MOKSHA - OUR FINAL DESTINATION

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MOKSHA - OUR FINAL DESTINATION

 

Talking generally, and without reference to anybody's post.

 

" Moksha " word is used very loosely and liberally nowadays

by each and all. Moksha in other words means Kaivalya or

Final emancipation.

 

This is not easy as buying pizzas from a fast

food counter over the shelf.,or shedding few pounds of

weight after regular excersise for few months.

 

If a person thinks that his Birth

Chart shows promise of Swarga (Heavens) because he has Ketu

or Sun in the 12th, he may still not reach there after his death. If

a person thinks that he can attain Moksha as per his chart due to

combinations so present in chart ( Ketu in 12th from karakamsha

lagna),he may still not attain it. All promises in a chart whether

of Rajyoga,Dhanyoga, heavens or Moksha, all stand defunct, if

no efforts are made in that direction.Meditation and Kriyayoga

and prayers and love,faith and affections for the Lord, do help in

attaining the required Moksha, but how much should be done,

depends from individual to individual, which only he knows and

realizes as he progresses on the spiritual path. And to progress

on spiritual path is no cakewalk in today's times, Its like walking

on the edge of a sword. Even recitation of Gods name (Japa)

can bring a person to Moksha.There are many ways to achieve

the final emancipation, but not with our half-hearted measures,

interspersed with our material longings for pleasures, day in and

out, we seek, all the time. We need a thorough disciplined life,

of yama and niyama.

 

Technical Process of actually attaining Moksha-

 

The saptakoshas (Sheaths) have to be opened completely,

and not just burning or extinction of the human physical body,

before one can achieve the Moksha.

 

1.Annamay kosha- The functions of this Kosha are to endure

and enjoy all sorts of worldly things i.e..happiness and

unhappiness e.g..pleasure and displeasure.

 

2. Pranamay Kosha - Pranmay Kosha sticks to the Annamaya

Kosha. Whatever food we take in the body is enlivened by the

Life Force -Prana here.There are 5 Vayus in this Kosha, Prana

Vayu,Udana Vayu,Vyan Vayu,Saman Vayu and Apan Vayu.

 

3. Vasnamay Kosha - On melting of the Pranmay kosha, this

Kosha gets opened.This is the main Kosh which contains the

vasanas or the desires which we have inside us, which are

uncompleted through millions of birth and stay in this body,

waiting to be fulfilled. The stronger the Vasnas, the more time

this Kosha will take to melt.Most if us are not able to transgress

this Kosha and always remain with it, that is why we see so

many cases of possession by spirits, Pretas, etc. who have had

so many vasanas while living, that they need someone's body

to fulfill some of their vasanas before the thousands of years,

they are able to get a human body, to once again atone for their

sins, and get a chance to re-built their good karmas.

 

4. Manomaya Kosha - The vasnas in the annamaya kosha are

aggravated by excitement in this Kosha, which deals with the

mind, or on mental level.,Memory.

 

5.Gyanmaya Kosha - After the Manomaya Kosha is melted,the

Gyanmaya kosha gets opened, This kosha contains all types of

learnings and knowledge.

 

6. Vigyanmaya Kosha Vigyan or specific knowledge, which

means self knowledge and self-realization. Since Evolution

whatever knowledge(Atma Gnana) is collected , is stored over

here. In this body is the " Ego " . (According to Carl Jung , on

melting of this Kosha, all dirt is cleared , and thereafter only is,

Bhrama-Gnana acquired.

 

7. Anandmaya Kosha- Pure Consciousness. On melting of

Vignanmaya Kosha, ego also goes out. There is no emotion here

,no guilt,no vasana, but only pleasure On melting of this Kosha ,

the soul and mind become free.Both soul and mind are

energies and immortal. they have no death.

 

Thus emancipation or Kaivalya does not mean total dissolve of

us,or me, or You,or him or they. We will merge with Him, without

loosing our identity,which would remain.

 

Postscript-

Then there are different Lokas too, before one merges with Him.,

like PitruLoka(For ancestors), Hiranyaloka (For those who have

experienced nirvikalp samadhi while staying in human body on earth)

, Vaikuntha Loka (Lord Vishnus Param Dham where He gives His

own form to each and every inhabitant, 4 arms and his beautiful looks)

and many other such Lokas, good or bad. There are nine stages of

evolvement. If a person remains on the 4th stage in human birth and

does not evolve more than this stage ,then after death , he has to take

a human birth, if he remains like a brute even after taking human birth

and deteriorates his condition with his evil actions, to stay below the

3rd stage, then he will have to remain for some time in the darkest

corners of the ethereal world before he takes back a birth, in some

animal Yoni (Birth). But if after taking human birth, he evolves himself

to a level more than the 5th, then he will not take a rebirth, but ill be

given a ethereal body which will take him upwards to the other stages

of development, just like we have life in this body. And after every

stage cleared, he will get a body more beautiful, luminous and with

more powers.

 

But remember this is not so easy to attain. Talking loosely about

attaining Moksha, and actually attaining it, is like searching a needle

in a hay stack.Lets not search the needle, but become so good a

human , that the nature makes arrangement for the needful, on its

own, while we are engrossed in our love for God. let us be like the

Shopkeeper who buys a cow, and the milk in the udders of the

cow, comes alongwith, without we having to pay extra for the

same.

 

let us also be like this, carry on with our work, devotion, prayers

and good work, meditation,JapaYoga, Rajyoga,BhaktiYoga,Dhyan

Yoga or whatever, Moksha, if it has to come, will come on its

own, even having this desire itself will become a barrier, otherwise

in attaining the Moksha.

 

best wishes,

Bhaskar.