Aim of Human Life

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Aim of Life<br><br><br>Origin of Life<br><br>The

origin of our life is not here but in heaven abode.

There in the perfection of the Divine plenitude we are

born. When we think that we are born in heaven, our

mind can no longer be fascinated towards unevenly

things. We are very much fascinated to know about the

creator of this universe. At this stage a

self-introspection starts to know whom am I? What is the force which

upholds the universe? What is that by which we live, by

which after death we live again? There is one infinite,

eternal, changeless, Existence, the ALL from that ALL

comes forth, to that all returns. "The one only without

a second" (Chandogya.VI). People gave many

different names to that ALL .The most ancient and well

known and accepted name is "BRAHMAN". Western

philosophers gave a name as God." God in his own nature." Man

naturally bow down to this BRAHMAN the supreme power and

started praising, worshipping by paying highest respect

with humility. This shaped into the true supreme

Divine love together with the steps leading to it is

called Bhakti/Devotion. The Devotion is of the nature of

love only because it is the opposite of the hatred and

it is expressed by words, and deeds. The Bhakti is

firm love.Shri.Madhwacharya the founder of the Dvaita

philosophy has stated that there is no place for Bhakti in

the form of hatred.Shri.Jayateertha in his

"Nyayasudha" Defines Bhakti as under: "It is a continuous flow

of love uninterrupted by thousands of obstacles,

which is many a times dearer than one's own self and

other belongings and which has the knowledge of

unlimited, infinite, flawless, auspicious qualities of God."

Man's love of God (Bhakti) should possess this quality

of clinging firmly to God at all costs. It is only

such a love that is capable of revealing to the soul

his true relation to the God as his image

(pratibimba) .<br><br> Our holy Scriptures explain that<br>"

God is wisdom of the wise, intelligence of the

intelligent ,knowledge of the seeker ,kindness of the kind,

ahimsa of the ahimsatmak, love of the loving, truth of

the truthful, the beauty of the beautiful( satyam

Shivam sundaram) , combination of all virtues and in

fact, a mighty positive force."<br>Awaken to this inner

consciousness, and we begin to experience mental equipoise

returned to us ,suffusing our entire being with a new

sense of well being. The realization begins to implode

with meaning and awareness of life in all its depth

and intricacy. The unbridled craze for material

achievements tends to lose its momentum giving way to a new

understanding of the universe, the purpose of our existence its

ultimate goal. We begin to see ourselves as beings more

sublime, subtler, and more substantive, now reaching

beyond the confines of our narrow self-image in an

effort of self-transcendence.<br>Spiritual awareness is

a super sensory process of self-introduction of an

individual to his own self, to knowing what he is and what

he really ought to be. Spiritual life opens the

gateway to Truth.It leads one to the realization of God

through knowing himself or self realization. To know the

real nature of this spirit the universal self of all

in its very essence , is the Aim/Goal of the Life,

the purpose of the human birth. <br><br>(To be

Continued)