Hinduism has a peculiar concept called Moksha or liberation. Hindus believe that after death, the journey continues – you may go to heaven or hell for a specified duration and then you come back until you learn the life lessons. So what are the life lessons?
- Recognize all is God. The Good, the bad and the ugly. All creation is God. If that was not the case, then something else must have existed besides God. Who made the other thing that existed besides God? The only solution is God made everthing and since nothing else existed besides God, then God himself became everything
- Since all is God, one must learn his identity with God
- Love God and thus love all creation (not in a sexual way) and love God equally
- The above should be accomplished not in an intellectual way but as an experience
- The experience should be continuous without any break.
- This requires that there should be no likes or dislikes or even being neutral. This is often thought of as a witness attitude.
- This can only be achieved by conquering the three Gunas.
- The three gunas are Aum
- It takes a very very very long time to recognize the three Gunas. You may understand the effects but not really experience it. After all, how many hear the Aum in meditation?
- Hearing aum or its experience is a small step in a long journey
- That is why in Gita, it is …
- I have searched, there is no one out there in public view who even remotely knows this Hardly one or two may have an experience.
- The deeper step is going beyond it
- Deeper still is conquering it.
- Without the blessings of a Guru, none of this is possible
- In that case, who was the first Guru? Shankar bhagwan
- One may ask who was his Guru ? The answer itself is found in Samadhi. It cannot be put in words
- The photo of Shankar bhagwan says it all. All parts of liberation are in his photo
- With the blessings of a Guru, the three gunas are conquered
- This is the final step of liberation
- And also the beginning of all sorts of powers / vibhuti as described by Patanjali
- If those powers are not present, you have not reached anywhere
- The powers appear in minor steps
- All powers rarely appear
- Liberation is when established in this divine status
- Otherwise rebirth is a certainty
- When established in this status, a peculiar thing appears
- Only the Guru knows what this is
- Or how it is done
- Mastery is needed
- This is the path in short
- Every step may take several decades
- Or longer
- Progress must continue uninterrupted
- There is the fear of getting enmeshed in maya
- Then only Shakti or a Guru can bring you back on path
- Thus ends a brief overview of Moksha or liberation
- Love and blessings
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