाते है फिर भी
क्युं प्यास है इन अरमांनोकी

इतने अरमांन उढने पर भी
ऐ दिल फिर भी तु न है खाली
संसार की दौलत पाकर भी
सब कुछ जैसे खाली खाली

जीवन की बाज़ी खेल चुके
कुछ नही है बस है अकेले
जिती दुनियाँ तुझसे हारे
ऐ दिल तेरे खेल निराले

Sunday, September 12, 2010

जीवन उद्देश्श-A poem

अन्जान सफ़र के राही है
कुछ देर के सब हमराही है
कुछ रोकर सफ़र ये तय करते
कुछ हंस कर चलते रह्ते है

कुछ का जीवन सुविधा से भरा
कुछ का जीवन दुविधा से भरा
कुछ सुखमय रथके है राही
कुछ जलते पथपर चलते है

कुछ सुखमें दुख अनुभव करते
कुछ दुखमें भी सुख चुनते है
कुछ को अभिलाषा जग जीते
कुछ हर आशाको तरसते है

जिस क्षण जीवन हमको मिलता
उस क्षण इस पार के राही है
जब काल का पलडा हो भारी
अनजान डगर के राही है

सब देखके भी अनदेखा करें
सब जानके भी अनजाने है
दो हाथ ह्जारों आंस लिये
मदहोश है सब मतवाले है

मेरा हो या तेरा जीवन
सब की इकसी ही कहानी है
पलभर ना हम आराम करें
हर उम्रकी यही रवानी है

तकदीर से ज्यादा ना पाकर
भगवान को हम बदनाम करें
खुदको भगवान बनाकर हम
अपनी किस्मत की कहानी लिखें

धनवान हो या निर्धन कोई
दाता की नजर मे एकसे है
कर्मो से हम बनते रावण
कर्मो से ही हम राम बने

जैसी करनी वैसी भरनी
जो बॊया फल वो पाना है
खाली हाथों से आये है
खाली हाथों से जाना है

गुजरे हुए अखबारों की तरह
अस्तित्व हमारा है प्यारे
बेदर्द ज़माने का दस्तुर
कुडा करकट फौरन त्यागे

अनमोल है तोह्फ़ा जीवनका
उसकॊ बरबाद न कर प्यारे
मरकर भी हमें कोई याद करें
जीवन ये सफ़ल है तब प्यारे

Sunday, September 5, 2010

मेरा दिन भी आय़ॆगा-A poem

आशाओंके इन्द्रधनुशका हर रंग लेहेराएगा
खुशीयोंकी बौछार लिये मेरा दिन भी आय़ॆगा

इन बेहेती हवाओंसे उम्मीदकी मेहेक आ रही है
हर गल्ली हर राह भी प्यारसे गुनगुना रही है
अब जीतका तराना मेरा दिल भी गायेगा
खुशीयोंकी बौछार लिये मेरा दिन भी आय़ॆगा

कुछ करनेकी सच्ची धुन अब दिलपे छाई है
अपने आपको आजमानेकी हमने कसम खाई है
मुश्कीलोंका दौर अब फिरसे नही आएगा
खुशीयोंकी बौछार लिये मेरा दिन भी आय़ॆगा

तनहाईकी रात अब खत्म होनेको आई है
उम्मीदका हाथ थामे सुरजकी किरन आई है
कामयाबीकी राहपर हर सपना सजेगा
खुशीयोंकी बौछार लिये मेरा दिन भी आय़ॆगा

IDENTITY-THE KEY TO OUR EXISTENCE

The foundation of our human existence is based on core belief we have about ourselves or who we are. This is called our identity. These beliefs define our individuality that makes us unique in this world. The more we are certain about them the more we create limits within which we live our life. The biggest bearing these beliefs bring is the way we evaluate any thing in our lives. Since we evaluate them within certain framework of our identity, they not just guide us to conclude but teach us how to feel and what action we should take. Sometimes they affect relations and make us decide how to think and feel, derive meaning in anything he or she does. If our belief about his or her love is strong then his or her intentions are never questioned even if he or she is angry. This is just one area of life where belief brings impact to certain extent.

