The Bhakti Yog, Bhakti
Marg or the path of devotion is perceived by many as the only superior path to
express our heartfelt devotion towards God. Still, many has professed this path to be the greatest yogic path on planet
earth. One Non-Being ideologist had professed long ago that Bhakti Yog is practiced
by first grade devotees and the spiritual or meditative path by the last. Is
this statement true? Can bhakti or devotion developed with the inadequate human
mind develop and instill pure and unwavering devotion from our sides to the
most Supreme Godhead? Can devotion developed from a pseudo aspect of the
physical body, the human mind, fullfil that criteria for genuine devotion
needed to worship the Infinite Being? When the normal human mind can be
transcended through the spiritual growth process and the soul awakened, is’nt
there this higher spiritual platform from which we can establish ourselves as
true and pure devotees of God?
The human form of
devotion towards the man-made Gods, rituals and religion are dropped the moment
we get Self-Realized. When the entire manifested Universe is realized as a
leela or play of God, one submits and is wholeheartedly devoted to Him in a
permanent manner. It is at this very
stage that an overpowering devotion
towards God develops and it is at the sixth or seventh stage when one establishes a permanent union with God. Since we are in actual terms God natured
divine beings and that awareness or consciousness is one of the permanent realities in the world, we can honestly
claim that the only path to develop pure
and unflinching devotion towards God is the spiritual or meditative path. Examples
of pure devotion developed towards God is the devotion of that of a Paramhansa
Yogananda, J.Krishnamurti, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj or a Sanjaya Sai Baba and
it wo’nt take any x,y,z devotee to stop adhering to the path of devotion the
moment they start contacting suffering and trouble into their lives.
We all know that the normal human mind is a false
existence and that the human mind can be transcended through the spiritual
growth process, the soul awakened and this instrument, our soul, establishes
the only source of pure bhakti or devotion in our lives to look up to God with
great awe and admiration. The existence of human mind is temporary whereas the
soul which restores awareness is permanent. "Can we imagine of a state in which
something permanent can arise out of the temporary?" A quality such as pure and
genuine devotion can only arise out of the permanent. So we can naturally say
that bhakti or devotion developed from the human mind is impermanent and unreal
whereas devotion developed from the restoration of soul awareness is permanent. "Is it possible for the dualistic mind to
generate pure devotion towards God?" The dualistic human mind is so fragile, so
weak, it can shatter the devotion one
has towards God anytime the moment we come face to face with great
tragedies in life. Devotion developed through the human mind is in realistic
terms so unstable that it can shatter both the devotee and the product, devotion,
the very moment great misfortunes in life are contacted. On the other hand, the
awareness developed through the spiritual growth process reinstates and
reinforces genuine devotion in a devotee permanently.
The means of Bhakti Yog
or Bhakti Marg to develop pure and genuine devotion towards God in a permanent manner is a little
ironic. It can be developed, but an unflinching and unwavering devotion can
never be developed by Bhakti Yog or the Bhakti Marg. It is a false concept to
perceive that Bhakti Yog or Bhakti Marg is the path to develop deep devout devotion in our lives. The unflinching and unwavering devotion towards God can
be developed only through the spiritual or meditative path. "How can the ever
wandering, fragile and temporary human mind generate something which should be
of a permanent value such as pure and genuine devotion?" Bhakti Yog or Bhakti Marg
is not a fulfilled form of human evolution whereas devotion contacted through
the spiritual process is a complete
human evolution or a spiritual evolution.It is because human evolution is complete when the field of
everlasting happiness is contacted through the spiritual growth process and
devotion is one quality that emanates after the field of happiness is reached.
The human mind is impure and
purity of thought can only be achieved by awakening the dormant human soul. So
we can say that the human mind is an
impure aspect and that a fully awake human soul is a pure one. The human mind
with all its impurities cannot develop pure bhakti or pure devotion. So Bhakti Yog
or Bhakti Marg, which is practiced on a human and not a spiritual level cannot
convert us into true devotees of God and develop genuine devotion in us. Since
the fully awakened human soul dissolves all the impurities of the human mind
and that purity of thought is established once the human soul is activated we
can surmise that the only pure, holy,
pious and the most genuine form of devotion can never be developed and trained
through Bhakti Yog or Bhakti Marg but can be generated only through a fully
restored human soul. Therefore we can conclude, it is only through the
spiritual path or Dhyan Yog and not through Bhakti Yog or Bhakti Marg that we
become true and authentic devotees of God
and develop pure and genuine devotion towards Him.
This scribe is here to
refute the claims of anybody who reinstates the theory that Bhakti Yog or
Bhakti Marg is the best yogic path, that it is the greatest path to cultivate
genuine devotion and in his perspective, the interconnected network between a
devotee, devotion and God can be synchronized, realized and developed in its
purest and the most genuine form only through the spiritual, meditative path or
Dhyan Yog. Therefore, the spiritual path or Dhyan Yog is the best yogic path and the one and only Bhakti
Marg on the planet.
(This article is the copyright of Ashwas Thapa)
(This article is the copyright of Ashwas Thapa)
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