The net isn’t all of reality

[Guest guest]

Msbauju state: the net isn't all of reality. I'm trying to understand this

statement; what do you mean as isn't' all reality?

You know somebody told me this once: the net is just an illusion. So which means

also my net friends are also an illusion. They are not real….they are not

suppose to exist. Are they?

 

And So I ask again: when I chat with somebody on the other side who do you think

I'm chatting with? A ghost? There is somebody… another human being just like

myself over the other side. We may not see each other [ now with the vcam etc…

it makes it more visible] but we are communicating. We are interacting are we

not? The computer is just a tool we use to communicate with each other in the

cyberspace. How can you say it does not exist?

 

What can we make of such cyber group like Shakti Sadhana. Can we consider it as

a cyber temple? Is the virtual group too an illusion… and isn't all a reality?

 

I like to relate to you all a very short story : The Last Abishegam

Once a upon a time theres, a little shrine, locate in the heart of an oil palm

estate. From a shrine it grew to become a small temple, we named Sri

Shaktimigudurgaiamman. It became very popular and more people came to the

temple. As the devotee numbers grew and people flocking in to the temple, so

does jealousy, pride and ego ....Now what is left is a barren piece of land,

with no trees or grass ever grow in a once fertile place filled with fruits and

beautiful flowers.

 

....... but every year, August 31st, a small group of devotees still feels

connected to the Divine Mother, will gather at Sri Mariamman Temple. Located

about 2km from where the once grand temple lies. On that day we do a Maha

Abishegam and pooja in the name of Sri Shaktimigudurgaiamman. The Mother we once

have fallen in love with and still feel the love inside our heart. What is left

is only the piece of barren land to remind us and pictures to keep the memory

alive.

 

People use to glorify about temples…….and their sacredness. I often wondered

what makes the temple great? The structure…..or the people that comes there?

 

What makes the temple a sacred or special is because it's a meeting point of

spiritualist? A place where all come and meet. The greatness of a temple lies

when it is no more. Weather the people who once congregate at that particular

point able to maintain the bond and the togetherness. Just like the people who

once go to Sri Shaktimigudurgaiamman. They have all gone their separate ways but

they still maintain contact with each other. Their children become friends. And

because of the close bond they have for the mother and with each other, they

make the effort to come and meet every year. Don't have to be at the same place

where the temple lies, but as long as there are the meetings and the

congregation, the temple of the divine mother is still alive. She is alive in

the heart and mind of the people.

 

What can we say then about this virtual group .Why are we all here….by

chance….by accident? No it's meant to be. Yes! The cyberspace is

limitless…..beyond boundaries, but we all meet at this particular point in the

cyberspace…a place we all call Shakti Sadhana. That is the reality of it. And

its from this space... that we all become friends… our children too become

friends….we follow up with phone calls….visiting each other physically. When we

all have gone, our children or grandchildren will perhaps too meet and ask: how

do our family meet each other? And when they trace back : we all meet via the

cyberspace: the virtual group everybody knows as Shakti Sadhana. So how can we

say the net is nothing but an illusion?