The most important thing about beliefs is they shape our lives. They bring profound influence not only on our capabilities to do any thing but our beliefs to filter perceptions of all kind. They directly control consistency of our decisions of life. They control our physical, emotional and mental destiny. What is function of our capabilities? It is to define what we can do and what we cannot do. These beliefs again define who we are and who we are not. We not only look upon ourselves what we are capable of but also look upon what we are not capable of. This capability is constant in each individual but some use more and some use less depending upon their identity about themselves. The children show dramatic change in their performance if they are convinced that they are gifted.Also it is important to change the capabilities in order to grow and expand in life for that these children have to challenge themselves. It does not need much intelligence. Only they require is the sense of certainty that they are superiors.

Also perceptions affect the behavior like beliefs. If we carry perception about a person, these perceptions generate appropriate response for that person. It does not matter whether our perception are true or not. However whatever response is generated, it is always consistent with the perception or view. If our perception is declared publicly, we experience intense pressure to remain consistent with those views.

Beliefs can work negatively as there are people who believe that it is next to impossible to change ourselves. It is not true. If a person is addicted to any kind of drug, it is only due to belief that he carries that he is addicted to drug. Even if he leaves those habits of drug, he returns back to his habit thinking this is his true identity forgetting conveniently that taking drug is his conscious decision. When this person develops conviction that he is drug free, that is when his behavior changes to support his new identity. The lasting change would come only when he does this with sense of certainty. This shift in identity causes shift in entire belief system which includes shift in system of evaluation, the values that guide his action and the references that organize into beliefs.

If we repeatedly attempt to make particular change but continually fall short, then that is because we are creating emotional shift which is inconsistent with our belief “who we are”. Identities are formed due to long held beliefs and values. If we understand how we arrive at our present identity and how we can expand this identity then we can instantaneously change our identity in a matter of moment. We generally identify people by their action. Also we look upon ourselves as what we do to determine who we are. The more we do certain thing, the more we identify ourselves with our act. The more we make statement we believe, the more we willingly back it up. This consistent behavior helps form our identity. This way we can shift our identity. The identity of person does not get limited due to limited experiences of life. It gets limited due to interpretations of these experiences. These interpretations help us to decide who we are. We fuse ourselves with decisions we make for ourselves. This fusion creates label for us. The way we define our identity, it defines our life.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

VISHUDHA CHAKRA OR THROAT CHAKRA

It is fifth center of consciousness or plexus in the order of seven chakras and is also called “Throat Plexus”. This center is located at the throat and is associated with thyroid gland, lungs and respiratory system. There are sixteen nerves interconnected with each other to form a plexus with a circle inside and is associated with expression of truth as we know it in our heart. Expressing can be in the form of communicating what one wants and what one feels, or it can be an artistic expression as an artist painting, a dancer dancing, a musician playing music, using a form for expressing and bringing to the outside what is within. Expressing is related to receiving, as in, “Ask and ye shall receive.” Its element is sound and governs communication, expression of thoughts and feelings and the plexus that forms controls neck, throat, jaw, voice, trachea, bronchial system, upper lungs, esophagus and arms.

Abundance, therefore, is associated with this chakra, as is the aspect of unconditional receiving, necessary to accept the abundance of the Universe. This is the first level of consciousness in which one perceives directly another level of intelligence, and experiences one’s interaction with this other intelligence.

Main characteristic of such person is they are communicative and are gifted with emotional intelligence. Before they express their idea’s they clarify things within themselves. They have courage to stand by their opinions and they give true expressions to their ideas. They are likely to be gifted singers and actors and can excel in areas of academia and the sciences. They are never afraid of exposing their weaknesses and strength. The truth is their highest goal.

The energy that flows through this center makes a person loyal, trustworthy, affectionate, caring, tactful and calm whereas an imbalance in this center can make one unfaithful, self righteous, untrustworthy and cold. Some diseases and conditions associated with the Throat Chakra are thyroid, anorexia, asthma, bronchitis, hearing problems, tinnitus, mouth ulcers, sore throats and tonsillitis.

Spiritual characteristic of such person is they belong to faculty of higher discrimination. Realization coming into their consciousness through this center is from the higher level of knowledge. This center is also known as center of nectar and poison. The nectar is transcendental fluid or called “The Dew of Heaven”. An inactive center sends this fluid downwards without any impediment to be consumed in the fire of Manipur Chakra resulting in decay, degeneration and death of body tissues. When this center is awakened, the divine fluid is retained and utilized by the body tissues becoming nectar of immortality thus giving rise to youthfulness and regeneration of body.

This center is called Vishudha chakra for the reason that at this level, negative or poisonous aspect of existence get integrated with total being and become powerless. Their badness falls away and they get absorbed and transformed into a state of bliss. They become pure.