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Human mind is nothing less than a super,
super computer. Its configuration has no parallel. It has a hard-disk of
almost infinite gigabytes of memory, the RAM also is too large to be true,
the potential of its processing power is also mind boggling. Of course it
has a highly sophisticated in-built multimedia. Unlike computers, which are
just cheap imitations of the great original which we have, the field of its
operation is not limited to the line drawn by the software fed into its
system. It has creativity & capacity to tread the unchartered zones, as
though simultaneously creating and using the software's. It has intelligence
and the greatest thing is that it can feel, it has emotions.
……… The
evolution of minds of various beings is seen from their capacity to be
self-conscious & the freedom to decide our responses. In human mind
this capacity is also developed to the highest, and we are free to decide
our responses too. Such a great, incomparable computer has been gifted
freely to all humans by the great, benevolent creator. We carry on our
shoulders a highly potent & sophisticated instrument, but alas ! most
of us are just not aware of our potential & faculties. The outside
computer is a great help and should certainly be used to make our lives
better organized & fast, but we should remember it is a product of this
human mind alone. We should learn to use & program computers outside,
we should try developing better machines, but should we in the process
ignore the great portable one which we carry on our shoulders all the time.
The consequence of this ignorance is that today inadvertently our systems
have been infected by an almost fatal virus. Today that which was supposed
to bless our lives and also the lives of everyone on this planet has
literally become a curse for all. All miseries are invariably creation of
human errors & misunderstandings. The personal & social problems,
wars, sufferings, pollution everything is a product of some highly bugged,
virus-infected super computer called the human mind.
Books of Religion & Manuals :
……… Books of
Religion are basically instruction manuals for properly using & taking
care of this great machine. These manuals with their do's & don'ts
basically aim to help bring about the optimum usage of the whole machine,
and also help avoid potential bugs & viruses. On the other hand the
secrets of the system & also its fundamental truths are revealed in
the more fundamental philosophical treatises. Who is the operator ? Who is
the creator ? How did he create ? Why did he create ? What was there before
creation ? What were the raw material with which he created ? What is it
which is really responsible to bring about its optimum usage ? etc. are the
subject matter of all philosophies the world over. Vedas contain in them
both these aspects- the philosophy & religion, revealing the basic
truths & the operating instructions respectively.
What Hangs the System :
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thrust of the instructions is that all our understanding should be based on
facts and should never be baseless presumptions. Vedas have an almost fanatic
penchant for right knowledge. Delusory understanding is an insurance to
shattered expectations, and this is what brings about all grief & pain.
The fundamental delusion pertains to mis-apprehending the truth of oneself.
This first erroneous conclusion leads to all subsequent mis-calculations.
Strangely enough a person who is never tired of talking about his knowledge
of various things outside never pauses to understand his own truth, and
keeps identifying himself with superficial things like color of skin,
profession, financial status, nationality, sex etc. At times his
understanding about himself is not even skin-deep. An almost criminal use
of a sophisticated gift. What can one expect from people like these ? They
dig their own graves and go & lie in them much before they have to
depart from here. They deserve their pains & problems, for the simple
reason that they themself are their creator & sustainer. They can be
their destroyer too - but only with the right knowledge. Well ! talking in
terms of our computer language, everyone should basically believe in the
existence or maybe the potential of a highly effective anti-virus program.
Whatever be your problem always believe that there is a way out, and as far
as the fundamental problem is concerned the way out is very simple. To
begin with have an enthusiasm to get over the problem, have thorough belief
in yourself that you can do it, and there after make it your second nature
to come to any conclusions only after proper enquiry. Never conclude about anything,
including about yourself without proper factual thorough enquiry. Never
believe that truth is known by majority votes. Learn to observe, enquire
and then test your conclusions too. Learn to question everything, even the
very fundamental presumptions. Blind belief should never be about anything,
including about religion, traditions, culture or even the so called modern
things. Just because some scientists say something somewhere should also be
not considered as the ultimate truth. Their continuing researches show that
they are still seekers of truth, and the whole picture is yet unclear.
The Greatest Anti-Virus Program :
……… The test of right knowledge is not in the development of new
technologies but in the ability to be contended within oneself, and also in
the ability to directly apprehend the transcendental truth as one's very
self. The choking sense of limitation can never co-exist with right
knowledge. That is why when Arjuna was apparently giving out philosophical
reasons of his not going ahead with the performance of his duties, and on
the other hand was mentally almost broken, then Lord Krishna smiling at
this contradiction started his divine lecture on the battlefield of
Kurukshetra. So one should begin from the beginning, one should begin with
re-examining ones conclusion s about oneself. Self-knowledge is indeed the
most powerful anti-virus program to put this great portable in order once
again. Enter the portals of Upanishads, understand with an open mind the
truths as revealed by the great Rishi's of Vedas and redeem your self. It
was not without any reason that the well-known, great German philosopher
Schopenhauer said that "In the world there is no study so beneficial
and so elevating as that of Upanishads. They are a product of the highest
wisdom... and are destined sooner or later to become the faith of (all the)
the people."
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