December 24, 2007
— Theme for the Soul —
Its a very huge topic to give the view.There are many approaches you can pour upon.Basically you have two gates to enter this topic.One is spituriality and the other is the humanistic approach or,lets say the scientific approach.The descriptions you are going to get here is just an overview of the topic and I lack many aspects of it to put it in a full way,I have to admit it clearly.
The word “Soul” itself is very controversial for above two gates.From spiritual view it is:’immaterial part of a person regarded as immortal’.While the scientific view doesnt agree with the way it is linked with spirituality.And says that ‘soul’should be regarded as the one’s ‘Beingness’ that individual experiences from birth till just before death.
Gates:
Spiritual Gate:
If you take the spiritual gate alone,you can get a loads of other subkeys of religions that claim they represent the spiritality in a right way.Hinduism,Christianity,Islam,Buddism,Judaism and loads of other.Despite the diferent subkeys of spirituality,its theme for the soul is one.Its God.It says believe in God and try to abide by his rules of love and truth by surrendering yourself to him.It emphasizes on that if you do so then you will get the higher position and all the happiness you ever wanted,partly in this life and mainly after your death when it believes you reach heavan or hell depending upon your deeds in this physical world.
Scientific Gate:
And,if you go for the scientific gate then you cant get any subkeys.It has the only key and for the humanity.It says that we should concentreate all our doings for the well being of the humans.Its theme for the soul is ‘humanity’ itself and seeks love,peace,truth and justice as the things to get abiding to it.
Advantages & Disadvantages:
Advantages:
The major capacity of spiritual approach is that it makes people believe in a higher hand of God who is watching their every activities and would judge them accordingly.Its a kind of invisible survillence upon the peoples every conducts and misconducts in life.We have to accept it that because of this very fact people,atleast in their thinking,try to orient towards the right and godly conducts;though their is no single evidence of presence of God nor have they ever seen Him.
The advantage of scientific approach is that it has a very evidence based practicle and huministic approach.It doesnt let any imaginary things(God?),which we cant sense atleast in this 4D world, to judge them.They say we should be ourselves responsible and accountable for our acts and should live a life that helps to keep harmony among us and leads a better future for the humanity.
Disadvantages:
Spiritual approach makes you believe and completely surrender yourself in the thing(God) that you have neither seen nor can take a real experience that could have a single trace of evidence.It makes a rather undeniable access for the thugs of the society for imposing the superiority upon the general population in the name of servent of God and provide a lot of oppertunities for unwatchful corruptions and sins that in someway takes a social grant.
While on the other side, scientific approach have no specific thing from which you could fear for doing the evil things,as theres God to fear from in the spiritual approach.Thus it depends upon the wisdom and understanding of the individual to keep up its theme for the harmony among humans.
Conclusion:
Well friends its upto you to choose the gate you want your brain to have the directive memory.But whichever be it,onething is for sure that humanity should be the centre for every acts you perform.Before folding myself here,I wanna share the views of great American philosopher and author Ralph Waldo Emerson about the key to success for the soul.To laugh often and love much;to win the respect of intelligent persons and affection of children;to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends,;to appreciate beauty;to find the best in others,to give of ones self ; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child,a garden patch or, a redeemed social condition, to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation;to know even one life breathed easier because you have lived.This is to have succeeded in a true sense for a soul.
(Author: myself, Posted in 11th issue of yrly SANGAM magazine.)
