APPOINTMENT WITH GOD POST-MORTEM ?

APPOINTMENT WITH GOD POST-MORTEM  ?

Christian deferment of the individual's meeting with God to an hour post-mortem is curious. The Hindu must see God here and now and within himself. He cannot bear to wait till he dies nor does he believe it to be possible because this earth, he affirms, is the field of work (karmabhumi) and not heaven or hell where past effects of work get partially expended at best but new work cannot be done. Hence, if the spiritual effect of God-realisation has not taken place during one's lifetime, it certainly will not happen after death. Rebirth then is the way out and an inevitability till realisation comes. It is curious that Mother Teresa, despite her residence for so many decades in India, could not absorb from Hinduism this fundamental principle. Hence, she remained spiritually unfulfilled despite the world heaping accolades on her and calling her a saint and divinity on earth. Subsequently, though, the Vatican has conferred sainthood on her which she deserved for her almost selfless service to humanity but such a Papal blessing followed the occurrence of two genuine miracles as is mandatory for receiving the titular honour. 

Written by Sugata Bose