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Religion
And Spirituality
Times Of India
Religion is
general associated with certain fundamental
rituals and
practices while spirituality is more concerned with the
mental and
intellect aspects. Both however seek to help the aspirant in
attaining Godhead.
God consciousness is experienced in a state of thought
extinction. It
is a state where the mind is totally extinguished and only
awareness
reigns supreme! Mind is related to thoughts like a river to
water. It
is the flow of water that constitutes the river. So too, is
the flow
of thoughts that makes the mind. A mind thus created veils
the Divine
Self within us.
Religious practices generate spiritual undercurrents, which
help in
transcending the mind by arresting the Divinity inherent in
us. The
flow in each case generates power and dynamism.
The nature of river is dependent upon the quality of water
flowing in
it. If the water is muddy, the river is muddy; if the water
is fast,
the river is fast and so on. Likewise, the quality of
thoughts in the
mind relates to the quality of the human... As the mind, so
the man!
All our religious rituals and practices have a subtle
cleaning and
energizing effect on the mind to pave the way for attaining
the
ultimate state of Divinity.
And the state of Divinity is not merely a personal
achievement; it
must culminate in a Universal resurrection!
Religion And Spirituality
Times Of India
http://spirituality.indiatimes.com/articleshow/-1133773824.cms
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