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Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 6
earlier a Paradise or an abode of happiness? At the dawn of Creation there was peace and purity everywhere and as the energy gushed through twists and turns in the process of manifestation, grossness was getting acquired to such an extent as to blur the vision of man such that he became unaware of his origin. The Line of Humanity became the base of the entire structure and it remained subject to the dormant actions of the Line of Divinity, which ran along parallel to it. (SDG16) when man began to assume grosser form, his physical, physiological, psychological, biological, emotional, sociological, environmental and other needs have multiplied multi-fold such that he was busy in scheduling his plans to meet these needs and became oblivious of the inner cry of the Soul to get back to the Homeland. His needs for securitization for protection against disasters, for food and shelter for survival, procreation for perpetuating his race through the progeny, and for satisfaction of unending desires became the prime driving force and in the process he has ultimately descended to animalistic plane of existence keeping his eyes shut to the wider spectrum of life and remained insensitive to subtle reality. Further, his greed to usurp, his flair for name and fame, his self-centeredness in confining to the well-being of himself and his family, his notions of likes and dislikes, pride and prejudices, stress and jealousy, envy and arrogance and a host of other attributes became a veil that shrouded his vision. With the result, the world is now in a state of tumult and disorder and man is frantically hankering after peace. This is how the Paradise was lost.
How to regain the paradise that was lost? We have to restore peace and tranquility and have a state of happiness. The hidden dictum of Nature is that every soul must live a happy and restful life. (SDG 37) Still man is not happy in practical terms. This is because of the misdirected tendencies of the mind and due to wrong
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