Religion is often practiced out of Fear.
Fear is required to keep a person in Dharmic path, until maturity comes to him.
If you don't follow the law, you will be punished. Later it should be replaced by Wisdom.
Fear should be replaced by Wisdom based appreciation. Prayers are performed to get out of Fear.
Some chant fear removing Prayers. Siddhas are great Rishis having miraculous Powers. They say let there be Peace and Auspicious happening.
Some say Prayers, talking about all the glories of the Lord.
In Spirituality, there is no question for Fear.
In Spirituality, you will have calmness, serinity.
In Spirituality you will have Bliss.
You are fulfilled and always Anandam.
The last and the main bedha, difference is :—
Religion practices Quid Pro quo(a favor for a favor) , meaning Bhagavan I give you this and you give me what I desire.
In Spirituality there is no question for Giving and Taking or Asking.
No icha, no desire for anything. The only desire is that "Lord, I want to merge with you".
We have to decide what we want.
You can start with Religious practices and move gradually to Spiritual practice over a period of time.
Spirituality involves Vedanta and Shastras study.
After all, everyone is born with a single goal which is Freedom from Samsara or Liberation also called Moksha.
For getting Liberation or Moksha, one has to move forward to Spirituality and study Vedanta, with the help of a Guru, who himself is well versed in Vedanta and who himself has studied Vedic scriptures and practiced over a period of time and is available for teaching for the benefit of the seeker of Vedanta.
For this, one has to move from Karma Margam to Gnanam Margam.
If your intension is good, and you lead a Dharmic Life and if you follow Sattvic practices, God will surely give you an opportunity to join a SATsang group and give you the opportunity to study Vedanta and you will find the Truth by yourself that God is not anywhere outside of you. God is inside you only and you will claim that you are Brahman yourself and say Aham Brahma Eva. I am that Brahman.
I thank you for your kind understanding and cooperation.
Be blissful.
S. Sekar - On a spiritual path
Cat has nine lives but I have only one
Contact: sekrajc@yahoo.com
Date: 02 - 10 - 2023
