It is a hopeless task trying to regenerate human society
without a prior self-regeneration, assuming, of course, that the present state of
affairs, both at the social level and at the individual, is a degeneration of
an earlier higher state of affairs. There is an utter destitution of human
values today across the world, a phenomenon quite as universal as the
environmental pollution that plagues humanity today. The task of salvaging the
situation, thus, is an onerous one and requires not only expert diagnosis of its
causes from the analysis of its symptoms but also the activation of a massive
amount of spiritual energy that will effectively counter the evil tendencies of
the times. Such a Herculean task is not for ordinary mortals to accomplish and
is the domain only of an Avatar-like personality and his entourage. The times
are, thus, pregnant with the possibilities of such an advent and we must gear
ourselves for such a deluge of spirituality that is in the offing. On our part
we must spiritualise ourselves actively to heighten our Self-consciousness in
order to combat the challenges of the hour as also to ready ourselves for the
great advent of the supreme personality of the age, the ideal man, the messiah
of the masses who will deliver us from the tyranny of the times with his message
of eternity and his spirit of enlightenment.
It may sound like the vain hope of the devout in desperate desertion of his post in life in favour of superstitious supposition of supernal help but careful study of the forces at work today in human society and the history of the world-movements in the domain of spirituality will lend credence to my thesis that the advent of the Avatar is due as the final remedy to the current discordance to which humanity seems to have no clue. Mere mechanical adjustment of the forces no more seems to suffice in terms of restoring their lost harmony. What is required is an inner adjustment of the psychological and, even deeper, the spiritual forces that are in operation at the world level. Hence, the imperative of the times, the necessity of the hour, the sheer resolution of the restoring forces in secret functioning within the womb of humanity makes the descent of the Divine not only a distinct possibility but an almost certainty in the minds of the spiritually discerning. The modus operandi, though, is for the vaster forces to determine and the interpretation of the descent for future humanity to depict.
I shall rest my thesis here with a plea to all devotees to align themselves with the massive action plan of Swami Vivekananda and his twin motto of Self-realisation and world-welfare through renunciation and service. Only then may we save the world from utter annihilation and resurrect the hopes of humanity for a brighter future and a safer home, planet earth, for we must never forget that the messiah ever manifests himself in the hut of the humble and in the dwelling of the devout. Unto us belongs his hospitality and unto us is the blessing thereof. May the Lord be born amongst us again to save us from the material mire and set us once more on to the royal avenue of Godhead! Hail humanity! Jai Ramakrishna!
It may sound like the vain hope of the devout in desperate desertion of his post in life in favour of superstitious supposition of supernal help but careful study of the forces at work today in human society and the history of the world-movements in the domain of spirituality will lend credence to my thesis that the advent of the Avatar is due as the final remedy to the current discordance to which humanity seems to have no clue. Mere mechanical adjustment of the forces no more seems to suffice in terms of restoring their lost harmony. What is required is an inner adjustment of the psychological and, even deeper, the spiritual forces that are in operation at the world level. Hence, the imperative of the times, the necessity of the hour, the sheer resolution of the restoring forces in secret functioning within the womb of humanity makes the descent of the Divine not only a distinct possibility but an almost certainty in the minds of the spiritually discerning. The modus operandi, though, is for the vaster forces to determine and the interpretation of the descent for future humanity to depict.
I shall rest my thesis here with a plea to all devotees to align themselves with the massive action plan of Swami Vivekananda and his twin motto of Self-realisation and world-welfare through renunciation and service. Only then may we save the world from utter annihilation and resurrect the hopes of humanity for a brighter future and a safer home, planet earth, for we must never forget that the messiah ever manifests himself in the hut of the humble and in the dwelling of the devout. Unto us belongs his hospitality and unto us is the blessing thereof. May the Lord be born amongst us again to save us from the material mire and set us once more on to the royal avenue of Godhead! Hail humanity! Jai Ramakrishna!
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