Note: This article is not meant to make any one inferior but rather stimulates everyone including myself to inquire & acquire the spiritual knowledge with open mindedness.
Worry not whether your path is genuine – worry whether you are genuine..LOL 😆. Sometimes, we have anxiety & doubt that "am I following the right Spiritual path, Guru or Organization?" Rather then worrying about those things, I should worry about myself-- "am I genuine or sincere about learning the spiritual knowledge to uplift my spiritual understanding & consciousness?" If we have a sincere desire with openness to progress further then there is always a higher divine arrangement to guide us further.
If you are too skeptical or an egoistic individual, then it is very difficult to make progress along a Spiritual Journey. Actually, skepticism or doubting is one of the important signs & functions of intelligence. In order to cultivate intelligence, one should be doubtful in the beginning and try to remove the doubt by asking the thoughtful questions. However, sometimes by doubting too much, we may learn what is considered wrong but we will never learn what is considered right for us.
Doubting is not very favorable when information is received from the proper source. In Srimad Bhagavad Gita Lord says that doubting the words of the authority is the cause of destruction. Without having faith in scriptures, it is very difficult to make further progress on the spiritual path. Even if your have FOMO (fear of missing out the materialism) or a YOLO (you only live once) personality, Scriptures will help you to live a better life & enjoy materialism...LOL. 🤣
Spiritual Journey begins with "Athato Brahma Jijnasa" is the 1st aphorism of Vedanta Sutra or Brhama Sutra. It means that I have inquired & enjoyed enough of the worldly mundane subjects & object matters, but now it is time to inquire about myself & the ABSOLUTE TRUTH the cause of all the causes. This is only possible in the human form of life.
Keep in mind that we will never be able to find the perfect community or organization to start our Spiritual Journey because we are not perfect ourselves...LOL.
With respect to everyone’s values & beliefs, whichever SCRIPTURES (Bible, Quran, Torah, Tripitaka, Agama, Guru Granth Sahib, Gita...etc...), RELIGION, METHODS or WAYS work for us is good.
Bg 4.39 -- A faithful man who is dedicated to transcendental knowledge and who subdues his senses is eligible to achieve such knowledge, and having achieved it he quickly attains the supreme spiritual peace.
Bg 4.40 -- But ignorant and faithless persons who doubt the revealed scriptures do not attain God consciousness; they fall down. For the doubting soul there is happiness neither in this world nor in the next. Vedabase.com
SB 1.1.19 -- Transcendental literature is above the mode of darkness, and its light becomes more luminous with progressive reading and realization of the transcendental subject matter.
Have a Brahma Jijnsa Day.
Thank You.
Article is based on link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/2018/07/worry-not-whether-path-genuine-worry-whether-genuine/ by HH Chaitanya Charandas Prabhu.
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MY SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION , SOURCE & THE GURUS:
I am inspired to hear & read the Vedic Scriptures by regularly listening to Sri Pandurang Shashtri Athvale, also known as Dadaji ( speaks on Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Veda based discourses & western philosophy ) and the association of Swadhyay Parivar every Sunday in Swadhya Kendra.
I also hear and read the discourses & literature on Vedic thoughts from Srila Prabhupada, his disciples & grand disciples ( HH Bhakti Rasamitra Swami, HH Chaitanya Charandas Prabhu, Shubha Vilas Prabhu, Sutapa Das, Amarnath Dasa, HH Bhakticharu Swami, HH Urmila Devi Dasi, HH Sivarama Swami, HH Radhanath Swami, HH Romapada Swami, Lal Govind Prabhu ( Gujarati & Hindi) Prahalad Maharaj in Surat (Gujarati) .......and many more from ISKCON......).
FYI: A good source of Vedic literature: Vedabase.com . Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the essence & Srimad Bhagavatam (SB) is the nectar of all Vedic scriptures. Repeatedly hearing/reading & meditating the Scriptures, Eating Sanctified Pure Food and Chanting Vedic Mantras are nourishing to our heart (Soul), transcendental to our consciousness, purifying to our senses and thus helps us to overcome our weaknesses or deficiencies. Yes, we do have good qualities within us but there is always a room for improvement.
It is always a good idea to share our good thoughts & knowledge with others. Thanks to the Facebook/Social media for providing me the platform. Of course I use Smartphone/Google Pexels search to collect some data.
Besides my parents, wife, teachers, family & friends GREATFUL to EVERYONE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED in MY LIFE. Hopefully my enthusiasm will continue by Grace of the Guru & God ( Krishna , Absolute Truth ).
NOTE:
Many times a word Hearing is used instead of Listening when it comes to the Scriptures. Because Scriptures are so potent that simply by Hearing them even if you don’t try to interpret or analyze or understand them still there will be passive positive effects on our mind & senses.
We can follow either the Quran, Bible,Torah, Tripitaka, Agama, Guru Granth Sahib, Gita or any other Philosophy which makes sense to us, purifies us, elevates our consciousness and qualifies us to understand God and instill the love of God & his creation. ( whichever way we can understand God -- either Personal with many names or Impersonal as an universal consciousness & energy ).
Don’t try to understand God by Name, Religion or Depiction ( means image, picture...etc ) but try to understand him by the Definition through Scriptures. The Transcendental subject of God & his creation cannot be understood by mental speculation. Some times people ask why God is Supreme? It is just like asking why is the circle circular? Just by definition, the circle is circular. Similarly by definition, God is unborn, complete, unlimited, infinite, eternal, the Absolute Truth the source of everything, cause of all causes.
I see God, besides the above mentioned qualities, as an eternal living person ( not a abstract or some kind of light ) known by the name KRISHNA meaning one who attracts everyone has also MANY other NAMES, forms, abodes, incarnations, activities, qualities, associates, is full of wisdom, bliss, and the cause of all causes.
Bg 9.17 -- I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable oṁ. I am also the Ṛg, the Sāma and the Yajur Vedas.
Bg:13-12:-- Accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth ( God ) – all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance. ( Vedabase.com ).
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