It is not possible to awaken the sleeping divinity in man by
denigrating them on the basis of their supposed inferior spiritual status just
because they happen to be ordinary householders and not world-renouncing monks.
Monasticism sees divinity in all and same-sightedness is its hallmark. This
artificial distinction between householders and monks must go if spiritual
integration of the nation and the world is to be achieved. Each person is
potentially divine and to judge one on the face of things is arbitrary and
uncalled for, especially when the people concerned are so ardent in their
desire to serve the Cause of the Master. Vedanta in trumpet voice declares the
divinity of the human soul and preaches the grand equality of all when seen
from the highest standpoint of spiritual transcendence. The tallest tree and
the shortest shrub are equally alike when viewed from Himalayan heights and
this indeed is true spirituality. Democracy dictates that none shall dictate
and all will conjointly exert their will for national well-being and
world-welfare. This is the spirit of the Age when the common man has risen to
his rightful status as the inheritor of all that is and the governor of his fate
that will be. Gone are the days of feudal force exacting the labour of the
masses while ever reducing them to beasts of burden devoid of rights or the
mere voice to sound an opinion, a far cry from disagreement or dissent. Imperialism
held in its sway the lives of millions as food for the rulers and the priestly
class forged fresher chains ever on the form of the hapless millions through
the invention of dubious ceremonials masquerading as real religion. These two
classes have long ruled the masses, murdering the very meaning of their
terrestrial existence till date and now the capitalist rules with his almighty
dollar, slowly sucking the life-blood of the masses while amassing the riches
that belong to all. And worst of all, as if there can never be a respite from
the age-old tyranny of the forces that be, superior snobbishness of
spirituality is casting its shadow on the common man in consonance with the
principle of inertia that threatens to keep the commoner in spiritual servitude
by maintenance of this arbitrary divide of the monastic and the lay devotee of
the one God who, however, is the Father of all. Such dubious designs will not
work in this age for the Swami Vivekananda has sounded its death-knell and
Vedanta with its equalizing mission is afoot. The common man everywhere will
now rise for such is the call of the hour and whosoever will aid in ushering
the Age shall be the great benefactor of humanity and unto him belongs the bond
of friendship of the masses. Whosoever will attempt to thwart the process shall
be laid aside as the masses march on to the cherished goal, the regaining of
their Promised Land, the awakening of their sleeping selves, the recovery of
their inherent freedom. So has it been decreed and so shall it come to pass.
This is the law of life.
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