In the olden days people had lot of time and patience since there were no 9 to 5 offices or 8 to 6 factories. At the maximum one had to go to the field and do the work for few hours and had the whole day left to do many other activities.
In this information era, there are too many so called ‘spiritual gurus’ and am sure many of them have not attained enlightenment. There are too many TV Channels, which are dedicated to spiritual programs. I heard that the TV viewership in India for these spiritual programs is close to 18%, which is quite a high number by considering the population (owning TVs) in India.
Sure, I have also been seeking to find out more about truth and have read lots of books on spirituality but what surprises me is that how people start to believe all those people who appear on the TV.
In my view, in the present world everyone’s mind is disturbed, whether one is a millionaire or a middleclass person or a beggar on the street. What one need is to sit and think for oneself and analyze what is that causing that disturbance. One needs some kind of soothing talk and assurance to come out of this disturbance. All these so called God men are utilizing this weakness of the general public and are cashing in on this weakness and people are falling prey to this.
In my view, true guru is beyond money, power, fame, sex and has to guide his/her followers to the path of truth by giving them the right space. In order to achieve this you need lots of patience but we are in the fast food world and we want everything in readymade packets or we want to experience the truth instantly like instant noodles.
In my view, I consider, Vivekananda, Ramakrishana, Ramana, Buddha, as people who had realised the truth and liberated themselves and qualify to be true gurus.
What good it makes, if we go to these gurus and spend 30min or 1 hour and can not avoid our anger, frustrations, greed, desires, jealousy, etc etc. in other words we are doing this just to calm ourselves for that moment and then go back to our old habits. I know it takes time to condition one’s mind and to master it but it will not be of any help if one can not make a sincere attempt.
Though I wanted to write about this “Spiritual Bazar in India” at a later date, today I happened to see a half hour program “God men calling” on NDTV and this prompted me to write this.
I have more to write on this topic …how one can find the difference between a true guru and a fake one…… to be continued……….
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