The most Supreme
Godhead’s much loved devotees fall into main three categories. The cream of the
crop or the first category of God’s dearest devotees are the spiritual
aspirants who have transcended the superconscious states and have that
unflinching and unwavering devotion with which to worship the most Supreme
Godhead. This class of devotees have a very permanent source of devotion
towards the most Supreme Godhead and are staunch and extremely devout devotees
of God. Absolutely, nothing can waver the deep devout feelings that this class
of devotees have towards the most Supreme Godhead. Some living examples of this
class of the most devout devotees are someone like Mahaavtaar Baba, Sri Sathya
Sai Baba, Sanjaya Sai Baba, Maharshi Mahesh Yogi, His Holiness Brahmaprajapita,
Pilot Baba, Shivapuri Baba, Sri Nishargadatta Maharaj, Ramana Maharshi, Sri
Aurobindo, Paramhansa Yogananada, Sri Yukteshwor Giri, Lahiri Mahasaya, Sri
Rama, Sri Krishna, Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Swami Vivekananda, J. Krishnamurti,
Mr. Dipak Chopra, Mr. Wayne. D. Dyer, Mr. Eckhart Tolle, Sri Sri Ravishanker
etc. The second class of devotees are those who believe in the rituals and
religion and worship the man-made Gods. This class of devotees are only one
step away from God’s Kingdom as they make an effort to know God through rituals
and religion by instrumenting the body and mind and not through the meditative
growth process. The third category of devotees are those peaceful beings who
abstain from violence and are in full control of violent words or deeds.
The third dearest and
category of devotees of the most Supreme Godhead are those peaceful human
beings who totally and completely abstain from violence and aid in magnifying
the peace effect on planet earth. Actions that help prevent violence need not
be complex and complicated but can be very simple while carrying out one’s
worldly duties on the planet. It may be something like training your pet dog
and regularly vaccinating him so that your pet dog does not get your neighbour’s
knees torn apart by his sabery teeth and the least amount of harm is inflicted
even if your pet inflicts his fury over your neighbours knee because your pet
is vaccinated. Not wishing for the ill fate of anybody and not making an effort
to pull someone’s leg is another aspect to someone that stops himself from
violence. Abstaining oneself from using foul and obscene language and
refraining from profanity may be another direction to prevent violence. “
Silence is Golden”, as Sri Sathya Sai Baba used to teach his much loved
devotees. Therefore, keeping yourself
silent when a heated altercation
sparks off is another way to prevent word propelled violence to get
converted to action oriented violence. Being very disciplined in the matters of
pornographic and violent literature, movies and company and not getting
influenced by them is another way to prevent violence form magnifying and setting a bad example to the society.
Socialising, partying and having get togethers at your own home can
prevent a possible altercation and a
heated brawl under the influence of alcohol and drugs at a restaurant, hotel or a resort. Paramhansa Yogananda has
professed that all the rules and regulations laid down by the government are in
fact laws enforced by the most Supreme
Godhead, therefore, following the code of conduct executed by the
government should be strictly adhered by evey responsible citizen. This is
definitely going to help peace prevail more effectively if the citizens are
responsible enough to abide by the laws in a more responsible manner. If you
are a non-vegetarian, purchasing meat from the local butcher and not
sacrificing an animal is another means to curtail a direct form of violence.
Not using plastic bags is another
measure to contain violence and planting tree saplings every now and
then in return for polluting the environment with the gasolene from your vehicle
is another non-violent practice because even polluting the earth is causing
violence to the planet. Human beings who are non-meditators do not have purity
of thought so normal mortals should take extra care not to propel the thought
propelled violence into violence through word or deed. The third category of devotees of the most Supreme Godhead are
very very responsible people who are in complete self-control about their word
or deed and every word or deed is measured, evaluated and executed in a non-violent
form of execution. A single individual with a non-violent initiative and quite
an amount of tame individuals can help create a balance in the society by their sole
individual non-violent approaches and can aid to a great extent in establishing
peace in the community. The most basic
expectation of the most Supreme Godhead from the citizens of the planet is
“Non-Violence”, so in my perspective, if one is a peaceful human being and
non-violent, it is not mandatory to
worship and become a devotee of God. Your non-violent life is more than enough
to please God and your peace initiative in other terms, your worship and devotion to God.
The second most dearest devotees of the most
Supreme Godhead are the ones who worship and are devoted to man-made Gods and
follow rituals and religion. This class of devotees follow rituals like going
on a pilgrimage, going to a Sunday mass at the church, fasting, praying,
partaking in satsangs, singing devotional songs, bathing at the confluence of
rivers, mantra and scripture chantation, reading the holy Bible, the Bhagavad
Gita, Upanishads, Vedas etc, getting themselves converted to missionaries,
making strict religious vows, practicing celibacy and remaining chaste with their soulmates,
donating to religious groups, namasmarana with the rosary beads etc. The great
Paramhansa Yoganada has proclaimed that rituals benefit those who practice it
and following them reaps fruitful results. This class belong to specific
religions and strictly abide by the religious doctrines dictated by the
Prophets of that particular religion. The people belonging to such religions
worship and are devoted to a man-made God or several man-made Gods and normally
have deep devout feelings towards them. In other words these people employ and
instrument their body and mind to follow rituals and religion and worship the
various man-made Gods. Since this class of devotees instrument impermanent
mediums like the body and mind to offer their devotion, they are only one step away from uniting with the
unbounded Spirit or the abode of God. Since they adore and are devoted to
man-made Gods they are also only a step away from the realisation and knowledge
of the Supreme Self. Violence is inflicted on human beings by atheists who have
no fear of God and those who don’t adore and respect the most Supreme Godhead
whereas theists or devotees of God abstain from all forms of violence and stay
composed and disciplined throughout their lives. This scribe wants to emphasize
one more time that the Infinite Will of the most Supreme Godhead for us humans
to follow rituals and religion plus worship the man-made Gods is to maintain
discipline and contribute to the growth of the peace effect on the planet and
the entire manifested Universe. Discipline
like in the former case is extremely essential to maintain balance on
the planet and in the entire Universe as well. We have seen how disciplined the
staunch devotees of rituals, religion and the various man-made Gods are.
The first category or the most
dearest devotees of the most Supreme Godhead are the spiritual seekers who have
transcended the superconscious states. This class of devotees have awakened
their spirit or have found their abode in God and have maintained a perfect
balance of the body, mind and spirit. Since pure devotion can only awaken from
the depths of a fully awake soul and not the mind, this class of devotees are
very staunch in their devotion to the most Supreme Godhead and have an
unflinching and unwavering devotion towards Him. Superficial discipline and
balance may be attained by being strong adherents of peace and being devotees
of rituals, religion and man-made Gods but genuine synchronisation of peace by
maintaining discipline and balance can
only be attained by the spiritual growth process, awakening the soul, abiding
in God forever and therefore being authentic devotees of God. In other words,
the most genuine and dearest devotees of God are the spiritual seekers. It is
because of the purity of devotion that spiritually evolved beings are endowed
with that makes them the most dearest devotees of the most Supreme Godhead.
The Ultimate objective of all forms
of devotion remains the same- To be in total self and Self control, maintain
discipline and balance and conribute to the peace of the world and the entire
Universe.
(This article is the copyright of Ashwas Thapa)
(This article is the copyright of Ashwas Thapa)
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