1: The Arduous Task of Self-Analysis : 7.

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Thus we are here in a world of realities which are more than the physical appearance of the phenomena of life, and we are seeking God in this world. We try to live a life of religion and spirituality in a world of this nature. We want to offer a worship to God the Almighty in the battlefield of the Mahabharata where each one is putting on armour and is wielding a weapon which is fatal and lethal.


In this world we are trying to perform a worship of God. Is it possible? Can we contemplate and enter into a state of deep meditation on the creator of the cosmos in this field of ruthless violence, of battle, warfare and incompatibility of individuals? In this world of these hard facts, can we be a religious person? Can we live a life of the spirit? Can we believe that God exists in this terrific atmosphere of irreconcilabilities, conflicts, selfishness, and a wolfish attitude of individuals in respect of others? Is there a God at all? Does He really exist?


Can we believe from the bottom of our hearts that a God really exists in a world of this kind? Or are we wool-gathering? Are we being hypnotised into an ideology which is not a real one? Are we sleeping? Are we somnambulists? Are we utterly mistaken? Are we fools ultimately to believe that there is such a thing called God, that spirituality is possible in a world of this kind which we are seeing every day with our eyes, where we cannot smile even once from the bottom of our hearts? We are only crying, weeping, and agony stricken.



Here, therefore, in these words I have placed before you is a very unpleasant picture which is the so-called pleasant world of yours, and you will see what I say is right; a day will come for you to see it. Everyone has to pass through this phase. No one can be exempted – not I, not you, not even a hundred Buddhas. You will see this nature of the world one day. Many have seen it, an account of which you read in human history; many are seeing it today, and you will see it tomorrow. Be prepared for it.

To be continued  ....


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