Page 69 - Dawn of Reality an Exposition of REALITY AT DAWN of Sri Ramchandraji Maharaj
P. 69

Religion
“The end of Religion is the beginning of Spirituality; The end of Spirituality is the beginning of Reality; The end of Reality is the Real Bliss.
Beyond this lies That; the Destination.”
Om Tat Sat”
- Babuji Maharaji
In the evolution of the humanity, the adherence to the precepts of a Spiritual Personality and beliefs, rituals and Systems propagated by him, collectively by groups of people is the genesis of the religion. The quest of mankind to unravel the mysteries of life and grasp the Reality behind the apparent, the search for the meaning and aims of individual souls and above all to comprehend one’s role in the world have all contributed to the origin and beginning of religion as such. In the initial periods, such adoption of ideals was generally based on individual convictions. In ancient civilisations of India, China and Egypt, individual and smaller group or family preferences to follow a specified course of Godly or Spiritual activity and faith always prevailed, while concurrently ensuring scrupulous compliance to the dictates of the king or the feudal Chieftain, as the case may be. As long as we lived in tune with Nature, man had always been in line with the Creative Processes of the Evolution and the Divine. In India - known as the Karma Bhumi - even in Vedic times, we had no ideation of any religion as a concise phenomenon in the real sense. Religious and theological persecutions of individuals or groups based on their family or sectional obeisance to a particular God or Goddess or Element of Nature, through feudal or social forces and compulsions were almost rare and unheard of. Even today, Hinduism cannot be said to be a single - Founder based religion. It is a way of life and a system of harmonious living; where everyone could generally follow their own course of personal modes of spiritual life. In fact, Divine, Godly or what we may call now - religious activity were always individual oriented functions rather than a compulsive collective activity. Even when the ruler of the Land followed a particular type and way of belief - system, the ruled and even the common folk were more or less at liberty to continue with their own paths of faith. And every group or sub-group always functioned within the broad parameters of Sanatana Dharma - which was the subtle undercurrent throughout the length and breadth of the Indian Sub-Continent. Despite some aberrations here and there, the general living was in consonance with the Principles of Nature. The





























































































   67   68   69   70   71