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Again
while ‘Antariksha’ is proverbially known for its lawlessness and
anarchy, the ‘Swarg’ on the other hand, is orderly and is ruled by
Indra. This Indra however, must be distinguished from any beguiling entity
of the Antariksha impersonating ‘Devraj’ (king) Indra. Nothing
has created more confusion in understanding and scrupulously following
religion than the failure to discriminate between voices, visions and
inspirations coming from the ‘Antariksha’, but taken by the unvary, to
have been wafted from the highest heaven or God. The
‘Antariksha’ being a place for ‘Jivatmas’ immersed in low things
of life, the degenerate among them are the causes of greatest disturbance
on earth. They tempt men to establish communion with them and are known to
have given rise to dark cults practiced by various sects from the dawn of
history, down to this day. There is thus a two-way traffic between
unscrupulous men on earth, trying to establish communication with these
dark spirits, with a view to gain some worldly ends and such entities on
the other side, trying to use them or lure unvary souls for their own
purposes leading to most-difficult-to-redeem degeneration on the part of
both. Since
such forces cannot establish power over people of ‘sattvic’ nature,
the relinquishment of non-violence, truth, and continence is a condition
precedent for membership of such cults. Again, since they relish and
desire flesh-food and love sensuality, animal sacrifices and
phallus-worship have been their normal paraphernalia. The
obvious explanation for the flourishing of such sects from the dawn of
history down to this day is the fact that it suits the lower nature of men
who are ignorant of a higher life. The other reason is that such sects
being without any moral principle or scruple of conscience and possessing
the extra advantage of striking the opponent from a distance with the help
of such dark entities, have made themselves so formidable that to oppose
them is at best to stir a hornest’nest and at worst to invite even more
serious consequences. That
such entities come particularly in the way of genuine incarnations of
God-the Parbrahm Ishwar functioning on earth and trying to bring
spiritual enlightenment to people, can be seen from an excerpt from the
‘Puranas’, as quoted by Prof. Zimmer: “Whenever the,. Sustainer of the world, Shri Vishnu (Bhagwan) is implored to appear in a new incarnation, the beseeching forces leave Him no peace until He condescends. Nevertheless, the moment He comes down (taking birth, on earth) self-willed demonic forces set themselves against Him. For, there are those who hate and despise Him. They have no room for Him in their systems of expansive egoism and domineering rule. These do everything within their power to hamper His career.* *
Heinrich Zimmer’ “Philosophies of India” edited by Joseph
Campbell, Princeton University Press-1951, p-2 |
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