Since time immemorial, man has been trying to understand man. As every child tries to understand their own parents since they were born. No two men are same. Variety is the masala of life. Turn everywhere and what one finds is variety - in Physical features, in food habits, likes and dislikes, in economic conditions, in customs and practices, in one's dealings and feelings, in the way one looks at others; there is no end to it. Infinite is the variety in creation and infinite are the types of men.
The famous saying by Avvaiyar goes கற்றது கைமண் அளவு, கல்லாதது உலகளவு (What you have learned is a mere handful; What you haven't learned is the size of the world). We all should accept that what we call as 'knowledge' is always a limitation. It is limited but what is unlimited, infinite is the knower, but his fate is what he knows is always a limitation, because he doesn want to think beyond it. Swami Vivekananda points out:
Reasoning is limiting something by our own minds. we throw a net and catch something, and then say that we have demonstrated it; but never, never can we catch God in a net. (from complete works of swami vivekanada)
Man's knowledge is just classification, we are satisfied with facts and never care about why, cause the brain screens the "why" part itself from knowledge and make us feel that we know something! The answer is No "why" can be answered in this world; for that we must go to god.
This ignorance is not the mistake of man. Its the screen play of the life. Until we are out of this ignorance the play doesn end. To lead the story to the climax this classifications of our knowledge is required to understand and organize our lives better.
The Typus:
1. The distressed,
People in distress approach god for relief. If they are ill they worship Him to be healed; if they lose their wealth, they pray to Him to get it back.
2. The seeker of material things,
There are other people who ask Him for all kinds of things, because they are full of desires - name, fame, wealth, position and so on. They will say, "O Virgin Mary, O Vishnu, I will make an offering to you if I get what I want. If you are successful in granting my prayer, i will worship u and give you a part of everything" the heights is the last part XD.
3. The inquirer,
Some men not so materialistic is that, but still with no faith in God, feel inclined to know about Him, we have a pet name for them " The Atheist". They study philosophies, read scriptures, listen to lectures, and so on. The Difference is they don't like leaving the "WHY" unanswered.
4. The knower of truth.
The last class are those who worship god and know Him. They know that he is the creator, and the director of the play he is the one who pulls the strings, the godfather, and he simply love him. His love for him is eternal.
Through this classification we can understand that not all seek god for the same reason. There is such variety in the purpose of God-Seeking!!
All those four Classes of people are good, not bad. All of them worship Him. The path they choose is different cause they are not the same and the path they choose determine the time taken to realize him. The classification can be narrowed down into
INTENSE
FEEBLE
The former is like a sharp razor, puts all his efforts put aside all other things and achieve, the later is lukewarm in his attitude.
So all the Pathways Says this you think of him in whatever way you want. You will realize him.
The famous stories of gospels of all religion in the world have their own stories where the sinners and the villain who want to kill the god, think about him day and night how to defeat him, indirectly worship him and reach him!
When we realize this we automatically turn good, turn into human being. There is a story of two farmer both trying to get water to their field from the lake, one farmer labors for days to bring water his efforts are futile because he has no grit. The other one takes a vow and says, 'I will bring water into my field today, and not till then will i go home', he puts aside all thought of his bath or his meal. labors the whole day and feels great joy when in the evening he finds water entering his field. Thus we can be distressed, material seeker, inquirer, the knower of truth each leads to the same victory of realizing god.
Got remained of ma spiritual guru telling about a Poet Bhartrihari and his classification of men on one of his verses of Neeti Shatakam;
The superior men sacrifice their own welfare for the sake of others; the common people work for the benefits of others when it is not against their own interest,. People who harm other for their gains are like demons in the guise of men. I. however, do not know what to call them who destroy the happiness of others without rhyme or reason.
Concluding with a well-known song in Hindi,
Strange are the ways of the mind.
One mind is hungry after desires,
Another one is content and full of love;
One is only interested in getting,
Another one knows only giving;
One mind know only its own happiness,
The other one feels for others;
One mind is immersed in its selfish aims,
Another mind is immersed in doing good to others;
One mind is full of egoism,
Another one is a garden of humility.
Indeed strange are the ways of the mind!!
OVORU MINDUKUM OVOVURU FEELINGS XD.... choose and channelize yours!
