MA ... 9

We roll out our lives on earth like as a reel that plays out a film. And the rushes we see there and then of our roles, unrehearsed, uncut.

Written by Sugata Bose

WHERE CHRISTIANITY REMAINS THE BALANCING FACTOR

WHERE CHRISTIANITY REMAINS THE BALANCING FACTOR

The subversion of Christianity in traditionally dominant Christian countries where liberal democracy is going fully on the offensive against the Christian Church will play into the hands of Islamic extremists. Balance of power is the key in this world of dangerous dynamics. Else, the demographic danger of a proliferating population owing to reasons of extreme fertility will lead to the future doom of liberalism itself in the wake of imposition of the Shariah. Hence, liberals, beware where you are headed to and where you are leading your nations and the world with it to !

Written by Sugata Bose

ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय --- FROM THE UNREAL LEAD US UNTO THE REAL

ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय --- FROM THE UNREAL LEAD US UNTO THE REAL 

In the realm of the unreal to seek the Real is foolish and, yet, within the unreal lies the Real to seek which sages have plumbed the depths of their selves to discover the real Self.

This Self is the Atman in the embodied being and transcending it. This Self is the Brahman that is the background of this universe and of countless such universes which science attempts to venture into. This Atman is the Brahman and is the Void, the Shunya of the Buddha's enlightenment, and this Atman is the Whole, the Poorna of the Vedas.

This Atman is the ground of all of sentience, the democratic basis of life where all ends meet and all conflict ceases. It is this Atman whose pursuit constitutes the evolutionary drive followed by its reverse cyclical involution unto perfection in freedom.

This Atman is ever being lived through, touched, caressed, yet, subtler than the subtlest that it is, it remains seemingly beyond the bounds of ordinary reach. It is this Atman that you are, that I am, that we all are, one without a second, integrated, undivided, singular, self-brooding, infinite existential consciousness whose shadow looms large as this variegated display of name and form called the Cosmos.

Phenomena subsist in the Self as the Self apparently projects phenomena. But in essence this is all verbal gibberish, the inexplicable dance of the Divine on the prostrate form of the substratum of it all, Kali in ecstasy, delirious in delight over the frozen form of Her Lord lying in His Self-conscious field. It is inexpressible, inexplicable, the unutterable essence of Truth in its manifold manifestation and absolute nothingness.

Written by Sugata Bose

HARMONY AND CHAOS, THE DIALECTICAL DRIFT

HARMONY AND CHAOS, THE DIALECTICAL DRIFT

This world drifts on the sea of delusion but there is a higher control that governs it all, unseen. The act is but the outermost manifestation of this subtle force working out things. The players play out their roles following an imperceptible deeper direction from within as the resolution of forces creates the drama of terrestrial existence. Spontaneity works its wonders as fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

It all seems so confused in the ensuing conflict but such a reading is consequent on biological involvement and its repercussions and not essentially an inharmonious occurrence. Chaos is as much a part of existence as harmony is and this needs to be noted in the dual form of the Divine Mother Kali that symbolises the coexistence of the opposites of life in Her integrated singular form.

This fact was realised by Swami Vivekananda in Kashmir when he envisioned the Mother in Her terrible aspect and swooned in consequence, first, in the body in the houseboat, and then, psychologically, forever at Her terrible trampling feet crushing the life out of things that She had once breathed into them.

This then is Maya, the eternal conflict, the dialectical movement of evolution in cyclical patterns, ceaseless, unending, in peace and in war, in conflict and in cooperation in an obscure coherence that is beyond comprehension for ordinary mortals but comes clear to the one that has dared the doors of death in its rightful articulation.

Written by Sugata Bose

HINDUISM IS SLOWLY BUT SURELY ON THE RISE THE WORLD OVER

HINDUISM IS SLOWLY BUT SURELY ON THE RISE THE WORLD OVER

The reverse flow of devotees has started. More and more people of the world are embracing Hinduism because of its philosophical depth, its freedom of choice of Deity (Ishta) and its liberal universal principles that teach the essence of life and existence in as scientific a manner as has ever been achieved on this planet in human history. Above all, Hinduism with its ideal of Moksha / Mukti, that is, liberation from the cyclical transmigration of the embodied being on realisation of the singularity of existence in the Atma / Brahman is unique among the religions of the world and this, in especial, is drawing thinking humanity towards it and will increasingly do so in the future.

The prospects are good and ever brightening as the resurgence of Hinduism as the saviour religion of the world is evident in an age of futile communal conflict the world over among the adherents of monotheistic Semitic faiths that bank on arbitrary so-called prophetic pronouncements going by the name of divine revelation, unverified and unverifiable by the run of humanity, even if they be sincere seekers of the truth. Hinduism here offers the golden opportunity to all and sundry to investigate the interior of the being and come to one's own conclusions as to what truth is. Its wide divergence of available approaches, avenues to the ultimate truth of life, makes it a uniquely democratic religion in the most catholic sense of the term. As such, Hinduism is, in the words of Swami Vivekananda, 'the mother of all religions' and the universal set of all faith denominations that exist and proliferate in the world. Being the democratic and scientific conglomeration of all the spiritual phases of human evolution and thought, Hinduism or, to be technically accurate, the Sanatan Dharma (Perennial Philosophy / Eternal Religion) is by the day attracting more and more of thinking humanity and seems certain to be the future refuge of all the truly spiritual people of the world.

Written by Sugata Bose

MA ... 8

In the depth of the night

When tears flow,

Stop them not,

Let them glow.

Composed by Sugata Bose

LIBERALISM DIGS ITS OWN GRAVE

LIBERALISM DIGS ITS OWN GRAVE

Liberalism invariably loses to fanaticism as the lower instincts stoop lower than their sublimer attitudinal siblings to destroy the citadels of civilisation. Hence, a more vigorous thrust in liberal principles is necessary than the impotent acceptance of all that is fanatically wrong in exclusive ideology just because liberalism can neither strike in self-defence beyond meek verbal assertions and condemnations where need be nor has any agenda in proselytising among the people to good effect. This absence of organisational effort among liberals to bring the masses to light loses out to the fanatical programme of organised exclusive religions whose agenda is preset as per scriptural prescriptions and is followed dogmatically with large doses of superstitious ignorance to spice it up by well over a billion unthinking irrational fools submitting to archaic divine dictates. Hatred of the infidel is their staple diet by daily scriptural recitation which fuels their baser instincts, making them personalities pernicious with fraternal feelings limited to their faith-fellows and a pretentious tolerance of the rest. Liberalism has no clue how to address such mental and physical violence and seeks solace in delusive self-belief that after all these are fringe elements that are not representative of any wider world agenda of the movement and so dupes itself into defeat at the hands of fanaticism. Liberalism, thus, does a great disservice to itself and to the world in not striving to effectively combat the extremist elements and in the process exposes humanity to the predatory prowls of dastardly religions.

Written by Sugata Bose