Reply for Bhaskarji & Prashantji

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Dear Ashna,

 

Very well worded mail and expressed beautifully.

 

Now coming back to the earlier statement. It is

never too early to be spiritual. Very much. One

should be spiritual at a young age, but without

renunciations. This spiritualism sshould

be staying in the family,doing ones alloted duties,

and enjoying Life and the pleasures it has to offer,

but with detachment,and vairagya. I think most of us

have been spiritual at young age, but a renunciate,

no. So tolerably spiritualism is good at young age.

I agree to this always. The early a plant is

bend to its shape, it will follow the

same when it growsbig. Oncethe stem has

become hard, then its difficult to bend it.

 

We had been talking initially of being spiritual at

young age.Eventually we came down to being spiritual

remaining in this world ,this is what is required.

The transition to becoming totally spiritual should be

a slow process ,starting from young age and ending

somewhere around thelate 50's.But this is again

debatable.

 

I end the issue, with agreeing to both the

views, that at young age too, spiritualism is good,

but without foregoing ones duties towards parents and

family and at later age, when after one having tasted all

pleasures of Life, is still making choice of Spiritualism

or forced Sanyasa- then that is real Spiritualism.

This is the real transition of 4 ashrams as mentioned in the

Shastras .

 

Best wishes,

Bhaskar.

 

 

 

 

, " Ashna Singh "

<ashna_singh_2002 wrote:

>

> Hi,

> Thank you both for making such great points on the topic of

> spirituality....i feel both of you have made wonderful points...i

> agree that taking sanyas, when circumstances have failed you, is the

> wrong way to go....it is best when comes as a natural progression in

> life. It should not be pushed.

> Having said that, Prashantji, i fully agree with wot you have to

> say on this...as i sincerely believe it's never too early to become

> spiritual. The aim of life is to work out our karmas, and to know

> God. We can be an ordinary householder, and still be one with

> God...i truly believe that. Have you heard of the phrase, " hands in

> society, head in forest " ? This is Kalyug, but that doesn't mean that

> we have to go along with the bad of this yug. We can live in Golden

> Age infact, if we control our minds and live detached. We are wot

> our minds are...and thru spirituality, we can delve into our inner

> consciousness and be one with God. When you do that, u automatically

> are rid of the lower atrributes of being human.

> I come from a Christian mother(indian) and Kshtriya father...no

> one in my family is religious..non are vegetarian. But at the age of

> 6, i asked my dad to get Bhagavad Gita and other spiritual books for

> me to read. My father thought something was wrong with me....but i

> had this strong urge for all things religious...so Bhaskarji, we are

> born with this attribute. I cannot help myself in being the way that

> i am...and i am thinking abt renunciating since my teenage

> years...not becus my lover is gone. So every case is different.

> You can choose to be ordinary and be in the world....or you can

> choose to follow the path of God. And goin to the forest is not a

> necessity to follow the path of God. You can be married, have kids,

> work, so long as you keep ur focus on God and leave the fruits of ur

> actions to Him. It's as simple as that. My favorite quote is " be in

> the world, not of the world " . Explains everything.

> We are humans...we have desires, wants..etc. But when we run after

> our senses, we start living like animals....following our bodily

> desires...and pleasing the lower senses. Everything in balance is

> good. Spirituality teaches us to remain detached while doing our

> karmas. And i am happy to tell you that it is possible to do that in

> this Kaliyug. I know many that do.

> So, it is never to early to start on the path towards God..infact,

> the earlier the better. It is ok to remain married...procreate, and

> still have ur goal in mind(God). It is, however, a terrible thing to

> waste human birth in darkness. Hope this all is taken well. Take care

>