The rise and fall of Avatars

If in Bhagavad Gita, Krishna portrays Himself as Sakalakalavallavan (master of all trades), Shri Vaishnavism takes Narayana to the extreme. Atleast in the Bhagavad Gita, souls had some role to play. But in SV, well...sorry to say...souls are as good as dead. It's as if when Narayana is allowed to make love, the souls have to be satisfied with just masturbation...lol. And, even the masturbation is supposed to be for the pleasure of Narayana (maybe He hides and watches them doing it). LOL

Okay...this is all crazy. Kannaal kaanbathum poi, kaadhaal ketpadhum poi. Theera visaarippadhe mei. (What all is seen by the eyes is false. What all is heard by the ears is false. Only the indepth investigation is the truth.)

When people have Upanyasams that are extreme, no wonder there is a lot of violence. These Upanyasams no doubt contain invaluable truths but when wrong words or phrases are used, it entirely changes the meaning and desired effect. These Upanyasams can easily be misused like how some use the promise of 72 virgins for jihadis or when Jesus says that He has come with a sword etc.

These flaming verses and quotes that are there in the different religions are also because of Karma. A verse that was told in some context thousands of years back is interpreted the same way as if things haven't changed. Sure, something is constant always which no one can explain with words on which everything in the universe moves about and is based on. In this respect, the Muslims are a little fortunate because they do not worship a form. Ofcourse their insistence that God neither gets born nor dies to negate the possibility of avatars is erroneous because even the Hindus say that the soul is not born or dies.

There is a very important concept, if not the most important concept, pertaining to avatar. It is this...is there an unique soul, different from all other souls, called Narayana that gets born in every age as an avatar or does every soul one-day becomes an avatar? The answer is that the 2nd statement is correct. Below is the reason...

I have heard in SV supporting the 1st statement but it is erroneous. In the 5th verse of 4th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says that He knows all of His births but that Arjuna doesn't know. By differentiating Himself from Arjuna this way, it can be interpreted that Krishna and Arjuna maintain this status quo always. But I have 2 arguments against this, the 1st from my own understanding which is based on evolutionary principles and the 2nd from the avatara puranas itself. The correct way to interpret what Krishna said in the above verse is that, Krishna has evolved 100% and hence knows all of the stages or births He has gone through while Arjuna is still evolving and cannot know the future stages or births to perfection. The 2nd argument from the avatara puranas is this...Rama did not become an avatar till He met the Parasurama avatar. This means that Rama was still evolving while Parasurama was already an avatar and they both were two different souls. And when they met, the role just got passed on from one to the other like in a relay race.

The error in the Hare Krishnas is that they elevate an avatar to the status of God. Doing it makes Narasimha no different than Hiranyakashipu because even Hiranyakashipu wanted to rule everyone. Vishnu means All-Pervading and this simple meaning must not be unnecessarily complicated intellectually.

What's the solution, Honey?

Only time will tell. But while we are waiting, we may as well take rest and let time do the healing.

Friendship and Dharma

Which is more important? Friendship or Dharma? Eventually, they both mean the same thing but some discrimination is necessary to understand them.

Karna was without doubt the greatest friend anyone can hope to have. But Duryodhana, didn't value it. It's because a good friend will never expect anything, whether it is a drink at a coffee house or life. Contrast this with the friendship between Sudama and Krishna. Sudama, even though in terrible poverty had only to use his friendship to get some money from Krishna but instead he just gave Him home-made food and walked away. But Krishna knew this and sent him whatever he needed.

But it is said that even Dharma is relative...that God uses both Dharma and Adharma to establish the greater Dharma. That is why Krishna resorted to many unfair means that was against Friendship or Dharma. Eventually, Krishna too had to go through the Karmic reactions from all of His unfair actions, like not having any descendant children of His own, getting shot by a hunter's arrow etc.

Dharmam thalai Kaakkum. (Dharma saves the head) ~ Tamil proverb.
Dharma, when protected, protects. ~ Hindu scriptures

From a Distance

Hey guys...I'm thankful for the cover you have been giving me. But my time is over and I don't need any protection from the world. I'm under the care of the universe. I'm 100% well protected. So don't waste your resources, time, energy and life on me. It doesn't help me in any way and will even be an impeding factor. Cover yourselves and those whom you care about. And keep moving towards Ahimsa. And God is watching us, from a distance.

Meeting a bear, a lion and a fox

It's not often that one comes across a bear, a lion and a fox all at the same time in the wild. They are all glorious in their own way.

My medicine

The reason I decided not to reduce the medicine in the next 3 months but instead continue as it is because...first, I felt better taking it full dosage, to be frank. My doctor had never wanted to decrease the dosage in the first place but I insisted on it. I was basically worried about the side-effects of the drug. See..when one takes an allopathy drug, it kind of knocks out the major issue. But many things go into the making a drug...there is the human interference in the manufacturing process, then the doctor has to decide the right drug and dosage, the side-effects etc. I don't undervalue allopathy...they are wonderful but they can only address between 80-99% of the disease. So if one can get reduced the dosage, it's always better. But it is also true that some people have to take these prescribed drugs for the rest of their lives to live a reasonably normal life. Otherwise their system will just collapse. Does it mean that these people are condemned to an imperfect life? No. It's just like wearing a spectacles or contact lenses for the rest of the life. There will ofcourse be a little discomfiture, for example in the restricted view of the specs or the necessity to daily clean the lenses. But people can become accustomed to this lifestyle after some time. As for me, I was thinking of taking the full dosage itself because anyway it was the theoretical goal of my doctor to keep me sustained on valp forever. And I also saw that there is some basis to continuing it indefinitely because an event has happened in my life that has perhaps left an indelible impression on my brain. So, purely for the reason of not getting reactions from that reminder, it is advisable for me to take it always. And it will be some time, perhaps some 40 days for my body to get adjusted and stabilized to this dosage level. There might even come a time when I might not need this drug also if an event or events happen that may erase the past event from affecting me. I'm sure that an event or events that I will love is going to happen but I doubt if it can erase the past completely. So I would have to take the drug continually. It's fine.

Death of my father

When my father died some 9 years ago of heart attack, I could make no sense of it. I never expected it because he never showed any symptom of serious complications in his health. But he died a contented man having married off my sister to a good guy and having settled me and my mother in a good home. I never even cried. I don't know why. I don't think I was heartless but I was under depression and had no idea of what was happening. In the early morning, he had asked my mother to get me when I was still sleeping. When I went and saw him lying with eyes closed, I thought he was resting and I went to get a doctor. But I think my mother knew that he had died already. And when the doctor said that he has died, I couldn't believe it. I just did whatever was to be done. Later, my mom told me that during my sister's marriage, he had told that now that her marriage is over, he will try to find me a job. I'm sure that he is in heaven now because he was a wonderful person. He never once doubted my love for him though he was pained by my cocky nature. The other day my ex-neighbour uncle told me that God will not be keeping me alive for even a second more if I was not serving some purpose. By that logic, I can say surely that my father did everything before he left. I love you father.