An approach of scientific discipline for the spiritualism of humanity.
Life is a play of attraction of opposites. Yin attracts Yang and vice-versa. This rule is the way of nature, of biology. Even spiritualism is not unaffected by this rule, although it is a different journey altogether. Spiritualism is a pilgrimage to self-nature, to being oneself. We don’t have to seek through spiritualism that which attracts us, that which is our opposite. On the contrary, we seek that which we are; we seek our own pristine nature, our original face. But ordinarily our life is a search for the opposites. In youth everyone is so active, and as we grow old all activity begins to ebb. Why? Just for the reason that the youth is packed with masculine and feminine energy, so young men and women become busy building boats and preparing for adventures. With the advent of old age, the fire of life dims considerably. By this time men and women come to know all about each other, and so the pull of opposites withers away. Too much familiarity breeds indifference. As it is the natural law of life that the opposite attracts, so it is the natural law of spiritualism that self-nature attracts, not the opposite. Because of this, we find ourselves in trouble when we apply the ordinary law of the world to spiritual discipline.
As I see, both biology and spiritualism have their own laws. And a right kind of culture, a complete culture can come into being only if both are allowed to grow in their own ways. In spiritualism, if allowed to grow on the basis of its natural laws- if seekers choose their disciplines rightly, in accord with their types- will lead to explosive action in the field of religion. Krishna is in full accord with his own type, he does not deviate from his self-nature. So are Buddha and Mahavira too. For this reason Krishna’s life is crammed with particular style. Not that Buddha lacks in action. Mahavira keeps moving from one village to another for full forty years in life. It is true that he does not take part in war, he engages in higher kind of war waged in different level. Buddha does not play a flute but his discourses resound with a note that is higher than that of a flute. He has found his authentic being at its highest. Krishna has discovered his own sublime reality, his truth, and he is complete and contented.
How to find our own distinctive type? It is difficult but not impossible to find. One way is to remember this simple maxim yet difficult to put in practice- that which attracts us is not our type. It is the opposite of our own nature, because the opposite attracts. It seems paradoxical and difficult too, to understand that what repels us is our type. We are not what attract us, we are its opposite. We are really that which repels us! It is really arduous to figure out this paradox, but life is paradoxical. Contemplate the discussion and we shall go in deeper!
Wishing you good health & happiness,
Dr. Dwarakanath, Director, Mitran foundation- the stress management people
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